Table of Contents

Early Predecessors to The Twilight Zone: The Birth of Science Fiction Television From Doctor Who to Star Trek: Science Fiction Television Comes of Age Lean Years to Star Trek: The Next Generation: Science Fiction Television Is Reborn The Golden Nineties: Science Fiction Television in an Age of Plenty Back to the Future: Science Fiction in the New Millennium

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Provides a chronological, in-depth survey of American science fiction television series from the 1950s through the present day.

About the Author

M. KEITH BOOKER is Professor of English at the University of Arkansas. He is the author of many articles and books on modern literature and culture, including Monsters, Mushroom Clouds, and the Cold War (Greenwood, 2001) and Strange TV: Innovative Television Series from The Twilight Zone to The X-Files (Greenwood, 2002).

Reviews

?[A]nalyzes the science fiction series so much a staple of American television from inception to modern times, creating a chronological survey which provides in-depth studies of some of the most important of these series.?-MBR Bookwatch

?[H]is strongest book yet dealing with television studies.?-Television Quarterly

"ÝA¨nalyzes the science fiction series so much a staple of American television from inception to modern times, creating a chronological survey which provides in-depth studies of some of the most important of these series."-MBR Bookwatch

"ÝH¨is strongest book yet dealing with television studies."-Television Quarterly

"[H]is strongest book yet dealing with television studies."-Television Quarterly

"[A]nalyzes the science fiction series so much a staple of American television from inception to modern times, creating a chronological survey which provides in-depth studies of some of the most important of these series."-MBR Bookwatch