More on Planet of the Apes

Another fascinating new book on the franchise, covering all aspects of the series from 1968's Planet of the Apes to 2014's Dawn of the Planet of the Apes:

Planet of the Apes: The Evolution of the Legend
A celebration of all the classic and new movies, TV & merchandise
http://titanbooks.com/planet-of-the-apes-the-evolution-of-the-legend-a-celebration-of-all-the-classic-and-new-movies-tv-merchandise-7579/

By Joe Fordham and Jeff Bond.
With a foreword by John Landis.
RRP $39.95.


Synopsis

Planet of the Apes: The Evolution of the Legend is the first exhaustive account of the groundbreaking series, featuring production art, costume designs, makeup tests, posters, and interviews with key crew members.


Product Details
ISBN: 9781783291984
Dimensions: 9 x 12’’
Hardback: 256pp
Publication date: October 14 2014
Illustration detail: Colour photos throughout

NEPCA Fantastic 2017

NEPCA meets next October on the campus of UMass Amherst from 27 to 28 October. A call for papers for our tenth-anniversary sessions will be posted soon.

As always, we are looking for papers that explore the fantastic in all its various forms as well as monster-specific papers in celebration of Halloween. The area also looks to commemorate the two-hundredth anniversary of Mary Shelley's completion of Frankenstein with a set of panels devoted to the theme of "Friendly Frankensteins" exploring the reception of the Frankenstein story in youth culture.

Michael Torregrossa
Area Chair

Voltron on CD!

Released in 2012, World Event Productions and Amazon.com offer an exclusive CD featuring music from the classic animated series Voltron: Defender of the Universe. The CD (available as a traditional disc and for digital download from Amazon) is a fun way to revisit the series, but the pieces are a bit of mixed bag, and full album is probably best for completists. There are tracks that feature the opening and closing of the series, which might be expected, plus the narration for the combining of the lion-bots to form Voltron, but the producers also include more eclectic choices, such as the leads into and out of commercial breaks and a dance remix of the score.

The complete track listing follows:

  1. Voltron Opener (Narration)

  2. Descent

  3. Mystical

  4. Alien Landscape

  5. A Witch

  6. Gladiator Fight

  7. Arrival

  8. Sneaking

  9. Bad Guys

  10. Royal Subjects

  11. Dangerous

  12. Bumper #1

  13. Voltron Will Be Back...

  14. And Now Back to Voltron...

  15. Quick Harp

  16. Majestic

  17. Castle of Lions

  18. Sad Princess

  19. Our Prayers Answered (Dialogue)

  20. At the Lake

  21. Hunk and Pidge

  22. Rushing

  23. The Cave

  24. Bumper #2

  25. Sand People

  26. Captured

  27. A Spy

  28. Voltron Arrives

  29. We Are Friends

  30. Defeat

  31. Quick Harp #2

  32. It's Me

  33. King Alfor

  34. Tension

  35. Underground Base

  36. Montage

  37. Bumper #3

  38. Voltron Will Be Back (Instrumental)

  39. Ready to Form Voltron (Dialogue)

  40. Voltron Closer

  41. Original Opener

  42. Original Opener W/ Sing Out

  43. Original Closer

  44. Form Voltron Sound Fx

  45. Voltage Sfx

  46. Voltage Bump

  47. Voltron DJ MacMan Dance Remix

  48. All Music Compilation

  49. Music of Voltron Montage