Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Cinema

M. Keith Booker

doi:10.5771/9781538130100

Zusammenfassung

In the years since Georges Méliès’s Le voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon) was released in 1902, more than 1000 science fiction films have been made by filmmakers around the world. The versatility of science fiction cinema has allowed it to expand into a variety of different markets, appealing to age groups from small children to adults. The technical advances in filmmaking technology have enabled a new sophistication in visual effects.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Cinema contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, films, companies, techniques, themes, and subgenres. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about science fiction cinema.

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Auflage: 2/2020
Copyrightjahr: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-1-5381-3009-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-3010-0
Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 505
Produkttyp: Monographie

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1. Contents Kein Zugriff
2. Editor’s Foreword Kein Zugriff
3. Preface Kein Zugriff
4. Reader’s Note Kein Zugriff
5. Chronology Kein Zugriff
Introduction Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 20
THE DICTIONARY Kein Zugriff Seiten 21 - 478
Bibliography Kein Zugriff Seiten 479 - 504
About the Author Kein Zugriff Seiten 505 - 505