Reading the source material

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@Tim_Kowols

I know we have discussed watching the original movie before the MST3K episode, but what about the book?

Jim Wynorski, director of Munchie and Deathstalker II, compiled an anthology of sci-fi stories movies were based on which includes “This Island Earth”. I mentioned it here:

Caught up in the movie

Speaking of reading, the first story of “This Island Earth” is available in Jim Wynorski’s anthology, They Came From Outer Space. I remember reading it and thinking, “Hey! It stops when Cal gets on the plane! Where’d the rest come from?” But then I found the other two stories in a different collection. TCFOS also has The Fly, a version of The Thing From Another World, The Fog Horn (which sorta became The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms) and The Sentinel (which sorta became 2001). AFAICR, This Islan…