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Alternate Americas: Science Fiction Film and American Culture

By M. Keith Booker

Book information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
2006
ISBN
9780275983956, 0275983951
LCC
PN1995.9.S26 B56 2006
Open Library ID
OL22725882M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1511070 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
283\283
Time added
2010-10-03 22:52:24

Description

College-level collections strong in science fiction holdings will welcome the scholarly survey ALTERNATE AMERICAS: SCIENCE FICTION FILM AND AMERICAN CULTURE. Its professor author M. Keith Booker has selected some fifteen of the most successful, innovative sci fi films of all time and here considers their cultural, technical and cinematic effects. Any genre fan will immediately recognize and acknowledge these selections as true 'greats', from Forbidden Planet and 2001 to Alien, E.T., Blade Runner and Matrix. That they not only reflected future fantasy but the concerns and culture of their times makes for a penetrating analysis which surveys plots and underlying meanings. Diane C. Donovan, Editor California Bookwatch

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