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Becoming Superman : my journey from poverty to Hollywood with stops along the way at murder, madness, mayhem, movie stars, cults, slums, sociopaths, and war crimes / J. Michael Straczynski ; introduction by Neil Gaiman.
Van Pelt Library PS3569.T6758 Z46 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Straczynski, J. Michael, 1954- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Straczynski, J. Michael, 1954-.
- Straczynski, J. Michael.
- Authors, American--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Screenwriters--United States--Biography.
- Screenwriters.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 460 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
- Summary:
- "In this dazzling memoir, the acclaimed writer behind Babylon 5, Sense8, Clint Eastwood's Changeling and Marvel's Thor reveals how the power of creativity and imagination enabled him to overcome the horrors of his youth and a dysfunctional family haunted by madness, murder and a terrible secret."--Amazon.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 We Were Told p. 1
- Chapter 2 Strange Relations p. 17
- Chapter 3 Faster Than a Speeding Bullet p. 29
- Chapter 4 Death as a Lifestyle p. 35
- Chapter 5 Pigeon Dinner with a Slice of Watermelon p. 39
- Chapter 6 The First One's Always Free p. 49
- Chapter 7 The Face Behind the Mask p. 65
- Chapter 8 The Wind Took Away His Name p. 73
- Chapter 9 Being Invisible p. 81
- Chapter 10 Targets of Opportunity p. 89
- Chapter 11 Patricide by Proxy p. 103
- Chapter 12 Discovering Words, Worlds, and Estrogen p. 115
- Chapter 13 The God Thing p. 131
- Chapter 14 The Weed of Evil Bears Strange Fruit p. 145
- Chapter 15 The God Thing, Redux p. 155
- Chapter 16 Blood in the Street p. 169
- Chapter 17 When the Light at the End of the Tunnel Isn't a Train (For a Change) p. 183
- Chapter 18 The Big Con p. 207
- Chapter 19 God, Death, and Harlan Ellison p. 223
- Chapter 20 An Unexpected Journey to Toon-Town p. 233
- Chapter 21 Who Ya Gonna Call? p. 249
- Chapter 22 Captain, My Captain p. 269
- Chapter 23 Into the Zone p. 279
- Chapter 24 Blowing Up the World p. 285
- Chapter 25 Things I Learned Dancing with the Fatman p. 295
- Chapter 26 Paging Jessica Fletcher p. 303
- Chapter 27 Boarding Babylon p. 323
- Chapter 28 The Christmas Ambush p. 333
- Chapter 29 Swingin' with Spider-Man p. 355
- Chapter 30 Lost in the Tall Grass with Jeremiah p. 367
- Chapter 31 What Was I Thinking? p. 389
- Chapter 32 Being Superman p. 407
- Chapter 33 The Truth Unearthed p. 413
- Chapter 34 Selah p. 433.
- ISBN:
- 9780062857842
- 0062857843
- OCLC:
- 1057866204
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