The Best of Science Fiction TV
Author | : John Javna |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1988-01-01 |
Genre | : Science fiction television programs |
ISBN | : 9781852860745 |
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Author | : John Javna |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1988-01-01 |
Genre | : Science fiction television programs |
ISBN | : 9781852860745 |
Author | : Kevin J. Donnelly |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0415641071 |
The music for science fiction television programs, like music for science fiction films, is often highly distinctive, introducing cutting-edge electronic music and soundscapes. There is a highly particular role for sound and music in science fiction, because it regularly has to expand the vistas and imagination of the shows and plays a crucial role in setting up the time and place. Notable for its adoption of electronic instruments and integration of music and effects, science fiction programs explore sonic capabilities offered through the evolution of sound technology and design, which has allowed for the precise control and creation of unique and otherworldly sounds. This collection of essays analyzes the style and context of music and sound design in Science Fiction television. It provides a wide range of in-depth analyses of seminal live-action series such as Doctor Who, The Twilight Zone, and Lost, as well as animated series, such as The Jetsons. With thirteen essays from prominent contributors in the field of music and screen media, this anthology will appeal to students of Music and Media, as well as fans of science fiction television.
Author | : J.P. Telotte |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2008-05-02 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0813138736 |
“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.
Author | : Jan Johnson-Smith |
Publisher | : Wesleyan University Press |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780819567383 |
Science fiction TV and the American psyche.
Author | : Patrick Lucanio |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : |
As 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.
Author | : Gary Gerani |
Publisher | : Harmony |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : |
Text and more than 400 illustrations provide information on every science fiction and fantasy program that has been shown on television.
Author | : David C. Wright, Jr., |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2010-04-19 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0786456345 |
Essays in this work examine treatments of history in science fiction and fantasy television programs from a variety of disciplinary and methodological perspectives. Some essays approach science fiction and fantasy television as primary evidence, demonstrating how such programs consciously or unconsciously elucidate persistent concerns and enduring ideals of a past era and place. Other essays study television as secondary evidence, investigating how popular media construct and communicate narratives about past events.
Author | : Roger Fulton |
Publisher | : Boxtree, Limited |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Science fiction television programs |
ISBN | : 9780752211503 |
Author | : Michael Mallory |
Publisher | : Rizzoli Universe Promotional Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-03 |
Genre | : Science fiction television programs |
ISBN | : 9780789329271 |
Travel where no man has gone before with this decade-by-decade progression of science-fiction classics. From the classic, low-budget space exploration Flash Gordon tales of the Saturday matinee serials, to the slick CGI-realized world of The Matrix, science-fiction films have long been pushing the boundaries of the visually and dramatically fantastic—turning the known world on its head, playing with the laws of physics, and all the while holding their audience spellbound. The Science Fiction Universe . . . and Beyond offers a breadth of knowledge, insight, and passion to a century of close encounters, black holes, time travel, distant planets, impossible quests, nuclear war, futuristic technology, inexplicable forces, spaceships, extraordinary monsters, and subterranean societies. Arranged chronologically, showing the progression of sci-fi over the decades, and delving into interesting back stories and trivia, this volume includes a variety of classic films and television shows, such as The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), The Twilight Zone (1959–1964), Doctor Who (1963–1989), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Star Wars, Episode IV—A New Hope (1977), Alien (1979), E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007), Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009), and many others.
Author | : J.P. Telotte |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2008-05-02 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780813124926 |
Once confined solely to literature and film, science fiction has emerged to become a firmly established, and wildly popular, television genre over the last half century. The Essential Science Fiction Television Reader provides insight into and analyses of the most important programs in the history of the genre and explores the breadth of science fiction programming. Editor J. P. Telotte and the contributors explain the gradual transformation of the genre from low-budget cinematic knockoffs to an independent and distinct televisual identity. Their essays track the dramatic evolution of early hits such as The Twilight Zone and Star Trek into the science fiction programming of today with its more recent successes such as Lost and Heroes. They highlight the history, narrative approaches, and themes of the genre with an inviting and accessible style. In essays that are as varied as the shows themselves, the contributors address the full scope of the genre. In his essay “The Politics of Star Trek: The Original Series,” M. Keith Booker examines the ways in which Star Trek promoted cultural diversity and commented on the pioneering attitude of the American West. Susan George takes on the refurbished Battlestar Galactica series, examining how the show reframes questions of gender. Other essays explore the very attributes that constitute science fiction television: David Lavery’s essay “The Island’s Greatest Mystery: Is Lost Science Fiction?”calls into question the defining characteristics of the genre. From anime to action, every form of science fiction television is given thoughtful analysis enriched with historical perspective. Placing the genre in a broad context, The Essential Science Fiction Television Reader outlines where the genre has been, where it is today, and where it may travel in the future. No longer relegated to the periphery of television, science fiction now commands a viewership vast enough to sustain a cable channel devoted to the genre.