The Sci-Fi Movie Guide: The Universe of Film from Alien to Zardoz
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From the trashy to the epic, from the classics to today's blockbusters, this cinefile’s guidebook reviews nearly 1,000 of the biggest, baddest, and brightest from every age and genre of cinematic science fiction!
Once upon a time, science fiction was only in the future. It was the stuff of drive-ins and cheap double-bills. Then, with the ever-increasing rush of new, society-altering technologies, science fiction pushed its way to the present, and it busted out of the genre ghetto of science fiction and barged its way into the mainstream. What used to be mere fantasy (trips to the moon? Wristwatch radios? Supercomputers capable of learning?) are now everyday reality.
Whether nostalgic for the future or fast-forwarding to the present, The Sci-Fi Movie Guide: The Universe of Film from Alien to Zardoz covers the broad and widening range of science-fiction movies. You’ll find more than just Star Wars, Star Trek, and Transformers, with reviews on many overlooked and under-appreciated gems and genres, such as ...
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Monsters! Pacific Rim, Godzilla, The Thing, Creature from the Black Lagoon
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Superheroes: Thor, Iron Man, X-Men, The Amazing Spider-man, Superman
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Dystopias: THX 1138, 1984, The Hunger Games
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Avant-garde masterpieces: Solaris, 2001, Brazil, The Man Who Fell to Earth
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Time travel: 12 Monkeys, The Time Machine, Time Bandits, Back to the Future
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Post-apocalyptic action: The Road Warrior, I Am Legend, Terminator Salvation
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Comedy: Dark Star, Mars Attacks!, Dr. Strangelove, The Adventures of Buckaroo
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Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension, Mystery Science Theater 3000
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Aliens! The Day the Earth Stood Still, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Contact,
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Signs
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Mad scientists! Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, The Abominable Dr. Phibes
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Shoot-em-ups: Aliens, Universal Soldier, Starship Troopers
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What the...?: Battlefield Earth, Prayer of the Rollerboys, Repo: The Genetic Opera, Tank Girl, The 10th Victim
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Animation: WALL-E, Akira, Ghost in the Shell
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Small budgets, big ideas: Donnie Darko, Primer, Sound of My Voice, Computer Chess
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