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- First published
- 1956
- Pages
- 8Digital editionReference edition
- Reading time
- About 10 minutes
- Language
- English
- Reading difficulty
- 3 of 10
A little about the story
Mr Scanlon insists on a film preview, and nobody knows why. As the audience watches, something happens that can’t be part of the show.
Frank Belknap Long uses an ordinary night at the movies for a playful science-fiction twist. It’s a very short story from the magazine Fantastic Universe.
Is it for you?
You’ll enjoy it if you like
- 1950s science fiction
- flying-saucer stories
- very short reads
Maybe not if you want a long novel.
Things You May Not Know About Preview
- A friend of Lovecraft. Frank Belknap Long was a close friend of H. P. Lovecraft.
- The Hounds of Tindalos. Long’s best-known story is The Hounds of Tindalos, from 1929.
- Fantastic Universe. It appeared in the January 1956 issue.
- Flying saucers. It plays on the 1950s craze for flying saucers.
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