Out March 17, 2015
Travel where no man has gone before with this decade-by-decade
progression of science-fiction classics. From the classic, low-budget
space exploration Flash Gordon tales of the Saturday matinee serials, to
the slick CGI-realized world of The Matrix, science-fiction films have
long been pushing the boundaries of the visually and dramatically
fantastic—turning the known world on its head, playing with the laws of
physics, and all the while holding their audience spellbound. The
Science Fiction Universe . . . and Beyond offers a breadth of knowledge,
insight, and passion to a century of close encounters, black holes,
time travel, distant planets, impossible quests, nuclear war, futuristic
technology, inexplicable forces, spaceships, extraordinary monsters,
and subterranean societies. Arranged chronologically, showing the
progression of sci-fi over the decades, and delving into interesting
back stories and trivia, this volume includes a variety of classic films
and television shows, such as The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951),
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), The Twilight Zone (1959–1964),
Doctor Who (1963–1989), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), A Clockwork Orange
(1971), Star Wars, Episode IV—A New Hope (1977), Alien (1979), E.T.:
The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Star Trek: The Next Generation
(1987–1994), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Stargate SG-1
(1997–2007), Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009), and many others.
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