Allen Ginsberg Left

[Keith Brecher]

Gershom (from the wrong address)--

The TZ episode PERCHANCE TO DREAM was based on a liberally anthologized
short story by Charles Beaumont which may originally have appeared in his
short story collection NIGHT RIDE. I'll have to re-read it, but I don't
remember it ending in an asylum. As I remember it, it's close to the TZ
episode and begins and ends in a psychiatrist's office. In the story, I
think the protagonist jumps to his death from the office window. And isn't
the TZ episode named "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," based on a story by
Richard Matheson? I'll have to check that one out, too. Classic episodes.
Thanx for bringing back the memories.

Adios,
Keith (excuse my spanish, but I've been reading about Fidel Castro all day)

At 01:51 PM 4/11/97 -0700, Shirley Lim wrote:
>I can think of a number of different possible sources for this memory of
>the Twilight zone episode. Although I don't recall that episode, I
>remember that a science fiction story titled "Perchance to dream" ended
>with the protagonist being carted away to that same sanitorium. It was in
>a collection titled 101 great short-short science fiction stories. Or
>maybe 101 great short-short fantasy stories.
>	There was also a twilight zone derived series of books for kids
>which featured teens as the main characters. One of those stories had a
>similar plot, although the character didn't kill herself. Also, wasn't
>that the same sanitorium as in "Terror at 50,000" feet? Or was it 5,000?
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>		Gershom Bazerman (from the wrong address)
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