Philip Wylie
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An American science fiction novel first published in 1930 and written by Philip Wylie. It is about a scientist who creates a super-serum to improve mankind and grant them the proportionate strength of an ant and the leaping ability of the grasshopper. He injects his pregnant wife with the serum and his son, Hugo Danner, is born with superhuman strength, speed, and bulletproof skin. Hugo spends much of the novel hiding his powers, rarely getting a chance to openly use them. It is considered an inspiration for the character Superman.
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Momism over the top. In honor of Philip Wylie.
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The Invisible Man [VHS] $5.18 Claude Rains practically owns his film debut in The Invisible Man, despite the fact that his face (let alone his body) is seen only for seconds in the final moments. As the brilliant scientist who discovers the secret of invisibility, Rains steps into the film wrapped up like a mummy behind a layer of bandages and blanketed in heavy clothes. When he removes his garments, there’s nothing underneath… |
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Springtime in the Rockies [VHS] $19.98 Betty Grable sings and dances her way through this tuneful, romantic romp that bounces from New York kto the Rocky Mountains. Vicky (Grable) and Dan (John Payne) are Broadway hoofers whose partnership is floundering because he keeps looking at other women. Having had enough, Vicky finds another partner (Cesar Romero), with whom she embarks on a western tour. But Dan follows, showing up at a fan… |
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When Worlds Collide [VHS] $14.95 Winner of the 1951 Academy Award for Best Special Effects, this science fiction extravaganza set a new standard for the realistic depiction of cinematic disasters. Of course, it’s a quaint curiosity by today’s technological standards, but as produced by visual effects pioneer George Pal, this story of Earth’s collision with a runaway star is still a dazzling example of screen sci-fi from the ’50s,… |
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When Worlds Collide $9.98 Winner of the 1951 Academy Award for Best Special Effects, this science fiction extravaganza set a new standard for the realistic depiction of cinematic disasters. Of course, it’s a quaint curiosity by today’s technological standards, but as produced by visual effects pioneer George Pal, this story of Earth’s collision with a runaway star is still a dazzling example of screen sci-fi from the ’50s,… |
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When Worlds Collide [Region 2] $6.77 audio in italianouno scontro imminente con una stella fuori orbita segnala la distruzione della terra . il governo si rifiuta di ascoltare gli scieziati , ma degli industriali privati finanziano la costruzione di una nave spaziale per portare un numero limitato di persone su un altro pianeta per dare inizio ad una nuova civilizzazione …. |
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Gladiator $3.99 Gladiator is an American science fiction novel first published in 1930 and written by Philip Wylie. The story concerns a scientist who invents a serum to “improve” humankind by granting the proportionate strength of an ant and the leaping ability of the grasshopper, both metaphors used to explain Superman’s powers in the first comic of his series. He injects his pregnant wife with the serum and hi… |
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When Worlds Collide (Bison Frontiers of Imagination) $13.43 A runaway planet hurtles toward the earth. As it draws near, massive tidal waves, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions wrack our planet, devastating continents, drowning cities, and wiping out millions. In central North America, a team of scientists race to build a spacecraft powerful enough to escape the doomed earth. Their greatest threat, they soon discover, comes not from the skies but from oth… |
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