Science Fiction Double Feature

Science Fiction Double Feature
Author: J. P. Telotte
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 1781381836

Edited collection examining the relationship between science fiction and the formation of cult cinema.

Double Feature

Double Feature
Author: Owen King
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2013-03-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1451676913

SAM DOLAN is a young man coming to terms with his life in the process and aftermath of making his first film. He has a difficult relationship with his father, B-movie actor Booth Dolan—a boisterous, opinionated, lying lothario whose screen legacy falls somewhere between cult hero and pathetic. Allie, Sam’s dearly departed mother, was a woman whose only fault, in Sam’s eyes, was her eternal affection for his father. Also included in the cast of indelible characters: a precocious, frequently violent half-sister; a conspiracy-theorist second wife; an Internet-famous roommate; a contractor who can’t stop expanding his house; a happy-go-lucky college girlfriend and her husband, a retired Yankees catcher; the morose producer of a true-crime show; and a slouching indie-film legend. Not to mention a tragic sex monster. Unraveling the tumultuous, decades-spanning story of the Dolan family’s friends, lovers, and adversaries, Double Feature is about letting go of everything—regret, resentment, dignity, moving pictures, the dead—and taking it again from the top. Against the backdrop of indie filmmaking, college campus life, contemporary Brooklyn, and upstate New York, Owen King’s epic debut novel combines propulsive storytelling with mordant wit and brims with a deep understanding of the trials of ambition and art, of relationships and life, and of our attempts to survive it all.

Double Feature Creature Attack

Double Feature Creature Attack
Author: Tom Weaver
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 732
Release: 2003-02-19
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780786482153

This whopping big McFarland Classic brings together 43 interviews with horror and science fiction movie writers, producers, directors and the men and women who saved the planet from aliens, behemoths, robots, zombies, and other sinister, stumbling threats--in the movies, at least. The interviewees reminisce about some of their great (and not so great!) films and tell their stories. This classic volume represents the union of two previous volumes: 1994's Attack of the Monster Movie Makers ("anecdotes are frank and revealing"--Video Watchdog); and 1995's They Fought in the Creature Features ("a fun book for all SF film enthusiasts"--Interzone). Together at last, this combined collection of interviews offers a candid and delightful perspective on the movies that still make audiences howl and squeal (though fear has long been replaced with sweet nostalgia).

The Rocky Horror Show

The Rocky Horror Show
Author: Richard O'Brien
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
Total Pages: 62
Release: 1983
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780573681127

Rock Musical Characters: 7 males, 3 females Scenery: Interior That sweet transvestite and his motley crew did the time warp on Broadway in a 25th anniversary revival. Complete with sass from the audience, cascading toilet paper and an array of other audience participation props, this deliberately kitschy rock 'n' roll sci fi gothic is more fun than ever. "A socko wacko weirdo rock concert."-WNBC TV. "A musical that deals with mutating identity and time warps becomes one of the most mutated, time warped phenomena in show business."-N.Y. Times. "Campy trash."-Time.

Swords of Fire 2

Swords of Fire 2
Author: Jack Mackenzie
Publisher: Rage Machine Books
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2021-07-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781927089927

G. W. Thomas is back with four new novellas of Swords & Sorcery. "Gladiator King" by David A. Hardy stars Cingetorix from the gladiator's arena to the sacred groves of the King of Nemi. "Through Dungeons Deep" by Jack Mackenzie sees the return of Sirtago and Poet as they become champions and hunt a wizard. But all is not what it seems. Best of all, Poet tells the tale this time."The Daughter of Lilith" continues Michael Ehart's fantastic Ninshi series. In the days of Mesopotamia, Ninshi is haunted by deeds past and monsters present. "The Work We Have In Hand" is set in the same world as G. W. Thomas' Dragontongue. Follow the wizard Emerrant and his unwilling servant, Aberdin Vol, as they try to figure out where all the wizards and witches in Stormcock have gone.

Pulp Science Fiction

Pulp Science Fiction
Author: Douglas Parker
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2006-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595406068

Pulp Science Fiction reads like a wild Saturday afternoon sci-fi double feature matinee from the "50s!" The passenger cleared his throat as he began his message. "Mom. Mom, it's me. I don't have a lot of time, so please listen to me carefully. I'm not at school. I'm on my way to Buffalo to meet a woman who can help me stop something unimaginable. Mom, you've got to get out of the condo. You've got to get out of Lawrence. Just grab what you can and hire a cab and head west, as far and as fast as you can go. There is going to be an explosion. An airplane with a bomb in it is going to kill you and everyone around you. Mom, you've got to believe me. Mom, get out of there! Mom." The passenger took a deep breath and continued. "Mom, something fantastic has happened to me. I don't know why or how, but it's been astonishing. Mom, I know we haven't talked about this much lately, but I love you and I want you to be okay." For the first time since his episode on the sidewalk, he shed a tear-not out of self-pity-but out of happiness, because for the first time he felt that he had something important to lose, and life suddenly mattered to him.

