Science fiction America : essays on SF cinema /
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Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland & Company,
[2006]
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Table of Contents:
- Science fiction and the actual / David J. Hogan
- High treason : great expectations / John T. Soister
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) : science, society, and sexuality / Bryan Senn
- Cartoons and technocracy : Disney's The mad doctor and Fleischer's Dancing on the moon / Leonard J. Kohl
- Flash Gordon conquers the Great Depression and World War too! The Flash Gordon serial trilogy / Leonard J. Kohl
- Atomic city, atomic world / David J. Hogan
- Where do little green men come from? A speculative look at the origins of a pop culture icon / Vincent Di Fate
- In them we trust? Fear, faith, and It came from outer space / Jerry Yamamoto
- Secret identity, fragile identity: TV's Superman in "Superman on Earth," "The stolen costume," "The face and the voice," and "Panic in the sky" / David J. Hogan
- The Atomic Kid : radioactivity finds Andy Hardy / Ted Okuda
- Godzilla vs. the military-industrial complex / Alan Dirk Lester
- Cosmic frames and cover-ups : Invasion of the Saucer Men and the UFO conspiracy of silence / Lyndon W. Joslin
- The Cold War in orbit: two films of aliens, arsenals, and interventions / Lyndon W. Joslin
- Scenes from a marriage : the sexual politics of I married a monster from outer space / Mark Clark
- Two faces of voyeurism : Nude on the moon and "X"--the man with the x-ray eyes / Chase Winstead
- The satan bug : some nightmares are quite inescapable / Alan Dirk Lester
- "Conclusion of all our yesterdays" : the Jungian text of The Omega man / Ryan Baker
- The sport of violence : Death race 2000 and Rollerball / Bryan Senn
- Logan's run to relevance / Robert Tinnell
- Entropy in B-flat, or, Disordered thoughts on The black hole / Gary D. Rhodes
- Pets or meat : Alien, Aliens, and the indifference of the gods / Mark Clark
- The brave new world of Starship troopers / Ken Weiss
- The iron giant : a gun with a soul / Jacque Day Archer.