More Star Wars: DiTerlizzi's Star Wars: The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight

Not sure if I've posted on this before:

DiTerlizzi, Tony. Star Wars: The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight. Illustrations by Ralph McQuarrie. Designed by Tony DiTerlizzi and Jason Wojtowicz. Glendale, CA: Lucasfilm Press-Disney Book Group, 2014. 978-1-4847-0668-8

This an interesting idea. Writing for young readers, DiTerlizzi presents the story of Luke Skywalker adapted (sometimes word-for-word) from the Original Trilogy, and his narrative is accompanied by the Star Wars concept art of the late Ralph McQuarrie.

There are some resources on the making of the book at DiTerlizzi's website (http://diterlizzi.com/book/the-adventures-of-luke-skywalker-jedi-knight/), and Disney Books includes a trailer on its official page for the book at https://books.disney.com/book/star-wars-the-adventures-of-luke-skywalker-jedi-knight/.

Of Interest: Marvel's Star Wars: A New Hope—The 40th Anniversary

Also of interest:

Harrold, Jess. Star Wars: A New Hope—The 40th Anniversary. Book design by Adam Del Re with Salena Mahina. New York: Marvel Worldwide-Marvel Ent., 2018. 978-1-302-91128-7

Very much a companion to the earlier Star Wars: The Marvel Covers Vol. 1, Star Wars: A New Hope—The 40th Anniversary is a celebration of both forty years of Star War and a spotlight on Marvel’s renewed association with the franchise. The book begins by reproducing a series of forty-eight variant covers, which ran across Marvel’s new and expanded Star Wars line in 2017, retelling iconic scenes from the original film through fresh images. Each cover includes a plot synopsis (often very much indebted to the dialogue of the film) and samples of concept art or (sometimes) comic art from Marvel’s 1977 adaptation of the film that depicts a similar image. The next section (similar to Marvel’s earlier collection) allows the creators involved in the commemorative celebration to comment on their experiences with the original film and highlight their role in furthering its legacy. Another section offers a selection of other recent covers and variants from a number of Marvel’s current Star Wars series, serving as somewhat of an incomplete continuation of the material reproduced in Star Wars: The Marvel Covers Vol. 1. The final section reprints the first issue of Marvel’s 1977 comic book adaptation of the original Star Wars along with writer Roy Thomas’s introduction to the series and a further text piece (possibly a studio press release) on the film, both also from the issue.

A digital copy is available from the publisher at https://comicstore.marvel.com/Star-Wars-A-New-Hope-The-40th-Anniversary/digital-comic/47717.

Of Inteterest: Star Wars: The Marvel Covers Vol. 1

Apologies for the long absence, but here's a recent book that might be of interest:

Harrold, Jess. Star Wars: The Marvel Covers Vol. 1. New York: Marvel Worldwide-Marvel Ent., 2015. 978-0-7851-9838-3

Star Wars: The Marvel Covers Vol. 1 is focused on the Marvel re-launch of Star Wars comics in 2015. The bulk of the book is composed of reproductions of the cover art for the initial arc of the three new series Star Wars, Darth Vader, and Princess Leia, and this gallery includes the regular covers as well as all the variants. These sections also include interviews with the writers and artists involved in the project, and they reminisce about their experiences with the Star Wars franchise and comment on their contribution to its latest manifestation in the comics medium. A final section offers a selection of covers from Marvel’s original Star Wars line—including Marvel Treasury Edition Featuring Star Wars (1977), the main Star Wars series (1977-1986), and the Star Wars: Return of the Jedi limited series (1983-1984)—plus cover images from the publisher’s recent reprinting of its earlier Star Wars line books in new collected editions.

The digital version can be purchased direct from the publisher at https://comicstore.marvel.com/Star-Wars-The-Marvel-Covers-Vol-1/digital-comic/39963.

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

Art of (the New) Planet of the Apes

Another interesting new book from Titan Books. Offers some great insight into the making of the films.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of Planet of the Apes: The Art of the Films
Matt Hurwitz, Sharon Gosling, and Adam Newell
http://titanbooks.com/rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-and-dawn-of-planet-of-the-apes-the-art-of-the-films-7578/

PRODUCT DETAILS

ISBN: 9781783291977
Dimensions: 11 15/16” x 10 6/8”
Hardback: 176pp
Publication date: July 8 2014
Illustration detail: Colour photos throughout
Price: $34.95

SYNOPSIS

A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth’s dominant species.

This is the stunning art book for the newest chapters in the legendary science-fiction series, Planet of the Apes™, covering Rise of Planet of the Apes™ and Dawn of Planet of the Apes™.

Produced in close cooperation with the filmmakers, this action-packed treasure trove features a foreword by director Matt Reeves, exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes photos and a wealth of breathtaking production art.

The Art of The Lord of Rings

Now available, an interesting new book of Middle-earth art. Like its predecessor, The Art of the Hobbit, this collection of artwork offers insight into Tolkien's creative process, but it, too, is more for completists than the casual fan. 

The Art of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christina Scull, Wayne Hammond
http://www.hmhco.com/shop/books/The-Art-of-The-Lord-of-the-Rings-by-JRR-Tolkien/9780544636347

ISBN-13/ EAN: 9780544636347

ISBN-10: 0544636341

Pages: 240

Publication Date: 10/13/2015

Price: $40.00

About the Book

J.R.R. Tolkien's complete artwork for his magisterial novel, published on the sixtieth anniversary of The Lord of the Rings 

As he wrote The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien’s mental pictures often found expression in drawing, from rough sketches made within the manuscript to more finished illustrations. Only a few of these were meant for publication; most were aids to help Tolkien conceive his complex story and keep it consistent. Many do not illustrate the final text, but represent moments of creation, illuminating Tolkien’s process of writing and design. In addition to pictorial sketches, numerous maps follow the development of the Shire and the larger landscape of Middle-earth, while inscriptions in runes and Elvish script, and "facsimile" leaves from the burned and blood-stained Book of Mazarbul, support Tolkien’s pose as an "editor" or "translator" of ancient records. 

The Art of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien collects these drawings, inscriptions, maps, and plans in one deluxe volume. More than 180 images are included, all of them printed in color from high-quality scans and photographs, more than half not previously published. Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, two of the world’s leading Tolkien scholars, have edited the book and provide an expert introduction and comments.

About the Authors

J.R.R. TOLKIEN (1892–1973) is the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic and extraordinary works of fiction as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. His books have been translated into more than fifty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide. Read More

CHRISTINA SCULL is a leading expert on Tolkien and coauthor of the acclaimed The Art of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator,The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, and The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide with Wayne G. Hammond. Read More

WAYNE G. HAMMOND is a leading expert on Tolkien and coauthor of the acclaimed The Art of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator,The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, and The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide with Christina Scull.

Thoughts on The Martian

One last post for the night:

I recently read Andy Weir's The Martian (originally published in 2011 and re-released in 2014). It was a quick read and offered an interesting premise detailing the life of an astronaut stranded on Mars. The astronaut was a likable fellow, though one wonders how believable his story of survival is. Also, he has a lot of bad luck--signaled conveniently by a shift to third-person narration--just when things look hopeful. It is not the worst science fiction book I have read, but I also cannot buy into the hype and say it is among the best. Perhaps the upcoming film will alter my feelings on the story.

