Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-320) and index. "Selected videography": p. 321-335.
Contents:
Landing zone : where does science fiction television go from here? TV time lords : fan cultures, narrative complexity, and the future of science fiction television / Lost in space : television as science fiction icon / Charles Tryon. Shadows on the cathode ray tube : adapting print science fiction for television / Lisa Yaszek -- From big screen to small box : adapting science fiction film for television / Gerald Duchovnay -- Shape of the ship : narrative vehicles and science fiction. Tomorrowland TV : the space opera and early science fiction television / Wheeler Winston Dixon -- Anthology drama : mapping The Twilight Zone's cultural and mythological terrain / Rodney Hill -- Animation, anime, and the cultural logic of Asianization / Dennis Redmond -- What fuels these flights : some key concerns of science fiction television. "Dreams teach" : (im) possible worlds in science fiction television / Christine Mains -- Fraking machines : desire, gender, and the (post) human condition in Battlestar Galatica / Susan A. George -- Space vehicles and traveling companions : rockets and living ships / Samantha Holloway -- Best sights "out here" : key series. Politics of Star Trek / M. Keith Booker -- Science fiction television in the United Kingdom / Mark Bould -- Mainstreaming marginality : genre, hybridity, and postmodernism in The X files / Lacy Hodges -- Babylon 5 : our first, best hope for mature science fiction television / Sherryl Vint -- Stargate SG 1 and the quest for the perfect science fiction premise / Stan Beeler -- Island's greatest mystery : is Lost science fiction? / David Lavery -- Landing zone : where does science fiction television go from here? TV time lords : fan cultures, narrative complexity, and the future of science fiction television / Charles Tryon.
Summary:
From the Publisher: Exploring early hits such as The Twilight Zone and Star Trek, as well as more recent successes such as Battlestar Galactica and Lost, 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.
Series:
Essential readers in contemporary media and culture
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