About the Author

Paul Williams, Exeter, United Kingdom, is teaching fellow in English at the University of Exeter. His work has been published in European Journal of American Culture, Science Fiction Studies, Journal of Transatlantic Studies, European Journal of American Studies, and Science Fiction Film and Television. |James Lyons, Exeter, United Kingdom, is senior lecturer in film at the University of Exeter. He is the author of Selling Seattle: Representing Contemporary Urban America and co-editor of Multimedia Histories: From the Magic Lantern to the Internet (with John Plunkett) and Quality Popular Television (with Marc Jancovich).