Science fiction America
Science fiction America: essays on SF cinema David J. Hogan (Editor)
Publisher: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2006.
ISBN: 0786421495
DDC: 791.43615
LCC: PN1995.9
Edition: (alk. paper)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Science fiction and the actual / David J. Hogan -- High treason:
great expectations / John T. Soister -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(1931): science, society, and sexuality / Bryan Senn -- Cartoons and
technocracy: Disney's The mad doctor and Fleischer's Dancing on the
moon / Leonard J. Kohl -- Flash Gordon conquers the Great Depression
and World War too! The Flash Gordon serial trilogy / Leonard J. Kohl
-- Atomic city, atomic world / David J. Hogan -- Where do little
green men come from? A speculative look at the origins of a pop
culture icon / Vincent Di Fate -- In them we trust? Fear, faith, and
It came from outer space / Jerry Yamamoto -- Secret identity, fragile
identity: TV's Superman in "Superman on Earth," "The stolen costume,"
"The face and the voice," and "Panic in the sky" / David J. Hogan --
The Atomic Kid: radioactivity finds Andy Hardy / Ted Okuda --
Godzilla vs. the military-industrial complex / Alan Dirk Lester --
Cosmic frames and cover-ups: Invasion of the Saucer Men and the UFO
conspiracy of silence / Lyndon W. Joslin -- The Cold War in orbit:
two films of aliens, arsenals, and interventions / Lyndon W. Joslin
-- Scenes from a marriage: the sexual politics of I married a monster
from outer space / Mark Clark -- Two faces of voyeurism: Nude on the
moon and "X"--the man with the x-ray eyes / Chase Winstead -- The
satan bug: some nightmares are quite inescapable / Alan Dirk Lester
-- "Conclusion of all our yesterdays": the Jungian text of The Omega
man / Ryan Baker -- The sport of violence: Death race 2000 and
Rollerball / Bryan Senn -- Logan's run to relevance / Robert Tinnell
-- Entropy in B-flat, or, Disordered thoughts on The black hole /
Gary D. Rhodes -- Pets or meat: Alien, Aliens, and the indifference
of the gods / Mark Clark -- The brave new world of Starship troopers
/ Ken Weiss -- The iron giant: a gun with a soul / Jacque Day Archer.
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