The Best of Science Fiction TV
Author: John Javna
Publisher:
Published: 1988-01-01
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781852860745
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American Science Fiction Television Series of the 1950s
Author: Patrick Lucanio
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs Americans grappled with the real problems of the atomic age in the 1950s, the science fiction television series provided escapist fare. At first essentially fantasy and adventure, the shows reflected the progress of the decade, using in the late 1950s extrapolations from the theories and findings of true science. From Adventures of Superman to World of Giants, this reference work covers all science fiction television series of the 1950s. A lengthy essay details character development, technical innovations, critical commentary and other matters. The episode guides that follow first provide primary cast and production credits for the entire season and then coverage of each individual episode, with title, airdate, writer, director, and a plot synopsis. Much of the information was derived from actual viewing, and many errors from other works are corrected here.
The Essential Science Fiction Television Reader
Author: J.P. Telotte
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2008-05-02
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 0813138736
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“A richly detailed and critically penetrating overview . . . from the plucky adventures of Captain Video to the postmodern paradoxes of The X-Files and Lost.” —Rob Latham, coeditor of Science Fiction Studies Exploring such hits as The Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, and Lost, among others, The Essential Science Fiction Television Reader illuminates the history, narrative approaches, and themes of the genre. The book discusses science fiction television from its early years, when shows attempted to recreate the allure of science fiction cinema, to its current status as a sophisticated genre with a popularity all its own. J. P. Telotte has assembled a wide-ranging volume rich in theoretical scholarship yet fully accessible to science fiction fans. The book supplies readers with valuable historical context, analyses of essential science fiction series, and an understanding of the key issues in science fiction television.
American Science Fiction TV
Author: Jan Johnson-Smith
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780819567383
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScience fiction TV and the American psyche.
Pittsburgh Dad
Author: Chris Preksta
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2015-04-28
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 0142181722
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Pittsburgh Dad debuted on YouTube, creators Chris Preksta and Curt Wootton little suspected their sitcom would receive more than sixteen million views and turn their blue-collar everyman into a nationally known figure. Illustrated with hilarious black-and-white photos, Pittsburgh Dad shares the best of the best, from rants about swimming pool rules to reflections on coaching little league to curmudgeonly movie reviews. With its heavy dose of nostalgia and pitch-perfect sensibility, Pittsburgh Dad will have readers laughing in recognition, especially those who love recent blockbusters like Sh*t My Dad Says and Dad Is Fat.
Jaynes Intelligence Review #1: The Royal Manticoran Navy
Author: David Weber
Publisher: Jayne's Intelligence Reviews
Published: 2017-07
Total Pages: 66
ISBN-13: 9781934153086
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith material written by David Weber himself, this book is an official concordance of data on the Manticoran Navy. The pages cover topics ranging from the founding of Manticore to battle histories, from detailed class histories to size comparison charts of the ships, and from layouts of the pinnaces to rank insignia.
Fantastic Television
Author: Gary Gerani
Publisher: Harmony
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKText and more than 400 illustrations provide information on every science fiction and fantasy program that has been shown on television.
Science Fiction Television Series, 1990-2004
Author: Frank Garcia
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2012-04-11
Total Pages: 433
ISBN-13: 078646917X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a detailed examination of 58 science fiction television series produced between 1990 and 2004, from the popular The X-Files to the many worlds of Star Trek (The Next Generation onward), as well as Andromeda, Babylon 5, Firefly, Quantum Leap, Stargate Atlantis and SG-I, among others. A chapter on each series includes essential production information; a history of the series; critical commentary; and amusing, often provocative interviews with overall more than 150 of the creators, actors, writers and directors. The book also offers updates on each series' regular cast members, along with several photographs and a bibliography. Fully indexed.
The Complete Directory to Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Television Series
Author: Alan Morton
Publisher: Alan Morton
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 990
ISBN-13: 9780965735803
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmerican Science Fiction Television and Space
Author: Joel Hawkes
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2023-03-05
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 3031105281
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection reads the science fiction genre and television medium as examples of heterotopia (and television as science fiction technology), in which forms, processes, and productions of space and time collide – a multiplicity of spaces produced and (re)configured. The book looks to be a heterotopic production, with different chapters and “spaces” (of genre, production, mediums, technologies, homes, bodies, etc), reflecting, refracting, and colliding to offer insight into spatial relationships and the implications of these spaces for a society that increasingly inhabits the world through the space of the screen. A focus on American science fiction offers further spatial focus for this study – a question of geographical and cultural borders and influence not only in terms of American science fiction but American television and streaming services. The (contested) hegemonic nature of American science fiction television will be discussed alongside a nation that has significantly been understood, even produced, through the television screen. Essays will examine the various (re)configurations, or productions, of space as they collapse into the science fiction heterotopia of television since 1987, the year Star Trek: Next Generation began airing.
