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>Does anyone else think it’s kind of wild that the New York Times published an op-ed warning us to take UFO’s more seriously? I mean, I will, I do, just strange to see it there.
The TV debut of the Teletubbies was not at all surprising to those of us who had read John Christopher’s When the Tripods Came.
About Roger SuttonRoger Sutton has been the editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc, since 1996. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his M.A. in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a B.A. from Pitzer College in 1978. Follow him on Twitter: @RogerReads.
>A tie-in to the X-Files movie? Yes or no, this makes me think again of the January sightings in Stephenville, TX. More on those, for those who missed them, at: npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18159599. Listen to that, then listen to the O’Hare story: npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6707250.
It’s enough to put a person in touch with his/her inner Fox Mulder.
>THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS??? Isn’t that the title? Or is this a joke?
>That’s a different book.
>Tripod, Triffid, Trilateral Commission — what’s the diff? All equally scary in the right context and/or time period.