Further details about the book can be found online at the publisher's website at http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/234102/the-martian-movie-tie-in-by-andy-weir/paperback#.

The Kraken and Its World

I finished reading China Miéville's Kraken: An Anatomy (2010) last month. This was the third book of his that I have read after The City and the City and Railsea. The other two books are science fiction dealing, respectively, with parallel worlds and post apocalyptic futures, but Kraken is pure urban fantasy. I was particularly impressed here with Miéville's world-building. The magical worlds of London and its inhabitants (particularly Wati and his fellow familiars and the ocean) are very alive and engaging, though the story itself ultimately disappoints. Still, I think this would make a great fantasy film.

Further details about the book can be found at the publisher's website at http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/114260/kraken-by-china-mieville/paperback#.

Essential Supernatural Out Now

Insight Editions has recently released the following:

Knight, Nicholas, and Christopher Cerasi. The Essential Supernatural: On the Road with Sam and Dean Winchester. Foreword Eric Kripke. San Rafael, CA: Insight Editions, 2012. Print. 978-1-60887-145-2

Profusely illustrated, this over-sized book serves as both a guide to and celebration of the first seven seasons of the Supernatural television series. The book includes a wealth of photographs from the show, commentary by the cast and crew, and a variety of extras for the fans. The book concludes with predictions for the upcoming season eight and a short episode guide devoted to seasons one through seven.

Return to Middle-earth with Brian Sibley

In anticipation of the release next month of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has released Brian Sibley's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Official Movie Guide. As with Sibley's earlier volumes on The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the book offers an extensively well-illustrated look at the making of the film and includes much commentary from the cast and crew. Details as follows:


The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Official Movie Guide 
By Brian Sibley
Publication Date:2012-11-06
Price: $14.95
Format: Trade Paper, 192 pages
Trim Size: 8 5/8 x 11 1/4
Also available as: Fixed Layout E-Book


ISBN-13/ EAN:9780547898551
ISBN-10:054789855X


Book Description

Enter Bilbo Baggins’ world through exclusive interviews with director Peter Jackson, Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen and all the principal cast and filmmakers, who share film-making secrets and tales of what it was actually like making movie magic in Middle-earth.

Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of behind-the-scenes photos of the actors, locations, sets, creatures and costumes, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Official Movie Guide has been produced in collaboration with the filmmakers who have brought J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic novel into breathtaking three-dimensional life.

Art of the Hobbit

New from Houghton Mifflin (and reissued from HarperCollins, though minus the original slipcase) is The Art of the Hobbit. It is an odd book, reprinting all of Tolkien's various drawings and sketches for the work, and definitely one for Tolkien completists as opposed to the casual fan of Middle-earth.

Details as follows:

The Art of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
By Wayne G. Hammond, Christina Scull, J.R.R. Tolkien

About the Book
ISBN-13/ EAN: 9780547928258
ISBN-10: 0547928254
Price: $40
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
Publication Date: 2012-09-18
Trim Size: 10 x 10
Book Description:

J.R.R. Tolkien’s complete artwork for The Hobbit, presented for the first time in celebration of the 75th anniversary

When J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit, he was already an accomplished amateur artist, and drew illustrations for his book while it was still in manuscript. The Hobbit as first printed had ten black-and-white pictures, two maps, and binding and dust jacket designs by its author. Later, Tolkien also painted five scenes for color plates, which comprise some of his best work. His illustrations for The Hobbit add an extra dimension to that remarkable book, and have long influenced how readers imagine Bilbo Baggins and his world.

Written and edited by leading Tolkien experts Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, The Art of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien showcases the complete artwork created by the author for his story—including related pictures, more than one hundred sketches, drawings, paintings, maps, and plans. Some of these images are published here for the first time, others for the first time in color, allowing Tolkien’s Hobbit pictures to be seen completely and more vividly than ever before.

JPC June 2012

Details for the latest number of The Journal of Popular Culture:

Vol. 45.3, June 2012

Editorial

Gary Hoppenstand

Articles

“Toward A More Valid Definition of ‘Pornography’” by David Andrews.

“‘Lovelier the Second Time Around’: Divorce, Desire, and Gothic Domesticity in Invasion of the Body Snatchers” by Jennifer L. Jenkins.

“Left Behind, the Holocaust, and that Old Time Antisemitism” by Lisa Lampert-Weissig.

“The Evolution of the ‘Chick Car’ Or: What Came First, the Chick or the Car?” by Chris Lezotte.

“Imagined Presidencies: The Representation of Political Power in Television Fiction” by Patricia F. Phalen. Jennie Kim, and Julia Osellame.

“Dawn of the Different: The Mulatto Zombie in Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead” by Justin Ponder.

“The Far Side of the World: Naomi Novik and the Blended Genre of Dragon Fantasy and the Sea Adventure” by Timothy E. Scheurer and Pam Scheurer.

“Red Skelton, The Crack-up, and the Quick-change” by Greg M. Smith.

“Careless Girls and Repentant Wives: Gender in Postwar Classroom Films” by Meagan Stemm-Wade.

“Literature for Us ‘Older Children’: Lost Girls, Seduction Fantasies, and the Reeducation of Adults” by Eric L. Tribunella.

“The Social Construction of Nature and Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers” by Jeremy Withers.

Book Reviews

Kaufman, Will. Woody Guthrie: American Radical. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2011. Reviewed by Brittany Bounds.

Lipkin, Elline. Girls’ Studies. Berkeley, CA: Seal Press, 2009. Reviewed by Rachel Dean-Ruzicka.

Lauterbach, Preston. The Chitlin’ Circuit and the Road to Rock & Roll. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2011.  Reviewed by Frank Johnson.

Christie, Deborah and Sarah Juliet Lauro. Better Off Dead: The Evolution of the Zombie as Post-Human. New York: Fordham University Press, 2011. Reviewed by Sharla Hutchison.

LaBennett, Oneka. She's Mad Real: Popular Culture and West Indian Girls in Brooklyn. New York: New York University Press, 2011.  Reviewed by Andreea Micu.

Tibbetts, John C. The Gothic Imagination: Conversations on Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction in the Media. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. Reviewed by Laurence Raw.

Constandinides, Costas. From Film Adaptation to Post-Celluloid Adaptation: Rethinking the Transition of Popular Narratives and Characters Across Old and New Media. London and New York: Continuum, 2010. Reviewed by Laurence Raw.

Watson, Elwood and Marc E. Shaw, Eds. Performing American Masculinities: The 21st-Century Man in Popular Culture.  Bloomington: Indiana UP, 2011. Reviewed by Jennifer Forsberg.

Lavigne, Carlen and Heather Marcovitch, Eds. American Remakes of British Television: Transformations and Mistranslations. New York: Rowan & Littlefield, 2011. Reviewed by Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy.

