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"...a solid scholarly overview of the genre and its overlapping narratives." Utopian Studies "Telotte suggests how the science-fiction film reflects attitudes toward science, technology, and reason as they evolved over the course of the 20th century... Telotte offers a historical overview that anchors his reasoned critical conclusions... Valuable in any college or university library." Choice

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"...a solid scholarly overview of the genre and its overlapping narratives." Utopian Studies

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Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; First Edition edition (September 24, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521596475
ISBN-13: 978-0521596473
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #241,327 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Whenever students of film approach the science fiction genre, it appears they immediately find themselves facing a kind of paradox, one akin to the problematic logic built into the form's combinatory designation - that is, as science and fiction, as fact and fabrication. Read the first page

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science fiction film criticism, genre thinking, science fiction cinema, fantastic text, science fiction narratives, postmodern science fiction, science fiction genre, science fiction literature, terminal identity, science fiction films, critical vantages

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Star Wars, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Rosemary Jackson, Machine Age, The Thing, Just Imagine, United States, Devils Tower, Flash Gordon, Star Trek, Starship Troopers, Forbidden Planet, Buck Rogers, Dark City, Destination Moon, Dick Jones, Edward James, Logan's Run, Roy Neary, Eve of Destruction, Fritz Lang, Old Detroit, Space Odyssey, Susan Sontag, The Day the Earth Stood Still

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The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre (Cornell Paperbacks) by Tzvetan Todorov on 6 pages
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Close Encounters Of The Third Kind by Steven Spielberg on 6 pages
A Distant Technology: Science Fiction Film and the Machine Age by J. P. Telotte on 5 pages
Shadows of the Magic Lamp: Fantasy and Science Fiction on Film (Alternatives) by Adjunct Professor George E Slusser PhD on 5 pages

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3.0 out of 5 stars Some inaccuracies, August 13, 2004

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I have not read this entire book, but thank you, Amazon.com, for providing a sample of a page. This book starts to talk about how comic strips and comic books influenced science fiction movies and serials, which is a valid point. They mention, as a significant example, Captain Marvel. However, they say that it was Marvel Comics' Captain Marvel, drawn by "Clyde" Beck. The CM in question was actually published by Fawcett Comics and was originally drawn by Charles Clarence Beck.

I hope the rest of the book does not make such blatant errors.

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