Adapting science fiction to television: small screen, expanded universe
Adapting science fiction to television: small screen, expanded universe
In Adapting Science Fiction to Television: Small Screen, Expanded Universe, Max Sexton and Malcolm Cook examine how the genre evolved over time. The authors consider productions in both the UK and the US, ranging from Walt Disney's acclaimed "Man in Space" in the 1950s to the BBC's reimagined Day of the Triffids in the 1990s. Iconic characters from Flash Gordon and Captain Nemo to Superman and Professor Quatermass all play a role in this history, along with such authors as E. M. Forster and Wernher von Braun. The real stars of this study, however, are the pioneering producers and directors who learned how to bring imagined worlds and fantastic stories into living rooms across the globe.
978-1-4422-5269-1
Sexton, Max
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Cook, Malcolm
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July 2015
Sexton, Max
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Cook, Malcolm
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Sexton, Max and Cook, Malcolm
(2015)
Adapting science fiction to television: small screen, expanded universe
(Science Fiction Television),
Prince George's County, US.
Rowman & Littlefield, 198pp.
Abstract
In Adapting Science Fiction to Television: Small Screen, Expanded Universe, Max Sexton and Malcolm Cook examine how the genre evolved over time. The authors consider productions in both the UK and the US, ranging from Walt Disney's acclaimed "Man in Space" in the 1950s to the BBC's reimagined Day of the Triffids in the 1990s. Iconic characters from Flash Gordon and Captain Nemo to Superman and Professor Quatermass all play a role in this history, along with such authors as E. M. Forster and Wernher von Braun. The real stars of this study, however, are the pioneering producers and directors who learned how to bring imagined worlds and fantastic stories into living rooms across the globe.
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ISBN: 978-1-4422-5269-1
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