![]() ![]() Scott, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, considers it a treasonable act and says so publicly–you can’t trust the commies. Not only is the public displeased with him, but the presidential ambitious charismatic Air Force Gen. President Jordan Lyman (Fredric March) has just signed a nuclear disarmament treaty with the Soviet Union and his poll numbers are very low. Its demagogue usurper character is reportedly based on the views of the far-right member of the John Birch Society, General Edwin Walker. Bailey II, and the screenplay is by Rod Serling of The Twilight Zone fame. John Frankenheimer’s (“The Manchurian Candidate”/”The Train”/”The Young Savages”) gripping political thriller is based on the best-selling novel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Barnswell) Runtime: 118 MPAA Rating: NR producer: Edward Lewis Paramount Pictures 1964) ![]() Bailey II/Rod Serling cinematographer: Ellsworth Fredricks editor: Ferris Webster music: Jerry Goldsmith cast: Frederic March (President Jordan Lyman), Kirk Douglas (Colonel Martin ‘Jiggs’ Casey), Burt Lancaster (General James Mattoon Scott), Edmond O’Brien (Senator Raymond Clark), Martin Balsam (Paul Girard), Ava Gardner (Eleanor Holbrook), Andrew Duggan (Colonel William Henderson), Whit Bissell (Senator Prentice), John Houseman (Vice-Adm. ![]() SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (director: John Frankenheimer screenwriters: from the novel by Fletcher Knebel & Charles W. ![]()
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![]() VanderMeer has been called "one of the most remarkable practitioners of the literary fantastic in America today," with The New Yorker naming him the "King of Weird Fiction". He has also edited with his wife Ann VanderMeer such influential and award-winning anthologies as The New Weird, The Weird, and The Big Book of Science Fiction. Among VanderMeer's other novels are Shriek: An Afterword and Borne. The trilogy's first novel, Annihilation, won the Nebula and Shirley Jackson Awards, and was adapted into a Hollywood film by director Alex Garland. Initially associated with the New Weird literary genre, VanderMeer crossed over into mainstream success with his bestselling Southern Reach Trilogy. Jeff VanderMeer (born J) is an American author, editor, and literary critic. ![]() Nebula Award for Best Novel, Shirley Jackson Award, World Fantasy Award ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Like I said, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I should shut up and post the description, so here it is. That is why today you are getting the review and a little sneak peak of some of the answers she gave me just in case you are already fan of her book and want to learn more about her. I wanted to post the Q&A this week too, but then again I have not reviewed the book yet so you guys might not even know what book I’m talking about. I planned on posting this last week, but I already had a teaser Tuesday about the book and I felt that might be too much for you guys. Recently I had a chance to talk to Temple West (via email, but still we talked) and she answer some questions about Velvet and her upcoming second book Cashmere. Every time someone ask me about some of my favorite books (trust me every time, you can even ask my housemate she would testify in my favor) this book always comes up because it has become an all-time favorite of mine. Since I finished the book I’ve read it about five more times so the story is super clear and always in my mind. Okay so, this review is not really a new review because I read Velvet last year. ![]() ![]() ![]() He left home in 1932 to attend Harvard University, studied English, and anthropology as a postgraduate, and later attended medical school in Vienna. ![]() ![]() Burroughs began writing essays and journals in early adolescence. Louis, Missouri, grandson of the inventor and founder of the Burroughs Corporation, William Seward Burroughs I, and nephew of public relations manager Ivy Lee. He also collaborated on projects and recordings with numerous performers and musicians, and made many appearances in films. Burroughs wrote 18 novels and novellas, six collections of short stories and four collections of essays.įive books have been published of his interviews and correspondences. His influence is considered to have affected a range of popular culture as well as literature. William Seward Burroughs II, (also known by his pen name William Lee) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer.Ī primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodernist author, he is considered to be "one of the most politically trenchant, culturally influential, and innovative artists of the 20th century". ![]() |