[Mom holds the cat as Dustin tears out of the house. Click for a larger view.]
Five minutes into the first episode of the new season of Stranger Things, I was thrilled to see the World Book Encyclopedia, or at least a partial set, on a shelf in Dustin’s house. In this screenshot, the World Book volumes are at the top left. The white, green, and gold are recognizable anywhere, at least for a viewer of a certain age. Admirably fanatical care goes into set decoration for this show: the World Book is onscreen for mere seconds, just enough for someone to notice.
[I’m the proud child of a World Book family. See also this Atlantic piece.]
Friday, October 27, 2017
World Book Things
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But weren’t the white volumes the yearbooks? I’m sure the alphabetical encyclopedias were red. I’m from a World Book family too.
ReplyDeleteAt some point the volumes turned red. But they did for a while come in white, green, and gold. Check Google Images and you’ll see a variety of designs.
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ReplyDeleteYep, all twenty volumes.
ReplyDeleteI think our set was from the mid Sixties.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had ours. Endless reading when I was a kid.
ReplyDeleteWe had an old (blue) set of Book of Knowledge--from my mother's childhood (in the '30s) I think. Loved it.
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