“In this article, I will be not only contemplating the current state of entertainment but also briefly reviewing “The Return of the Sorcerer” of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, because it is, I feel, one of the best episodes in that series, it is good fun for a Samhain night, and said episode was inspired by the short story “The Return of the Sorcerer” by Clark Ashton Smith.”
Read MoreEdgar Allan Poe’s writings have long been a perennial subject of adaptation to other media. But there is one largely forgotten medium that even devoted followers of Poe adaptations rarely encounter anymore: radio drama. And, though few realize it today, it’s here that some of the finest of all Poe adaptations have been created.
Read MoreWhat is it about Edgar Allan Poe? A writer of morbid poems and tales of terror who died 170 years ago, Poe stands today virtually without equal in the canon of American literature. Only Mark Twain and perhaps Ernest Hemingway can lay claim to anything like a similar stature in both critical opinion and popularity. Why should he be so central to our imagination now, in the 21st century?
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