Beyond the Fringe of, in 1960, by an Oxford graduate, Robert Ponsonby, artistic director for the Edinburgh International Festival. John Bassett, a graduate of Wadham College, Oxford, who was Ponsonby's assistant, recommended Dudley Moore, his jazz bandmate and a rising cabaret talent. Moore in turn recommended Alan Bennett, who had had a hit at Edinburgh a few years before. Bassett also chose Jonathan Miller, who had been a Footlights star in 1957. Miller recommended Cook. Bennett and Miller were already pursuing careers in academia and medicine respectively, but Cook had an agent, having written a West End revue for Kenneth Williams. Cook's agent
The Fringe of the Unknown in Science" (original title: "Why Do They Do It?") (from "Astounding Science Fiction", Sep. 1950)<br> 19. "Little Green Men from Afar" (from "The Humanist", Jul./Aug. 1976)<br> 20. "The Need to Know" (original title: "Pure Science") (from "The Book of Knowledge Annual", 1959)<br> "Acknowledgments" The Fringe of the Unknown The Fringe of the Unknown is a science book by L. Sprague de Camp, first published in hardcover by Prometheus Books in 1983. The book is a collection of articles that constitute a "study ... of controversial and often little-known happenings in science and technology, with an emphasis on the wayward activities