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5.0 out of 5 stars Much more than a reference guide., September 22, 2010
This review is from: The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction (Paperback)
this book is not for just looking up some facts on a movie you've recently seen.
It's something you will read cover to cover like a collection of short stories. The entries tell you what you'd expect from an encylopedia, but it also gives you the story of each film that is very balanced.
I have kept this book by my bedside for several years now and frequently pick it up and read a few of the stories before going to bed. i'm on my 3rd time through and none of it is getting old.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Overlook Film Encyclopedia (Science Fiction), February 16, 2003
This review is from: The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction (Paperback)
You can spend hours browsing trough this encyclopedia. Of course you will recognize many of the classic. Yet you may be surprised at the multitude of great films that you missed. There are better descriptions and stills than you find in most of the genre magazines.

Contents:

THE EARLY YEARS: Innocent Beginnings (1895-1919)
THE TWENTIES: Dark Visions and Brash Adventure
THE THIRTIES: Mad Scientists and Comic Book Heroes
THE FORTIES: Science Fiction Eclipsed
THE FIFTIES: Science Fiction Reborn
THE SISTIES: Science Fiction Respectable
THE SEVENTIES: Big Budgets and Big Bucks
THE EIGHTIES: Science Fiction Triumphant

I am not going to bore you with the list of my favorites but I challenge you not to fine one of yours.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding!, March 29, 2008
This review is from: The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction (Paperback)
This is an outstanding book. Great reference and all that implies. I like Science Fiction and this book is indispensable. Seems to be little known but it is an outstanding reference work.
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4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars UN SUEĆ`O HECHO REALIDAD, October 17, 1999
This review is from: The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction (Paperback)
Hardy entrega a los fans más exigentes del cine de ciencia ficción un trabajo colosal, absolutamente recomendable, de enorme envergadura (se analizan, año a año, con detalle 1.550 películas), trazado con sumo cuidado (cada crítica, analiza la obra y habla del autor, haciendo referencia a otras obras destacadas del género...y cada década se abre con un miniensayo sobre el panorama del género), y con enorme amplitud de miras (no se centra únicamente en el cine anglosajón, sino que cubre películas de todo el mundo). Es muy difícil dar cantidad y calidad, pero Hardy triunfa en extensión y en detallismo.

El genial libro de Phil Hardy sirve tanto para el profano en la materia como para el profesional que necesita información más detallada y rigurosa, no defraudando a nadie...realmente es muy difícil que entre las 1.550 películas, desde los orígenes del cine hasta 1994, que se critican (NO SE TRATA DE MERAS SINOPSIS ARGUMENTALES... sino que a una pequeña ficha técnica, y a la sipnosis, se une una crítica valorativa, e información sobre el director, la realización, u otros detalles de interés) no esté lo que andas buscando, por el contrario encontrarás gran cantidad de títulos de los que jamás habías oído hablar.

Para redondear esta imprescindible obra, añadir que la edición está realmente muy cuidada (en gran formato), con estupendo papel, y que se incluyen más de 500 fotografías (todas en blanco y negro) realmente fantásticas. Sólo pienso que deberían haberse añadido más índices, pues resulta muy complicado encontrar películas por director.

Para todo amante del cine fantástico, esta obra se complementa con su homóloga del cine de terror,también de Hardy...creo que sería una buena idea, agrupar ambos volúmenes, en una edición de lujo "Fantastique", con caja y tapa dura, sería ideal para coleccionistas.

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