The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction

The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction
Author: Mike Ashley
Publisher: Robinson
Total Pages: 677
Release: 2010-07-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 184901535X

Here are 25 stories of science fiction that push the envelope, by the biggest names in an emerging new crop of high-tech futuristic SF - including Charles Stross, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Peter Hamilton and Neal Asher. High-tech SF has made a significant comeback in the last decade, as bestselling authors successfully blend the super-science of 'hard science fiction' with real characters in an understandable scenario. It is perhaps a reflection of how technologically controlled our world is that readers increasingly look for science fiction that considers the fates of mankind as a result of increasing scientific domination. This anthology brings together the most extreme examples of the new high-tech, far-future science fiction, pushing the limits way beyond normal boundaries. The stories include: "A Perpetual War Fought Within a Cosmic String", "A Weapon That Could Destroy the Universe", "A Machine That Detects Alternate Worlds and Creates a Choice of Christs", "An Immortal Dead Man Sent To The End of the Universe", "Murder in Virtual Reality", "A Spaceship So Large That There is An Entire Planetary System Within It", and "An Analytical Engine At The End of Time", and "Encountering the Untouchable."

The History Behind Game of Thrones

The History Behind Game of Thrones
Author: David C. Weinczok
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2019-02-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1526749017

The true history behind the hit HBO fantasy show and George R. R. Martin’s bestselling Fire and Ice series. A wall in the distant north cuts the world in two. Ruthless sea-born warriors raid the coasts from their war galleys. A young nobleman and his kin are slaughtered under a banner of truce within a mighty castle. A warrior king becomes a legend when he smites his foe with one swing of his axe during a nation-forging battle. Yet this isn’t Westeros—it’s Scotland. Game of Thrones is history re-imagined as fantasy. The History Behind Game of Thrones turns the tables, using George R. R. Martin’s extraordinary fictional universe as a way to understand the driving forces and defining moments from Scotland’s story. Why were castles so important? Was there a limit to the powers a medieval king could use—or abuse? What was the reality of being under siege? Was there really anything that can compare to the destructive force of dragons? By joining forces, Westeros and Scotland hold the answers. Writer and presenter David C. Weinczok draws on a vast array of characters, events, places, and themes from Scottish history that echo Game of Thrones at every dramatic turn. Visit the castle where the real Red Wedding transpired, encounter the fearsome historical tribes beyond Rome’s great wall, learn how a blood-red heart became the most feared sigil in Scotland, and much more. By journey’s end, the cogs in the wheels of Martin’s world and Scottish history will be laid bare, as well as the stories of those who tried to shape—and sometimes even break—them.

Sci-Fi Futa Double Feature

Sci-Fi Futa Double Feature
Author: Ashley Berry
Publisher: Boruma Publishing
Total Pages: 60
Release: 1901
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1370685831

In this futanari double feature, authors Ashley Berry and Veronica Sloan take you between the sheets and beyond the stars. Prepare yourself for two erotic adventures that are out of this world! ~~~~~ The Alien Futa's Lover - by Ashley Berry As long as she can remember, Dr. Beck Langley has dreamed of meeting an extraterrestrial. After discovering that her boss is harboring a tall, blue, hermaphroditic extra-terrestrial in his lab, the young biologist finally has a chance to make that dream come true! Little does she know, the mysterious, well-hung alien has aspirations of her own: to make Beck her perfect, human plaything. THE ALIEN FUTA?S LOVER is Ashley Berry?s first foray into sci-fi erotica, and is over 14,000 words of dreamy, hot sex between a nerdy science girl and her alien futa lover! ~~~~~ÿ Space Futanari in the 24th Century - by Veronica Sloan When disaster strikes the starship Athena, Chief Engineer Kela Burton is mutated by an alien spore. Transformed into a futanari, her new body part is a source of fear and fascination to her all-female crew. Men have been extinct for 200 years, and no living woman has experienced male anatomy. To Kela's delight, her beautiful captain is eager to be the first!