New Bradbury Scholarship

The New Ray Bradbury Review, No. 2
William F. Touponce (ed.)

2010, 92 pp
ISBN 978-1-60635-037-9
Paper, $25.00
Shipping Status: Available
 Courtesy of our partner, Atlas Books

An annual dedicated to the life and writings of one of America’s most prolific and popular authors

Like its pioneering predecessor, the one-volume review published in 1952 by William F. Nolan, The New Ray Bradbury Review contains articles and reviews about Bradbury but has a much broader scope, including a thematic focus for each issue. Since Nolan composed his slim volume at the beginning of Bradbury’s career, Bradbury has birthed hundreds of stories and half a dozen novels, making him one of this country’s most anthologized authors. While his effect on the genres of fantasy, horror, and science fiction is still being assessed (See Ray Bradbury: The Life of Fiction, Kent State University Press, 2004), there is no doubt of his impact, and to judge from the testimony of his readers, many of them now professional writers themselves, it is clear that he has affected the lives of five generations of young readers.

The New Ray Bradbury Review is designed primarily to study the impact of Ray Bradbury’s writings on American culture. It is the central publication of The Center for Ray Bradbury Studies, a newly established archive of Bradbury’s writings located at Indiana University. This review is designed principally to study the impact of Ray Bradbury’s writings on American culture. In this second number, scholars discuss Bradbury’s view of the role of art and aesthetics in our modern technological lives. Included are Bradbury’s correspondence with renowned Renaissance art historian and aesthetician Bernard Berenson, a fragment from Bradbury’s screenplay “The Chrysalis,” a review of Now and Forever, and insightful essays by Jon Eller and Roger Lay.

Fans and scholars will welcome The New Ray Bradbury Review,as it will add to the understanding of the life and work of this recently honored author, who received both a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize.

Interested in learning more about this and future projects with theThe Center for Ray Bradbury Studies? Click here listen to William F. Touponce address these issues.

The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: A Critical Edition: Volume 1, 1938–1943

William F. Touponce, and Jonathan R. Eller (eds.)

Description
2010, c. 332 pp
ISBN 978-1-60635-071-3
Cloth, $65.00
 Shipping Status: Available
Courtesy of our partner, Atlas Books

In the past, collections of Bradbury’s works have juxtaposed stories with no indication as to the different time periods in which they were written. Even the mid- and late-career collections that Bradbury himself compiled contained stories that were written much earlier—a situation that has given rise to misconceptions about the origins of the stories themselves. In this new edition, editors William F. Touponce and Jonathan R. Eller present for the first time the stories of Ray Bradbury in the order in which they were written. Moreover, they use texts that reflect Bradbury’s earliest settled intention for each tale. By examining his relationships with his agent, editor, and publisher, Touponce and Eller’s textual commentaries document the transformation of the stories—and Bradbury’s creative understanding of genre fiction—from their original forms to the versions known and loved today.

Volume 1 covers the years 1938 to 1943 and contains thirteen stories that have never appeared in a Bradbury collection. For those that were previously published, the original serial forms recovered in this volume differ in significant ways from the versions that Bradbury popularized over the ensuing years. By documenting the ways the stories evolved over time, Touponce and Eller unveil significant new information about Bradbury’s development as a master of short fiction.

Each volume in the proposed three-volume edition includes a general introduction, chronology, summary of unpublished stories, textual commentary for each story, textual apparatus, and chronological catalog. The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury is edited to the highest scholarly standards by the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies and bears the Modern Language Association’s seal of approval for scholarly editions.

RIP Realms of Fantasy

The literary magazine Realms of Fantasy has died again after a valiant attempt to revive the serial. Details can be found at the magazine's blog at http://www.rofmag.com/.

I, Vampire Reborn

DC Comics is re-envisioning vampire Andrew Bennett in the new series I, Vampire as part of the New 52 re-launching of the DC Universe into Andrew Stanton, a radically younger version of the established character. There is an insightful interview with the writer, Joshua Fialkov, at Newsarama.

Iron Giant Returns

Knopf Books for Young Readers has recently released a new US edition of Ted Hughes's The Iron Man (1968) under its more familiar title, The Iron Giant, with illustrations by British artist Laura Carlin. The art is somewhat strange making this an atypical children's book, but the story, which inspired a 1999 animated feature film, is sure to captive readers young and old, who may be drawn further in through the inventiveness of Carlin's designs. Previews of the art can be found at Walker Books, publishers of the British version.

Making Avatar

Publisher Abrams Books has recently released Jody Duncan and Lisa Fitzpatrick's The Making of Avatar (2010). With nearly 300 pages, the book is a detailed--often too detailed, at times--look at the technological innovations behind the feature film. I don't believe it will appeal to casual fans of the film, and die-hard fans might be more interested in the world-building (serviced in part by Fitzpatrick's The Art of Avatar:James Cameron’s Epic Adventure [also from Abrams Books, 2009]) than the technology that was involved in its creation.

New/Recent from McFarland

Here's another batch from McFarland:

Looking for Lost: Critical Essays on the Enigmatic Series 
Edited by Randy Laist

Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-4716-9
EBook ISBN: 978-0-7864-8588-8
notes, bibliographies, index
260pp. softcover (6 x 9) 2011
Price: $38.00

About the Book
Lost has received widespread acclaim as one of the most innovative, intelligent, and influential dramatic series in television history. Central to Lost’s success has been its capacity to evoke audience interpretations of its mysteries, undiminished even with the series’ definitive conclusion.

This collection of fifteen essays by critics, academics, and philosophers examines the complete series from a diverse but interconnected array of perspectives. Complementary and occasionally conflicting interpretations of the show’s major themes are presented, including the role of time, fate and determinism, masculinity, parenthood, and the threat of environmental apocalypse.


Table of Contents

Introduction
RANDY LAIST 1

PART ONE: LOST IN TIME
“We Have to Go Back”: Temporal and Spatial Narrative Strategies
ERIKA JOHNSON-LEWIS 11
Narrative Philosophy in the Series: Fate, Determinism, and the Manipulation of Time
MICHAEL RENNETT 25
“Enslaved by Time and Space”: Determinism, Traumatic Temporality, and Global Interconnectedness
ARIS MOUSOUTZANIS 43
New Space, New Time, and Newly Told Tales: Lost and The Tempest
RYAN HOWE 59

PART TWO: LOST PHILOSOPHY
Lost and Becoming: Reconceptualizing Philosophy
JASON M. PECK 75
Lost in Theory: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Lost but Were Afraid to Ask Lacan, Derrida, and Foucault
GIANCARLO LOMBARDI 90
“So This Is All in My Mind?” Hugo Crash-Tests the Contemporary Crusoe
MATTHEW PANGBORN 105
Primitivizing the Island: The Eclectic Collection of “Non-Western” Imagery
RENEE MCGARRY 120

PART THREE: LOST MEN AND LOST WOMEN
The Lost Boys and Masculinity Found
DAVID MAGILL 137
“It Always Ends the Same”: Paternal Failures
HOLLY HASSEL AND NANCY L. CHICK 154
Lost Children: Pregnancy, Parenthood, and Potential
DEBORAH DAVIDSON AND WAYNE JEBIAN 171

PART FOUR: LOST IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Lost in Capitalism: or, “Down Here Possession’s Nine-Tenths”
ELIZABETH LUNDBERG 189
“Strangers in a Strange Land”: Evading Environmental Apocalypse Through Human Choice
CARLOS A. TARIN AND STACEY K. SOWARDS 202
Securitizing the Island: The Other Others’ Defense of Environmental Management
J. L. SCHATZ 216
We Have to Go Back: Lost After 9/11
JESSE KAVADLO 230

About the Contributors 243
Index 247


About the Author
Randy Laist is an assistant professor of English at Goodwin College in Connecticut. He has published numerous articles on DeLillo, Mailer, Melville and Hawthorne, as well as on popular culture, new media, and pedagogy.

