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The Trajectory of Science Fiction Television | p. 1 |
Background: Lifting Off from the Cultural Pad | |
Lost in Space: Television as Science Fiction Icon | p. 37 |
Shadows on the Cathode Ray Tube: Adapting Print Science Fiction for Television | p. 55 |
From Big Screen to Small Box: Adapting Science Fiction Film for Television | p. 69 |
The Shape of the Ship: Narrative Vehicles and Science Fiction | |
Tomorrowland TV: The Space Opera and Early Science Fiction Television | p. 93 |
Anthology Drama: Mapping The Twilight Zone's Cultural and Mythological Terrain | p. 111 |
Animation, Anime, and the Cultural Logic of Asianization | p. 127 |
What Fuels These Flights: Some Key Concerns of Science Fiction Television | |
"Dreams Teach": (Im)Possible Worlds in Science Fiction Television | p. 143 |
Fraking Machines: Desire, Gender, and the (Post)Human Condition in Battlestar Galactica | p. 159 |
Space Vehicles and Traveling Companions: Rockets and Living Ships | p. 177 |
The Best Sights "Out There": Key Series | |
The Politics of Star Trek | p. 195 |
Science Fiction Television in the United Kingdom | p. 209 |
Mainstreaming Marginality: Genre, Hybridity, and Postmodernism in The X-Files | p. 231 |
Babylon 5: Our First, Best Hope for Mature Science Fiction Television | p. 247 |
Stargate SG-1 and the Quest for the Perfect Science Fiction Premise | p. 267 |
The Island's Greatest Mystery: Is Lost Science Fiction? | p. 283 |
The Landing Zone: Where Does Science Fiction Television Go from Here? | |
TV Time Lords: Fan Cultures, Narrative Complexity, and the Future of Science Fiction Television | p. 301 |
Further Reading | p. 315 |
Selected Videography | p. 321 |
List of Contributors | p. 337 |
Index | p. 341 |
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