Philosophy in The Twilight Zone

Introduction: Lester H. Hunt

1. “And Now, Rod Serling, Creator of The Twilight Zone”: The Author as Auteur: Lester H. Hunt

2. Tales of Dread in The Twilight Zone: A Contribution to Narratology: Noël Carroll

3. Frame Shifters: Surprise Endings and Spectator Imagination in The Twilight Zone: Carl Plantinga

4. The Treachery of the Commonplace: Mary Sirridge

5. Where is the Twilight Zone?: Richard Hanley

6. Existentialism and Searching for an Exit: Susan L. Feagin

7. Through the Twilight Zone of Nonbeing: Two Exemplars of Race in Serling’s Classic Series: Lewis R. Gordon

8. Blending Fiction and Reality: “The Odyssey of Flight 33": Thomas E. Wartenberg

9. Epistemology at 20,000 Feet: Sheila Lintott

10. Rationality and Choice in “Nick of Time”: Aeon J. Skoble

11. “The Little People”: Power and the Worshipable: Aaron Smuts

12. Nothing in the Dark: Deprivation, Death, and the Good Life: James S. Taylor