Exploring early hits such as The Twilight Zone and Star Trek as well as morerecent successes such as Battlestar Galactica and Lost The Essential ScienceFiction ... » 

Exploring early hits such as The Twilight Zone and Star Trek as well as morerecent successes such as Battlestar Galactica and Lost The Essential ScienceFiction Television Reader illuminates the history narrative approaches andthemes of the genre. The book discusses science fiction television from itsearly years when shows attempted to recreate the allure of science fictioncinema to its current status as a sophisticated genre with a popularity allits own. J. P. Telotte has assembled a wideranging volume rich in theoreticalscholarship yet fully accessible to science fiction fans. The book suppliesreaders with valuable historical context analyses of essential science fictionseries and an understanding of the key issues in science fiction television. «