THE TIME TUNNEL: A History of the Television Program

THIS WEEKEND ONLY, all books are signed by James Darren, Robert Colbert and the author.   Mark Twain invented the time travel story. Six years later H.G. Wells perfected it and revealed its paradoxes. Between them they left little for latecomers to do. Many have tried, successfully, thanks to the diverse theories and hypotheses of the consequences of time travel. Through a variation on a theme, every science fiction writer has attempted to preach his own theories. But regardless of how many novels, stories, comics, motion-pictures and television programs have been created, as author Robert S. Heinlein once wrote, “they are still fun to write.” Enter stage left… Irwin Allen who, through the love of science fiction, brought the concept of The Time Tunnel to life. Almost fifty years later, fans of the short-lived television program still discuss the show as if it was the greatest series ever created and telecast. They may be right. In 1964, Irwin Allen created a 45-page synopsis of a prog