It’s All Fun & Games Until Somebody Gets Injected With Radioactive Waste

…way to kill the party, dude

Hey, gang, it’s Pop Culture From Other Worlds Week!

The Doclopedia #182

Pop Culture From Other Worlds: Books

This list is made up of popular fiction and nonfiction selections from several alternate Earths.

The Steam Giants of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Dorothy and her friend the Wind Up Cow stop an invasion of the Emerald City by the robotic Steam Giants of Goom.

Tricky Dick: The True Story Of The Greatest Jazz Drummer Ever by Max Washington

Tells the story of how Richard “Tricky Dick” Nixon rebelled against his parents and became a world famous jazz & big band drummer with a 60 year career.

Little Dome On The Prairie by Laura Ingalls Ramirishan

The classic beloved story of a young girl and her family who are among the first settlers on Mars, getting there about halfway through the terraforming process. This book was the first in a series of 12.

Human Park by Arpax 555/Delta

A science fiction thriller wherein robot scientists clone extinct humans for exhibition in a theme park/nature preserve…until things go horribly wrong. Made into an enormously popular entertainment program by Hibra 701/Gamma, it was advertised as “An Adventure 650 Years In The Making”.