My Sci Fi Memories.
Like a lot of people, I enjoy a good science fiction story. My first encounter with mind blowing escapades of time and space started around the age of eight. I would expectantly watch the clock as I tuned into the radio, in anticipation of the next instalment of Journey to the Moon, which was entirely fictional but oh so vivid to my imagination. With my head a few inches from the speaker and my heart pounding in total unsure wonder, I listened to every mention of the heroic character’s name as a frantic repeated call came of where are you Lenny? Then an aptly dramatically timed pause punctuated both the occasion and my memories of it, before the climax was built yet again with further shouts of Lenny, talk to me Lenny!
Of course since then there have been countless forages into the Twilight Zone with weekly episodes
of the Invaders in about 1967 on TV. Plants got in on the act with The Day of the Triffids that foretold a world where most humans were blinded and mobile plants which had a particularly aggressive attitude to humans roamed the world. The world was not ready for the Orson Welles production on radio of the War of the Worlds that took place on the 30th of October 1938. Mass panic ensued amongst the listening public, causing people to abandon their homes in a hysteria of impending doom. I saw the later version in bright colour, although enjoyable it is remarkable how influential broadcasts can be and astounding how effectively the previous sound only version sparked the imagination of a large range of the public to accept the suggestion as being real.
Village of the Damned in 1960 is an unnerving and thought provoking film. When a quiet village suffer a strange phenomenon, during a mass sleep all the women of child bearing age become pregnant. Subsequently fast forward slightly and the children are born, but grow up with penetrating eyes and a collective mind control ability.
The classic first Star Trek series has a special place in my heart, as technology has improved it can not change that initial willingness to accept the story in its original and crude technical form.
If I have not mentioned one of your favourites it may simply be that there is such a vast scope of material. However I will end by mentioning it is imagination that is the trigger for enjoyment and science fiction is only one genre, but using your imagination is a tool of worth beyond any known price.
Of course since then there have been countless forages into the Twilight Zone with weekly episodes
of the Invaders in about 1967 on TV. Plants got in on the act with The Day of the Triffids that foretold a world where most humans were blinded and mobile plants which had a particularly aggressive attitude to humans roamed the world. The world was not ready for the Orson Welles production on radio of the War of the Worlds that took place on the 30th of October 1938. Mass panic ensued amongst the listening public, causing people to abandon their homes in a hysteria of impending doom. I saw the later version in bright colour, although enjoyable it is remarkable how influential broadcasts can be and astounding how effectively the previous sound only version sparked the imagination of a large range of the public to accept the suggestion as being real.
Village of the Damned in 1960 is an unnerving and thought provoking film. When a quiet village suffer a strange phenomenon, during a mass sleep all the women of child bearing age become pregnant. Subsequently fast forward slightly and the children are born, but grow up with penetrating eyes and a collective mind control ability.
The classic first Star Trek series has a special place in my heart, as technology has improved it can not change that initial willingness to accept the story in its original and crude technical form.
If I have not mentioned one of your favourites it may simply be that there is such a vast scope of material. However I will end by mentioning it is imagination that is the trigger for enjoyment and science fiction is only one genre, but using your imagination is a tool of worth beyond any known price.
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