The Television World of Pushing Daisies: Critical Essays on the Bryan Fuller Series 
Edited by Alissa Burger

Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-6148-6
EBook ISBN: 978-0-7864-8575-8
notes, bibliographies, index
202pp. softcover (6 x 9) 2011
Price: $40.00

About the Book
Pushing Daisies was a unique network television show. This collection of 10 essays addresses the quirky, off-beat elements that made the show a popular success, as well as fodder for scholarly inquiry. Divided into three main sections, the essays address the themes of difference, the placement of the series within a larger philosophical context, and the role of gender on the show. A consideration of Pushing Daisies’ unique style and aesthetics is a consistent source of interest across these international and interdisciplinary scholarly critiques.

Table of Contents

Introduction
ALISSA BURGER 1

Part One: Television, Difference, and Pushing Daisies
1. Spectacular Collision/Collusion: Genre, “Quality,” and Contemporary Drama
LORNA JOWETT 11
2. Pushing Daisies Away: Community Through Isolation
MATT DAUPHIN 28
3. Often Invisible: Disability in Pushing Daisies
CHRISTINE GARBETT 43

Part Two: Philosophy and Pushing Daisies
4. Consuming Grief and Eating Pie
LAURA ANH WILLIAMS 57
5. “Neophobic Ned Needs Neoteny”: Neuroses and Child’s Play
ANN-GEE LEE 73
6. “Here Lies Dwight, Here Lies His Gun. He Was Bad, Now He’s Done”: On Justice and Schadenfreude
CHRISTINE ANGELA KNOOP 92
7. “It’s a Destiny Thing—Enjoy It!”: Free Will and Determinism in Bryan Fuller’s Series
PATRICK GILL 115

Part Three: Gender and Pushing Daisies
8. The Queer, Quirky World of Pushing Daisies
DANIEL FARR 137
9. Sweet Talk in The Pie Hole: Language, Intimacy, and Public Space
TARA K. PARMITER 155
10. Fashion, Femininity, and the 1950s: Costume and Identity Negotiation in Pushing Daisies
ALISSA BURGER 174

About the Contributors 193
Index 195


About the Author
Alissa Burger is an assistant professor of English and the humanities at the State University of New York, Delhi. Her research addresses literature and popular culture, with specific focus on multiple versions of the Wizard of Oz story and American identity.



NOW IN PAPERBACK

Inside Gilligan’s Island: From Creation to Syndication 
Sherwood Schwartz
Forewords by Bob Denver, Alan Hale, Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Tina Louise, Russell Johnson and Dawn Wells

Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-6368-8
EBook ISBN: 978-0-7864-8488-1
100 photos, appendices, index
342pp. softcover (6 x 9) 2011 [1988]
Price: $19.99

About the Book
While every new TV series has to face some problems, no show had to overcome greater obstacles than Gilligan’s Island. In spite of that, no series has achieved greater success, as measured by the fact that Gilligan’s Island has given rise to three TV movies, two animated series, and is the most rerun program in the entire history of television.

Now, Sherwood Schwartz, creator, writer, and producer of Gilligan’s Island, tells the life story of the show: from the labor pains of scripting, casting, and production to its golden years of afternoon reruns. Fascinating history that could be known only by the show’s creator is enhanced by wonderful photos, sketches, and other illustrations from the author’s personal collection, as well as the guest forewords by all seven "Castaways." An appendix lists plots, writers and directors for every episode. All this behind-the-scenes information makes the book a special treat, not only for fans, but for anyone interested in an inside look at the television industry.

About the Author
Sherwood Schwartz lives in Beverly Hills, California.

Peter Pan on Stage and Screen, 1904-2010, 2d ed. 
Bruce K. Hanson
Foreword by Stewart Stern

Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-4778-7
EBook ISBN: 978-0-7864-8619-9
352 photos (14 in color), discography, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
417pp. softcover (7 x 10) 2011
Price: $45.00


About the Book
Recounting the more than century-long stage and screen history of J.M. Barrie’s play Peter Pan, Bruce K. Hanson updates and expands his 1993 volume on "The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up." Hanson traces the origin of Barrie’s tale through the first London production in 1904, to various British and American theatrical and film productions up to and including the stage versions of 2010.

Included are excerpts of interviews with actresses Dinah Sheridan, Mary Martin and Sandy Duncan, all of whom portrayed Peter Pan on stage, and Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyricists for the 1954 Broadway musical. The book features a wealth of rare photos, posters, programs and costume designs. An appendix lists virtually every actor who has performed a featured role in a London, Broadway or Hollywood production of Peter Pan from 1904 to the present.


Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Foreword by Stewart Stern 1
Introduction 5

1. James Barrie: The Man Who Wouldn’t Grow Up 9
2. Nina Boucicault and the First Peter Pan 24
3. Maude Adams: Peter Pan Lands in America 52
4. Cecilia Loftus and the Mermaids 74
5. Vivian Martin and the Unknown Peter Pans 82
6. Pauline Chase and an Afterthought 86
7. Marilyn Miller: The Ziegfeld Treatment 106
8. Betty Bronson: The Silent Treatment 125
9. Jean Forbes-Robertson and Other English Lasses 143
10. Eva Le Gallienne: The Civic Repertory Theatre 166
11. Jean Arthur: A Touch of Bernstein 182

Between pages 200 and 201 are 12 color plates containing 14 photographs

12. The Disney Touch 201
13. Mary Martin: A Musical Peter Pan 210
14. Margaret Lockwood and Toots: A Family Affair 257
15. Mia Farrow and Another Musical 280
16. Sandy Duncan: Back on Broadway 285
17. Cathy Rigby: Peter Pan—A Record Breaker 294
18. A Change of Gender: Peter Pan as a Real Boy 303

Afterword: The Lasting Appeal of Peter Pan 325
Appendix A: A Selected Discography 329


About the Author
A theatre instructor and a National Board Certified teacher of Visual Arts, Bruce K. Hanson has written books, plays, articles and CD liner notes. He lives in Petersburg, Virginia.

