Adapting Science Fiction to Television: Small Screen, Expanded Universe

Adapting Science Fiction to Television: Small Screen, Expanded Universe

Adapting Science Fiction to Television: Small Screen, Expanded Universe

Adapting Science Fiction to Television: Small Screen, Expanded Universe

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Overview

This book looks at the adaptation of science fiction from literary and film sources for television. The authors examine television as having a separate identity and separate aesthetic principles from film and draw appropriate comparisons.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781442252691
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 07/01/2015
Series: Science Fiction Television
Pages: 198
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Max Sexton is a lecturer at the University of Surrey. He is currently interested in adaptation and other inter-medial areas between film and television, including debates about the use of live performance, spectacle, and narrative. Malcolm Cook is a lecturer at Middlesex University and Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London. He has published on animation, early cinema, and their inter-medial relationships.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Primeval Dawn: "Man in Space" and Science Fiction Theatre Chapter 2 Screen Wars: BBC Television and Quatermass Chapter 3 Brave New World: Out of the Unknown Chapter 4 Alternate Histories: Animation in 20,000 Leagues and Superman Chapter 5 Future Catastrophes: The Day of the Triffids and The Tripods Conclusion Bibliography Index About the Author
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