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Time-Travel Television: The Past from the Present, the Future from the Past
Sherry Ginn
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Description for Time-Travel Television: The Past from the Present, the Future from the Past
Hardback. This book explores how time travel has been used as a plot device in a number of television shows, including iconic programs like Doctor Who, Heroes, Lost, Quantum Leap, Red Dwarf, and the Star Trek franchise, among others. It is organized into three general themes-Origins, Correcting the Past, and Exploring the Future. Editor(s): Ginn, Sherry; Leitch, Gillian I. Series: Science Fiction Television. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: APT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Stories of time travel have been part of science fiction since H. G. Wells sent his nameless hero hurtling into Earth's distant future in The Time Machine. Time travel enables the storyteller to depict alternate realities, bring fictional characters face to face with historical figures, and depict moral and ethical dilemmas in which millions of lives (or the world as we know it) are at stake. From Doctor Who and Quantum Leap to the multiple incarnations of Star Trek, time travel has been a staple of science fiction television for more than fifty years. Time-Travel Television: ... Read more
Stories of time travel have been part of science fiction since H. G. Wells sent his nameless hero hurtling into Earth's distant future in The Time Machine. Time travel enables the storyteller to depict alternate realities, bring fictional characters face to face with historical figures, and depict moral and ethical dilemmas in which millions of lives (or the world as we know it) are at stake. From Doctor Who and Quantum Leap to the multiple incarnations of Star Trek, time travel has been a staple of science fiction television for more than fifty years. Time-Travel Television: ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Science Fiction Television
Condition
New
Weight
589 g
Number of Pages
298
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781442255760
SKU
V9781442255760
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Sherry Ginn
Sherry Ginn has published numerous research articles in the fields of neuroscience and psychology. She is author or editor of numerous books, including Power and Control in the Worlds of Joss Whedon (2012) and Joss Whedon's Dollhouse: Confounding Purpose, Confusing Identity (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014). Gillian I. Leitch is the coeditor of Doctor Who in Time ... Read more
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