Science Fiction Films
By: Kate Haycock.
Edition: 1st Crestwood House ed.
Publisher: Crestwood House
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Science fiction films -- History and criticism -- Juvenile literature.; Science fiction films -- History and criticism.; Motion pictures -- History.
Description: A history of science fiction films from George Méliès's earliest experiments at the beginning of the twentieth century to "Star Wars," "E.T.," and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
"First published in 1991 by Wayland (Publishers) Limited ... Hove, East Sussex, England"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: label: The Strange Unknown
title: 4; label: On the Moon
title: 6; label: Future Worlds
title: 8; label: Comic Strip Heroes
title: 9; label: Meddling with Science
title: 11; label: Watch the Skies!
title: 13; label: B-movies
title: 16; label: Beware the Alien
title: 18; label: The Evolution of Humans ^
title: 20; label: Let the Force be with You
title: 22; label: Close Encounters
title: 24; label: Robots and Replicants
title: 27; label: Glossary
title: 30; label: Further reading
title: 31; label: Index
title: 32