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The Complete Directory to Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Television Series: A Comprehensive Guide to the First 50 Years, 1946 to 1996

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You mean there were THAT many Dark Shadows episodes? Night Gallery was ORIGINALLY an HOUR long? I Dream of Jeannie aired on THOSE dates? There were a MILLION series I never heard of before? These are things my wife has to listen to just before going to bed while I read this book (she has since bought ear plugs). This is an AMAZING piece of work! Unfortunatly, by no fault of the author, it's not all complete. A few thing were omitted such as airdates on some series, but hey if the archives didn't keep records, they didn't keep records! There are MANY things that make up for the minor shortfalls. For example he does list several airdates on syndicated programs such as "Friday the 13th the Series" from Chicago independant TV stations. Sure, this isn't an official airdate, but leaving it in does give the viewer an idea of about what week it aired in, which is better than leaving it out all together. Within the gobs of information in this book the author does slightly add his own opinion from time to time on certain shows, but at the same time giving it that "but this is only MY opinion" feel to the review. My most major gripe is the page size of the book, I'd rather it be a standard 8 1/2 x 11 size, but that's just a nickpicky gripe. Oh, and also I wish it came with a free set of earplugs.

This book covers over 360 TV shows, including many British and Canadian series not typically included in American books. With descriptions and guest stars for over 15,000 individual episodes, it is great either as a reference, or just as a trip down memory lane.

This is the best book on sci fi tv shows from 1946 to 1996. The information in here is so detailed brings back memories like v the series, other world, misfits of science and so many others. It's a must have for any sci fi tv fan out there well worth the money!!

I couldn't wait to get my hands on it, and I wasn't disappointed when I finally got it. You can easily call this book the "bible" to Sci-Fi TV. Every genre series ever on TV has it's own episode guide and background info ...

The only thing that could have been better is the font the book uses, which isn't very eye-friendly in my opinion. But if you let THAT stop you from buying it, you're definitely missing something.

I have compared this book,in the Genre Study,,to 2 other Books,similar Format to Sci Fi Tv,This Book beats the other two in information ,Story Line content,shooting dates---He write of updates ,I would love to have these updated notifications sent to meat smokiecat@webtv.net

The The Complete Directory to Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Television Series, 1946-1996, is by far the most complete reference work on the subject of science fiction television I have ever seen. At nearly 1,000 pages long there's not much that leaves the reader wanting. I even discovered shows I've never heard of but can't wait to see! Well worth the money.

This massive trade paperback (in excess of 980 pages) is printed in an eye-blastingly illegible font (somewhat like the old IBM Selectric letter gothic). I was mainly interested in its coverage of the classic SF TV shows of 1949-60, and it turns out there is info here not readily available elsewhere. Coverage ranges from 11 pages for SPACE PATROL to half a page for BUCK ROGERS. Info seems generally accurate, which cannot be said for most books on this topic! Recommended with reservations.