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“The Mind Traders” by J Hunter Holly (1966)
A place of crawling spiders and poisonous snakes -- where nightmares came true. That was The Black, where men were punished for challenging minds more powerful and their own. The…
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“The Flying Eyes” by J Hunter Holly (1963)
Linc Hosler was sitting in a packed football stadium when the Flying Eyes appeared and cast their hypnotic power over half the crowd. Thousands of people suddenly began marching zombie-like…
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‘Looking for Something’ by Frank Herbert
Aliens that only one person can see, as the rest of humanity is under a hypnotic illusion of normalcy. Aliens with hypnotic powers. Aliens who see humanity as only a food source.
Its a common enough story line. ”Looking for Something’ by Frank Herbert is a short story of stage hypnotist who discovers that he shares an unusual vision with one of his subjects and investigates it.
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“They Live” … again?
According to an interview in Salon, "Rowdy" Roddie Piper has been approached by producers seeking to make a remake of "They Live". There's been talk about a remake of "They…
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‘The Psychobombs’ — “UFO”
Capsule Description: A secret organization, dedicated to protecting Earth against an alien foe, is targeted by the aliens by transforming ordinary people into “psycho-bombs”.
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“Mesmerized”
A collection of three romantic short stories involving hypnosis published by Ellora’s Cave publishing company. Each of the three have a lovely, lonely lady paired with a seductive, sexy man though some use of hypnosis, whether it be a stage hypnosis show, a demonstration of mesmerism or in pursuit of a notorious criminal.
“It Came From Half-Price Books”
Today (Thursday) was the last day of a 20% off sale at Half-Price Books and I took the opportunity to pick up a number of selections for the Collection. "Wonder…
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“Mars Needs Women” (1967)
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“Mars Needs Women”: Men from the planet Mars (led by former Disney child actor Tommy Kirk) come to Earth to steal genetically-perfect women (including stunningly beautiful scientist Yvonne Craig) with which to rebuild their race. Their strategy leaves a lot to be desired, as they announce to the Earth that they are coming and why, so the Earth is immediately on guard against them.
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“They Live” (1988)
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Aliens invade Los Angeles (and by implication, the entire world) but no one notices, because of their television mind control devices. Instead, everyone is hypnotized into believing everything is normal, with continual reinforcement through just about every media venue, from billboards and magazines, even to the dollar bills in currency. Only a few people can see the truth and they are the most hunted people on the planet.
Unfortunately for the aliens, the newest person to see through the mind control haze is a drifter with an extraordinary sense of self-preservation and the back-alley fighting skills to back it up. One drifter against an entire city. The aliens are in trouble.
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‘Eight O’Clock in the Morning’ by Ray Nelson
Aliens that only one person can see, as the rest of humanity is under a hypnotic illusion of normalcy. Aliens with hypnotic powers. Aliens who see humanity as only a food source.
Its a common enough story line. ‘Eight O’Clock in the Morning’ by Ray Nelson is a very short tale of one man who is awakened from the alien’s trance and what he does to counter them.