Dark Legends, Who’s Who and Monorail

The Dark Side Of The Force--Like everything else in existence there are both good and bad sides.  So it is with The Force.

Every civilization knows of The Light and The Dark Sides.  They may have different names for them but good and evil are clearly distinguishable.

It’s best to stay within the Light.  The Dark Side holds unimaginable evil, terror, lies, death and destruction.

Writer George Mann and Disney Press explore the deep and hidden dark places that exist within the universe.  There are hidden places so dangerous, so forbidden and terrifying scant texts exist that even talk about them.

In Star Wars Dark Legends the author tells the tales of such places, things and beings.  But, be warned.  To read such passages requires courage, fortitude and above all The Light Side Of The Force to reveal such places and to protect the reader from the horrors that populate them.

Small, hardbound and illustrated the book is deceptively diminutive yet holds deep, dark and terrifying tales of The Dark Side.

For Disney fans the Revised & Updated Disney Who’s Who An A To Z Of Disney Characters is a must have to navigate the Disney Universe of animated Characters.  

Names, faces and full descriptions of each animated character from Disney and PIXAR films are included.

It’s a fun-filled, colorful and delightful collection of the characters that made Disney famous.

I’m old enough to remember when Disney first introduced it’s Monorail System.

It was amazing watching Disney guests zipping around Disneyland in Monorails when it first opened and was shown on TV back in the 1950s and hosted by Art Linkletter.

The Monorail was a modern day wonder and in some respects way ahead of its time.

Since its first introduction in Disneyland it has become a permanent fixture in all of Disney’s parks.

In The Disney Monorail Imagineering A Highway In The Sky authors Jeff Kurtii, Vanessa Hunt and Paul Wolski provide a whirlwind tour of the design, implementation and evolution of one if Disney’s most recognizable attractions-the Monorail.

Art and photos trace the Monorail from its genesis to it modern day manifestation.  

Included are examinations of cast uniforms, park and ride integration and much more.

Like the Monorail itself the book glides the reader through the magic that is Disney and traverses the decades in a delightful romp through time.

I especially enjoyed the archival photos, ride and attraction concepts and drawings and the ever-evolving look of the Monorails.

Hop on and let’s go for a ride!