Joe’s battered Ford Escape becomes an improvised gunship in orbit, its cab a launch bay for bombs
he plants on the enemy gravity-tugs. The scene echoes the real-world launch of Elon Musk’s Tesla
Roadster with the “Starman” mannequin—an ordinary car turned into an absurd, iconic spacecraft—
underscoring how Joe’s mundane SUV is thrust into a cosmic war.
“But this was not an ordinary trip, considering he was about to fight a battle in outer space
while driving an SUV.”
“The warehouse fell away and he zoomed above the surface of the Earth like a spirit leaving its body.”
“They moved on four more times, as easily as a hummingbird flitting from flower to flower.”
UFO beer
UFO Beer is a line of fruity, unfiltered wheat ales from Mass Bay Brewing Company — light, hazy, and popular with casual drinkers. Be sure to grab a six-pack of this beer before the next alien invasion. It's "out of this world". :-)
On the next line, three high-school kids playing hookie bought six packs of UFO beer; the checker did not bother to ask for ID. (Chapter 4)
Physics of the Impossible
Chack out this book by Michio Kaku. You'll notice that my Reality Field physics is not mentioned. Does that mean it IS possible?
He ran his finger along the piles of used books he had stacked on the right end of the workbench. He could finish one a day and was probably better read than the average college sophomore. Besides, he had no student loans to repay, so reading and studying on his own was not such a bad deal. He pulled Physics of the Impossible from the pile and read the back cover. The talk-radio djs screamed about FTL, faster than light space travel. Some poor high school physics teacher tried to explain relativity but they were ripping him apart. (Chapter 4)
To Serve Man
At the Senator's costume party The Twilight Zone’s Kanamit appears.
Suddenly an intense hum drowned out the music and the voices. More aliens came from the main hall and stared across the pool into the sky. The sound increased in volume and pitch, causing some to cover their ears. A glowing and pulsing sphere floated over the tree tops and descended at the far corner of the back lawn. It was difficult to determine its size in the darkness and as soon as it seemed to touch the ground a huge explosion of colored gases and sparkler sparks eclipsed it. A giant figure emerged from the colorful clouds and strode toward the house.
The Kanamit from *The Twilight Zone*, carrying his mysterious book.
As the sparklers fizzled and the gases dispersed, only the party lights lit the figure, and all that showed was a giant pale face with a high forehead floating toward them. As it moved closer still, it was apparent that it wore black robes, was about nine feet tall, and carried a large book in its arms. It stopped next to the pool, smiled a grim, sharp-toothed smile and said, “Greetings, Earthlings.”
The guests, alien as they were, breathed a sigh of relief. Voices called out, “To Serve Man!”, “Twilight Zone”, “They were Kanamits, weren’t they?” The party recovered its composure and the music blared, “dun dun dun dun dun dunt,” the old TV theme song.
“It’s from a classic TV show my parents used to watch,” Joe explained. “The alien offers to solve all of Earth’s problems, cleans everything up: war, disease, famine. People begin to thrive. Then he offers to take tourists back to his planet. As they climb the ramp to his flying saucer someone has discovered that the book he carried with him everywhere, To Serve Man, is a cookbook!”
“So, the Senator has made a good choice to open discussions among his friends tonight,” Cassidy said.
