However, there seemed to be a fair number of these types of stories floating around after the King Tut exhibit came to America, and humorist Jean Shepard did a much better version. Miller carries the effort off reasonably well with his aliens examining a drive-in on an Earth trashed by nuclear war. “Tuesday Weld, Sunday Sources”, Rex Miller - This story belongs to that sub-sub-genre of humorous sf where alien or human archaeologists from the future draw wrong conclusions about our society from artifacts. Humorous and gruesome with genuine suspense and not just camp or absurd humor. Frankenstein who has been mangled after the attacks of the monster and alligator) and get another arm. The man graciously helps the monster after a car accident and then returns to imprison Dr. After striking out in his creation – a car cobbled together from other cars, the monster encounters the previous owner of one of his arms.
“’59 Frankenstein”, Norman Partridge - An amusing modern version of the Frankenstein in which the boy monster, tired of yet another condescending speech by the doctor after the boy asks for the car keys, throws his creator to the alligator in the basement. I also liked the voice of actor Russ Tamblyn epitomizing cool. I liked the image of the girl’s left breast supplanting the boy’s head a lá the movie The Fly. Thanks to one of those convenient nuclear accidents at his father’s work, the lad finds himself fused and joined to his girlfriend’s left breast – a fate he comes to gratefully accept. Bonansinga - Enjoyable and absurd story of an adolescent fixated on female breasts and their lingerie accompaniments. “Big Bust at Herbert Hoover High”, Jay R. I particularly liked the can-do veteran Ted Mack. Moore - Enjoyable story – basically a modern updating of the movie The Blob crossed with zombie movies. I suppose Roger Corman’s occasional use of such metaphors explains the dedication to him. “Talkin’ Trailer Trash”, Edward Bryant - A rather pointless story seemingly about America’s changed race relations since the ‘50s with giant chiggers standing in for blacks. “Introduction”, Norman Partridge, - Introduction written around the conceit that the reader is entering a drive-in. My reaction to reading this collection in 1997.
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