In the Peanut Gallery with Mystery Science Theater 3000: Essays on Film, Fandom, Technology and the Culture of Riffing 
Edited by Robert G. Weiner and Shelley E. Barba
Forewords by Kevin Murphy and Robert Moses Peaslee; Afterword by Mary Jo Pehl

Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-4532-5
EBook ISBN: 978-0-7864-8572-7
14 photos, notes, bibliographies, index
277pp. softcover (7 x 10) 2011
Price: $40.00

About the Book
The award-winning television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988-1999) has been described as "the smartest, funniest show in America," and forever changed the way we watch movies. The series featured a human host and a pair of robotic puppets who, while being subjected to some of the worst films ever made, provided ongoing hilarious and insightful commentary in a style popularly known as "riffing." These essays represent the first full-length scholarly analysis of Mystery Science Theater 3000--MST3K--which blossomed from humble beginnings as a Minnesota public-access television show into a cultural phenomenon on two major cable networks. The book includes interviews with series creator Joel Hodgson and cast members Kevin Murphy and Trace Beaulieu.


Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi
Foreword: Riffing and You (and Riffing ) by Kevin Murphy 1
Foreword by Robert Moses Peaslee 3
Introduction by Robert G. Weiner and Shelley E. Barba 7

PART ONE: DIRECTORS
1. There’s Been an Accident at the Studio: How We Made Hobgoblins! 18
RICK SLOANE
2. “Remember: Only you can prevent Roger Corman”: The King of the Bs Under Siege 29
CYNTHIA J. MILLER

PART TWO: SPECIFIC FILMS
3. Communists and Cosmonauts in Mystery Science Theater 3000: De-Camping East Germany’s First Spaceship on Venus/Silent Star 40
SEBASTIAN HEIDUSCHKE
4. The Semiotics of Spaceflight on the Satellite of Love 46
MATTHEW H. HERSCH
5. Resurrecting the Dead: Revival of Forgotten Films through Appropriation 55
CHERYL HICKS

PART THREE: FANDOM
6. Becoming “The Right People”: Fan-Generated Knowledge Building 66
KRIS M. MARKMAN and JOHN OVERHOLT
7. Converging Fan Cultures and the Labors of Fandom 76
MEGAN CONDIS
8. “Consume excrement and thus expire”: Conflict Resolution, “Fantagonism,” and alt.tv.mst3k 88
JEREMY GROSKOPF
9. Cinemasochism: Bad Movies and the People Who Love Them 101
DAVID RAY CARTER

PART FOUR: MEDIA TEXTS, AUDIENCES, AND THE CULTURE OF RIFFING
10. Double Poaching and the Subversive Operations of Riffing: “You kids with your hoola hoops and your Rosenbergs and your Communist agendas” 110
ORA MCWILLIAMS and JOSHUA RICHARDSON
11. Frame Work, Resistance and Co-optation: How Mystery Science Theater 3000 Positions Us Both In and Against Hegemonic Culture 120
MICHAEL DEAN
12. “Not too different from you or me”: The Paradox of Fiction, Joint Attention, and Longevity 127
MICHAEL DAVID ELAM
13. Mystery Science Theater 3000: A Media-Centered Exploration 135
ZACHARY GRIMM
14. Authorship and Text Remediation in Mystery Science Theater 3000 140
KALEB HAVENS

PART FIVE: MENTAL HYGIENE: THE MST3K SHORTS
15. “People were whiter back then”: Film Placement and In-Theater Commentary as Sociopolitical Dialogue 146
ERIN GIANNINI
16. The Endearing Educational Shorts 155
AMANDA R. KEELER
17. Writing History with Riffs: The Historiography of the “Shorts” 164
MIRANDA TEDHOLM

PART SIX: SATIRE AND GENDER
18. Robot Roll Call: Gypsy! (Hi Girls!) 172
MICHELE BRITTANY
19. What’s the Difference? Satire and Separation in That “Little Puppet Show” 178
ALANA HATLEY

PART SEVEN: TECHNOLOGY AND EPISODE COLLECTING
20. The Design and Speculative Technology of MST3K: Joel Hodgson and Trace Beaulieu at MIT 184
JASON BEGY and GENEROSO FIERRO
21. “Cambot Eye”: The Synthesis of Man, Machine and Spectatorship 197
DANIELLE REAY
22. MSTies and Mastery: Circulating the Tapes in a Digital Age 209
JOSEPH S. WALKER

PART EIGHT: HISTORY AND PRE-HISTORY
23. “Hamlet will return in Thunderball”: Historical Precedents of Riffing 220
MARK MCDERMOTT
24. From Techno-Isolation to Social Reconciliation 231
E. MITCHELL
25. Fishing with Cheese on a Blood Hook: MST3K’s Unlikely Origins on a Lake in the Woods of Wisconsin 242
ROBERT G. WEINER

Afterword by Mary Jo Pehl 253
About the Contributors 255
Index 259


About the Author
Robert G. Weiner is associate humanities librarian at Texas Tech University. His works have been published in the Journal of Popular Culture, Public Library Quarterly, Journal of American Culture, International Journal of Comic Art and Popular Music and Society. He lives in Lubbock, Texas. Shelley E. Barba has written for Texas Library Journal. She is a metadata librarian at Texas Tech University.

Heinlein’s Juvenile Novels: A Cultural Dictionary 
C.W. Sullivan III Series Editor Donald E. Palumbo


Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-4463-2
EBook ISBN: 978-0-7864-8717-2
appendices, bibliography
192pp. softcover (6 x 9) 2011
Price: $40.00

About the Book
Robert A. Heinlein’s early, juvenile science fiction novels appeared between 1947 and 1963, just as America was emerging from World War II and entering the space age, and are among his richest and most warmly remembered books. This comprehensive work defines the many names, terms and cultural references that appear in Heinlein’s juvenile novels, noting where they are found, explaining their sources and tracking their occurrences throughout the series. Of particular interest is the way in which Heinlein used science fiction to parallel the exploration of outer space with the settlement of the North American continent. Appendices provide a precis of the plot of each book, and speculate on some of the names and terms for which no specific reference could be found.

Table of Contents

Heinlein’s Juvenile Novels 1
Preface 3
Introduction 7

THE DICTIONARY 13

Appendix I: Plots of Heinlein’s Juvenile Novels 169
Appendix II: Some Speculations About Terms and Names Not Found 174
Works Cited 181

About the Author
C.W. Sullivan III is Distinguished Professor of arts and sciences at East Carolina University and a full member of the Welsh Academy. He is the author of numerous books and the on-line journal Celtic Cultural Studies
Donald E. Palumbo is a professor of English at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. He lives in Greenville.

Walter M. Miller, Jr.: A Reference Guide to His Fiction and His Life 
William H. Roberson

Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-6361-9
EBook ISBN: 978-0-7864-8710-3
chronology, bibliographies, index
218pp. softcover (7 x 10) 2011
Price: $40.00


About the Book
Walter M. Miller, Jr., was one of the twentieth century’s leading science fiction writers, a two-time Hugo Award winner and author of the classic novels A Canticle for Leibowitz and Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman. This comprehensive literary guide provides more than 1,500 alphabetically arranged entries on Miller’s life and body of work. It includes summaries of his two novels and all of his shorter works, character descriptions, explanations of the literary, cultural, historical, and religious allusions found in the works, as well as translations of all foreign words and phrases. This guide is meant to inform both scholarly and popular readings of Miller’s work.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Preface 1
Chronology 3

The Reference Guide 5

Works by Walter M. Miller, Jr. 193
Works About Walter M. Miller, Jr. 195
General Bibliography 198
Index 201

About the Author
William H. Roberson is professor and head librarian at the Brentwood Campus of Long Island University. He is the author of a number of books and his articles have appeared in Critique, Great Lakes Review, RQ, and Bulletin of Bibliography.

