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200 10$aAmerican science fiction tv$b[electronic resource] $eStar Trek, Stargate and beyond /$fJan Johnson-Smith
210   $aLondon $cI. B. Tauris$d2005
215   $a1 online resource (319 p.)
225 1 $aPopular television genres
300   $aBased on a Ph.D. thesis entitled "Between the Candle and the Star"--Bournemouth University, 2001.
311   $a1-86064-882-7 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One. Science Fiction in Context; One. Science Fiction; Two. Histories; Part Two. The Series; Three. Yesterday's Enterprise; Four. The Sacrifice of Angels; Five. Wormhole X-treme!; Six. Babylon 5; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
330   $aFrom Star Trek to Farscape and Stargate SG-1, and the epic series Babylon 5, Jan Johnson-Smith shows how, in line with national political upheavals in the 1960s, this vibrant and perplexing genre set about developing the myth of the Western frontier into deep space. Looking at the sense of wonder that infuses science fiction, she traces the genre back to the heroic journeys of the Classical epic as well as to the notion of the sublime so deeply embedded in the American consciousness. Drawing on Caldwell's notion of televisuality, she shows how sfx and cgi technologies have made it possible to
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606   $aScience fiction television programs$zUnited States
606   $aScience fiction television programs$xHistory and criticism
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