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Article: THE TOASTER COVER-UP IT'S THE STORY THAT AMAZING STORIES WOULD NOT PUBLISH
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- October 15, 1987
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This scene from a poster for ConTact-5 shows alien robots invading Evansville. (AP photo)
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Those pesky creatures from outer space: If they're not attacking Earth directly, they're infiltrating the populace to put covers on all the world's toasters.
As editor of the science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, Patrick L. Price says he has seen about every weird story idea imaginable.
"I think the most bizarre idea that was generated was one about the toaster cover conspiracy," said Price, a guest at this weekend's convention of the Evansville Science Fiction Association.
"Apparently there was a group of aliens that had ...