Richard Matheson on Screen: A History of the Filmed Works 
Matthew R. Bradley
Foreword by Richard Matheson

Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-4216-4
EBook ISBN: 978-0-7864-5638-3
64 photos, bibliography, index
315pp. softcover (7 x 10) 2010
Price: $45.00

About the Book
Though innumerable biographies have been written about novelists, playwrights, and poets, screenwriters are rarely granted this distinction, even ones as prolific and successful as Richard Matheson. He has occupied a unique position in cinema as the writer or original author of films from The Incredible Shrinking Man in 1957 through I Am Legend in 2007. This book documents his rise to prominence, parallel literary career, and role in the horror and science fiction renaissance. In chronological order, the exhaustively indexed narrative examines each film written by Matheson or based on his work, with sections devoted to episodic television (including The Twilight Zone) and unproduced projects.


Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Foreword by Richard Matheson 1
Introduction 3

THE FILMS

The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) 9
The Beat Generation (1959) 17
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964) 21
Other Episodic Television 49
House of Usher (1960) 78
Master of the World (1961) 85
Pit and the Pendulum (1961) 89
Night of the Eagle (1962) 94
Tales of Terror (1962) 101
The Raven (1963) 107
The Comedy of Terrors (1963) 112
The Last Man on Earth (1964) 117
Fanatic (1965) 123
The Young Warriors (1968) 127
The Devil Rides Out (1968) 130
“It’s Alive!” (1969) 137
De Sade (1969) 141
Cold Sweat (1970) 146
The Omega Man (1971) 149
Duel (1971) 155
The Night Stalker (1972) 162
The Night Strangler (1973) 169
The Legend of Hell House (1973) 177
Dying Room Only (1973) 185
Dracula (1974) 186
Scream of the Wolf (1974) 192
The Morning After (1974) 194
Icy Breasts (1974) 197
The Stranger Within (1974) 199
Trilogy of Terror (1975) 201
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver (1977) 207
Dead of Night (1977) 209
The Martian Chronicles (1980) 212
Somewhere in Time (1980) 219
The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) 228
Twilight Zone—The Movie (1983) 231
Jaws 3-D (1983) 239
Loose Cannons (1990) 242
The Dreamer of Oz (1990) 245
Twilight Zone: Rod Serling’s Lost Classics (1994) 248
Trilogy of Terror II (1996) 249
What Dreams May Come (1998) 252
Stir of Echoes (1999) 257
Blood Son (2006) 262
My Ambition (2006) 262
I Am Legend (2007) 265
Other Unproduced Projects 269

Bibliography 273
Index 281


About the Author
Matthew R. Bradley is a widely published authority on the work of Richard Matheson. He has written articles, interviews, and reviews for Filmfax, Fangoria, Mystery Scene, VideoScope, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and Cinema Retro. The creator of the Internet film-related blog Bradley On Film, he lives in Bethel, Connecticut.

The Lesbian Fantastic: A Critical Study of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal and Gothic Writings 
Phyllis M. Betz

Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-5885-1
EBook ISBN: 978-0-7864-8614-4
appendix, notes, bibliography, index
211pp. softcover (6 x 9) 2011
Price: $40.00

About the Book
Science fiction has long been a haven for lesbian writers, allowing them to use the genre to discuss their marginalized status. This critical work examines how lesbian authors have used the structures and conventions of science fiction to embody characters, relationships and other themes that relate to their experience as the quintessential Other in the broader culture. Topics include lesbian gothic, fantasy, science fiction, mixed genre texts and historical background for the works discussed. A vital addition to the scholarship on homosexuality and culture.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments viii
Preface 1
Introduction: Reading Lesbians Reading Fantasy 5

1. Once Upon a Time: Historical Backgrounds and Contexts 27
2. Here Be Monsters: Lesbian Gothic 70
3. In a Kingdom Far Away: Lesbian Fantasy 102
4. Beyond the Known Galaxy: Lesbian Science Fiction 132
5. Blurring the Lines: Mixed Genre 158

Conclusion: Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On 172
Appendix: Why Would a Lesbian Writer Use Gay Characters Rather Than Lesbian Ones? 179
Notes 189
Works Cited 195
Index 201

About the Author
Phyllis M. Betz is an assistant professor of English at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has written three books examining genre fiction written by lesbians. She lives in Burlington, New Jersey.

Still More from McFarland

Apocalypse in Australian Fiction and Film: A Critical Study

Roslyn Weaver Series Editors Donald E. Palumbo and C.W. Sullivan III

Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-6051-9
EBook ISBN: 978-0-7864-8465-2
9 photos, maps, notes, bibliography, index
240pp. softcover 2011
Price: $35.00

About the Book
Australia has been a frequent choice of location for narratives about the end of the world in science fiction and speculative works, ranging from pre-colonial apocalyptic maps to key literary works from the last fifty years. This critical work explores the role of Australia in both apocalyptic literature and film. Works and genres covered include Nevil Shute’s popular novel On the Beach, Mad Max, children’s literature, Indigenous writing, and cyberpunk. The text examines ways in which apocalypse is used to undermine complacency, foretell environmental disasters, critique colonization, and to serve as a means of protest for minority groups. Australian apocalypse imagines Australia at the ends of the world, geographically and psychologically, but also proposes spaces of hope for the future.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Preface 1
Introduction 3

1. An Apocalyptic Map: New Worlds and the Colonization of Australia 23
2. The Shield of Distance: Apocalypse in Australian
Literature After 1945 54
3. An Apocalyptic Landscape: The Mad Max Films 83
4. Children of the Apocalypse: Australian Children’s Literature 108
5. (Re)Writing the End of the World: Apocalypse, Race, and Indigenous Literature 135
6. The End of the Human: Apocalypse, Cyberpunk, and the Parrish Plessis Novels 159

Conclusion 186
Chapter Notes 191
Bibliography 201
Index 219

About the Author
Roslyn Weaver is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. Her research interests include apocalypse, popular culture, children’s literature, and speculative fiction.
Donald E. Palumbo is a professor of English at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. He lives in Greenville.
C.W. Sullivan III is a professor of arts and sciences at East Carolina University and a full member of the Welsh Academy. He is the author of numerous books and the on-line journal Celtic Cultural Studies.


