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I spend a lot of time reading books about Walt Disney, the Disney theme parks, and the many stories and figures surrounding them. There are quite a few great books about Epcot, but there’s still room for a lot more. In particular, I’d love to read more about Walt’s vision for Epcot the city and its evolution into the EPCOT Center theme park. The end result was still incredible, and we’ve only scratched the surface of details on those attractions.
On this episode of The Tomorrow Society Podcast, I count down my top five books for Epcot fans. However, that’s just the beginning. I also list a lot more choices that might interest you, including biographies of Imagineering icons like Rolly Crump and Marty Sklar. Even after mentioning so many titles, I know there are a lot more choices that I’ve yet to uncover. I’d love to hear your favorite books about Epcot. Once you’ve had a chance to listen to this podcast, drop me a line on Facebook or Twitter, or you can just leave a comment on this blog.
The Top Five
Here are my top five choices of books for Epcot fans (with links):
- 5. The Thinking Fan’s Guide to Walt Disney World: Epcot by Aaron Wallace
- 4. Building a Better Mouse, the Story of the Electronic Imagineers that Designed Epcot by Steve Alcorn and David Green
- 3. Vinyl Leaves: Walt Disney World and America by Stephen M. Fjellman
- 2. Walt and the Promise of Progress City by Sam Gennawey
- 1. Walt Disney’s EPCOT Center: Creating the New World of Tomorrow by Richard R. Beard
The Full List
Here are all the other books listed on this episode, listed by order of mention:
- The Imagineering Field Guide to Epcot at Walt Disney World by Alex Wright
- Project Future: The Inside Story Behind the Creation of Walt Disney World by Chad Emerson
- Four Decades of Magic: Celebrating the First Forty Years at Disney World, edited by Chad Emerson
- The Progress City Primer: Stories, Secrets, and Silliness from the Many Worlds of Walt Disney by Michael Crawford
- Designing Disney by John Hench
- Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making the Magic Real
- Poster Art of the Disney Parks by Daniel Handke and Vanessa Hunt
- Drinking at Disney by Rhiannon and Drunky
- Walt Disney World (1986)
- Walt Disney World: A Pictorial Souvenir (1984)
- Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow: Walt Disney and Technology by Christian Moran
- From Horizons to Space Mountain: The Life of a Disney Imagineer by George McGinnis
- Dream It! Do It!: My Half Century Creating Disney’s Magic Kingdoms by Marty Sklar
- It’s Kind of a Cute Story by Rolly Crump
- Working at Disney’s Epcot During the Golden Age by Mike Rhodes
- The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World (1998) by Bob Sehlinger
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