Introduction: Voices heard 'round the cosmic campfire -- The lovecraft circle -- The heroic age of fantasy and science fiction -- The Bradbury chronicles -- Destination: Mars! -- The extravagant gaze -- "Where no man has gone before..." -- The music of terror -- Postmodern Gothic -- "The heresy of humanism" -- "Night vision".
Summary:
"The Gothic tradition continues to excite the popular imagination. John C. Tibbetts presents interviews and conversations with prominent novelists, filmmakers, artists, and film and television directors and actors as they trace the Gothic mode across three centuries, from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, through H.P. Lovecraft, to today's science fiction, goth, and steampunk culture. H. P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Robert (Psycho) Bloch, Chris (The Polar Express, Jumanji) Van Allsburg, Maurice Sendak, Gahan Wilson, Ray Harryhausen, Christopher Reeve, Greg Bear, William Shatner, and many more share their worlds of imagination and terror"--Provided by publisher.
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