Allied Artists Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films

Michael R. Pitts

Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-6046-5
EBook ISBN: 978-0-7864-8618-2
65 photos, filmography, bibliography, index
254pp. softcover (7 x 10) 2011
Price: $45.00

About the Book
Between 1952 and 1977, Allied Artists Pictures Corporation released over 80 feature films with horror, science fiction and fantasy themes, several of them featuring such genre stars as Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, John Carradine and Lon Chaney, Jr. Among Allied Artists’ contributions are the classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers and the William Castle productions House on Haunted Hill and Macabre. Allied also released the camp favorites Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster, From Hell It Came and Queen of Outer Space, and imported European efforts such as Blood and Black Lace and Caltiki the Immortal Monster. Included here are detailed plot synopses and critical analyses of all of the films. Also covered are 22 features, including Little Shop of Horrors, made by other companies and released to television by Allied, and the studio’s theatrical double-feature reissue of Paramount’s The Blob and Universal’s Dinosaurus!

Table of Contents

Preface 1

FEATURE FILMS 3
TELEVISION FEATURES 181
REISSUES 227

Theatrical Films in Chronological Order 233
Bibliography 235
Index 237

About the Author
Michael R. Pitts has authored more than 35 books on entertainment, including several for McFarland. He lives in Chesterfield, Indiana.


Visions of Mars: Essays on the Red Planet in Fiction and Science

Edited by Howard V. Hendrix, George Slusser and Eric S. Rabkin

Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-5914-8
EBook ISBN: 978-0-7864-8470-6
appendices, bibliographies, index
222pp. softcover (7 x 10) 2011
Price: $40.00

About the Book
Seventeen wide-ranging essays explore the evolving scientific understanding of Mars, and the relationship between that understanding and the role of Mars in literature, the arts and popular culture. Essays in the first section examine different approaches to Mars by scientists and writers Jules Verne and J.H. Rosny. Section Two covers the uses of Mars in early Bolshevik literature, Wells, Brackett, Burroughs, Bradbury, Heinlein, Dick and Robinson, among others. The third section looks at Mars as a cultural mirror in science fiction. Essayists include prominent writers (e.g., Kim Stanley Robinson), scientists and literary critics from many nations.

Table of Contents

Preface: Science, Fiction, and the Red Planet
GEORGE SLUSSER, HOWARD V. HENDRIX, ERIC S. RABKIN 1
Introduction: The Martian in the Mirror
HOWARD V. HENDRIX 9

One: Approaching Mars
Mars of Science, Mars of Dreams
JOSEPH D. MILLER 17
Where Is Verne’s Mars?
TERRY HARPOLD 29
Rosny’s Mars
GEORGE SLUSSER 36

Two: The Uses of Mars
Dibs on the Red Star: The Bolsheviks and Mars in the Russian Literature of the Early Twentieth Century
EKATERINA YUDINA 51
The Martians Among Us: Wells and the Strugatskys
GEORGE SLUSSER 56
Savagery on Mars: Representations of the Primitive in Brackett and Burroughs
DIANNE NEWELL AND VICTORIA LAMONT 73
The (In)Significance of Mars in the 1930s
JOHN W. HUNTINGTON 80
Spawn of “Micromégas”: Views of Mars in 1950s France
BRADFORD LYAU 86
Is Mars Heaven? The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451 and Ray Bradbury’s Landscape of Longing
ERIC S. RABKIN 95
Re-Presenting Mars: Bradbury’s Martian Stories in Media Adaptation
PHIL NICHOLS 105
Robert A. Heinlein and the Red Planet
DAVID CLAYTON 118
Business as Usual: Philip K. Dick’s Mars
JORGE MARTINS ROSA 130
Kim Stanley Robinson: From Icehenge to Blue Mars
CHRISTOPHER PALMER 139
Martian Musings and the Miraculous Conjunction
KIM STANLEY ROBINSON 146
Chronicling Martians
SHA LABARE 152

Three: Science and Fictional Mars
Mars as Cultural Mirror: Martian Fictions in the Early Space Age
ROBERT CROSSLEY 165
Beyond Goldilocks and Matthew Arnold: Interplanetary Triage, Extremophilia, and the Outer Limits of Life in the Inner Solar System
HOWARD V. HENDRIX 175

Appendix 1—To Write the Dream in the Center of Science: Mars and the Science Fiction Heritage: A Dialogue Between Ray Bradbury and Frederik Pohl (George Slusser, Moderator) (May 2008) 185
Appendix 2—The Extreme Edge of Mars Today: A Panel Discussion with David Hartwell, Geoffrey Landis, Larry Niven, and Mary Turzillo, Moderator (May 2008) 190
About the Contributors 207
Index 211

About the Author
Howard V. Hendrix teaches English at California State University in Fresno. In addition to his editing and critical work, Hendrix is the author of six science fiction novels.
George Slusser is a professor emeritus of comparative literature at the University of California, Riverside. The longtime curator of the famed Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, he also earned the Pilgrim Award for his numerous scholarly books.
Award winning author Eric S. Rabkin is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of English language and literature at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is the author of numerous books and publications.

End of Days: Essays on the Apocalypse from Antiquity to Modernity 
Edited by Karolyn Kinane and Michael A. Ryan

Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-4204-1
EBook ISBN: 978-0-7864-5359-7
6 photos, notes, bibliographies, index
393pp. softcover 2009
Price: $45.00

About the Book
The idea of the complete annihilation of all life is a powerful and culturally universal concept. As human societies around the globe have produced creation myths, so too have they created narratives concerning the apocalyptic destruction of their worlds. This book explores the idea of the apocalypse and its reception within culture and society, bringing together 17 essays that explore both the influence and innovation of apocalyptic ideas from classical Greek and Roman writings to the foreign policies of today’s United States.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v
Introduction
(Karolyn Kinane and Michael A. Ryan) 1
Teaching the End of Days: Medieval Meets Modern Apocalypse in the Classroom
(Brett Edward Whalen) 9

PART I. DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION
Ancient Visions: The Roots of Judeo-Christian Apocalypse
(Casey Starnes) 27
Beatus of Liébana: Medieval Spain and the Othering of Islam
(Kevin R. Poole) 47
“Seeing” the Apocalyptic City in the Fourteenth Century
(Tessa Morrison) 67
Social Upheaval and the English Doomsday Plays
(Lisa LeBlanc) 87
Flight from the Apocalypse: Protestants, Puritans and the Great Migration
(Carmen Gómez-Galisteo) 103
J. Edmestone Barnes, a Jamaican Apocalyptic Visionary in the Early Twentieth Century
(Richard Smith) 120
“Tidings out of the East”: World War I, the Eastern Question and British Millennialism (Eric Michael Reisenauer) 142
Nazi End Times: The Third Reich as Millennial Reich
(David Redles) 173

PART II. POLITICAL AND POPULAR
Protestant Evangelicals and U.S. Policy Towards Israel
(Husam Mohamad) 199
At the Edge of Tomorrow: Apocalypticism and Science Fiction
(Lorenzo DiTommaso) 221
“A Human Incarnate”: Puritans and Parody in Good Omens
(Therese-Marie Meyer) 242
The End-Times Narratives of the American Far-Right
(Johann Pautz) 265
The Left Behind Series and Its Place Within the American Evangelical Subculture (Nancy A. Schaefer) 287
Gaming Armageddon: Leaving Behind Race, Class and Gender
(Evelyn Stiller) 309
Apocalyptic Thought in UFO-Based Religions
(Benjamin E. Zeller) 328
Zombie Apocalypse: Plague and the End of the World in Popular Culture
(Rikk Mulligan) 349

About the Contributors 369
Index 373

About the Author
An assistant professor of English and Director of the Medieval and Renaissance Forum at Plymouth State University, Karolyn Kinane researches and teaches on early English saints’ lives, Arthuriana, and pedagogy.
Michael A. Ryan is an assistant professor of history at Purdue University.

Science Fiction, Imperialism and the Third World: Essays on Postcolonial Literature and Film 

Edited by Ericka Hoagland and Reema Sarwal
Foreword by Andy Sawyer

Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-4789-3
EBook ISBN: 978-0-7864-5782-3
notes, bibliographies, index
231pp. softcover 2010
Price: $35.00

About the Book
Though science fiction is often thought of as a Western phenomenon, the genre has long had a foothold in countries as diverse as India and Mexico. These fourteen critical essays examine both the role of science fiction in the third world and the role of the third world in science fiction. Topics covered include science fiction in Bengal, the genre’s portrayal of Native Americans, Mexican cyberpunk fiction, and the undercurrents of colonialism and Empire in traditional science fiction. The intersections of science fiction theory and postcolonial theory are explored, as well as science fiction’s contesting of imperialism and how the third world uses the genre to recreate itself.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v
Foreword
Andy Sawyer 1
Introduction: Imperialism, the Third World, and Postcolonial Science Fiction
Ericka Hoagland and Reema Sarwal 5

Part One: Re-inventing/Alternate History
1. Postcolonial Science Fiction: The Desert Planet
Gerald Gaylard 21
2. History Deconstructed: Alternative Worlds in Steven Barnes’s Lion’s Blood and Zulu Heart
Juan F. Elices 37
3. The Calcutta Chromosome: A Novel of Silence, Slippage and Subversion
Suparno Banerjee 50
4. Organization and the Continuum: History in Vandana Singh’s “Delhi”
Grant Hamilton 65

Part Two: Forms of Protest
5. The Colonial Feminine in Pat Murphy’s “His Vegetable Wife”
Diana Pharaoh Francis 77
6. Body Markets: The Technologies of Global Capitalism and Manjula Padmanabhan’s Harvest
Shital Pravinchandra 87
7. “Smudged, Distorted and Hidden”: Apocalypse as Protest in Indigenous Speculative Fiction
Roslyn Weaver 99

Part Three: Fresh Representations
8. Sadhanbabu’s Friends: Science Fiction in Bengal from 1882 to 1974
Debjani Sengupta 115
9. Critiquing Economic and Environmental Colonization: Globalization and Science Fiction in The Moons of Palmares
Judith Leggatt 127
10. Loonies and Others in Robert A. Heinlein’s The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Herbert G. Klein 141
11. Science Fiction, Hindu Nationalism and Modernity: Bollywood’s Koi... Mil Gaya
Dominic Alessio and Jessica Langer 156

Part Four: Utopia/Dystopia
12. The Shapes of Dystopia: Boundaries, Hybridity and the Politics of Power
Jessica Langer 171
13. Narrative and Dystopian Forms of Life in Mexican Cyberpunk Novel La Primera Calle de la Soledad
Juan Ignacio Muñoz Zapata 188
14. Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower : The Third World as Topos for a U.S. Utopia
Gavin Miller 202

About the Contributors 213
Index 217

About the Author
Ericka Hoagland is an assistant professor of English at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.
Reema Sarwal is a research scholar in New Delhi, India. She has taught as a lecturer at Miranda House, University of Delhi and is now pursuing her Ph.D in contemporary Australian fantasy fiction at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Sounds of the Future: Essays on Music in Science Fiction Film 

Edited by Mathew J. Bartkowiak

Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-4480-9
EBook ISBN: 978-0-7864-5650-5
11 photos, notes, bibliographies, index
239pp. softcover 2010
Price: $35.00

About the Book
Covering titles ranging from Rocketship X-M (1950) to Wall-E (2008), these insightful essays measure the relationship between music and science fiction film from a variety of academic perspectives. Thematic sections survey specific compositions utilized in science fiction movies; Broadway’s relationship with the genre; science fiction elements in popular songs; the conveyance of subjectivity and identity through music; and such individual composers as Richard Strauss (2001: A Space Odyssey) and Bernard Herrmann (The Day the Earth Stood Still).


Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi
Introduction 1
—Mathew J. Bartkowiak

PART I. “OPEN THE POD DOOR, HAL”: A SURVEY OF MUSIC’S ROLE IN SCIENCE FICTION FILM
1. A Familiar Sound in a New Place: The Use of the Musical Score Within the Science Fiction Film 10
—Cara Marisa Deleon
2. A Popular Avant-Garde: The Paradoxical Tradition of Electronic and Atonal Sounds in Sci-Fi Music Scoring 22
—Lisa M. Schmidt

PART II. “GIVE MY REGARDS TO THE BARYCENTER”: BROADWAY’S RELATION TO SCIENCE FICTION FILM
3. “Hello WALL-E!”: Nostalgia, Utopia, and the Science Fiction Musical 44
—Kathryn A.T. Edney and Kit Hughes
4. Just Imagine: The Musical Effacement of Dystopia in an Early Sound Film 67
—Katherine Spring

PART III. BECOMING THE STAR-CHILD: MUSIC AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUBJECTIVITY
5. Ambient Reverberations: Diegetic Music, Science Fiction, and Otherness 88
—Seth Mulliken
6. Sci-Fi Film and Sounds of the Future 100
—Matthias Konzett

PART IV. MOON/SPOON/CROON: SCIENCE FICTION AND POPULAR MUSIC
7. “It’s Hip to Be Square”: Rock and Roll and the Future 118
—Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper
8. The Intergalactic Lounge: Barbarella and Hearing the Future 134
—Mathew J. Bartkowiak
9. Proposing an Alter-Destiny: Science Fiction in the Art and Music of Sun Ra 148
—Jerome J. Langguth

PART V. “ALL THOSE MOMENTS”: INSTANCES THAT SHAPED OUR AUDITORY FUTURE
10. Suspended Motion in the Title Scene from The Day the Earth Stood Still 164
—Stephen Husarik
11. Strauss, Kubrick and Nietzsche: Recurrence and Reactivity in the Dance of Becoming That Is 2001: A Space Odyssey 177
—Gregg Redner

PART VI. “SETTING THE CONTROLS FOR THE HEART OF THE SUN”: COMPOSERS AND COMPOSITIONS IN SCIENCE FICTION FILM
12. Rocketship X-M: The Sounds of a Martian Breeze 194
—John C. Tibbetts
13. Seeing Beyond His Own Time: The Sounds of Jerry Goldsmith 210
—Cynthia J. Miller

About the Contributors 223
Index 227

About the Author
Mathew J. Bartkowiak is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin at Marshfield-Wood County. His research interests include popular culture studies, music, social change and development, and the counterculture. His work can be found in such publications as The Journal of Popular Culture and the Journal for the Study of Radicalism.