Liquid Metal: The Science Fiction Film Reader

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Liquid Metal is the first extended collection of previously published essays on science fiction film and television. This Reader brings together a great number of 'seminal' essays that have opended up the study of science fiction to serious critical interrogation. This wide-ranging collection includes classic texts on key aspects of science fiction cinema such as representation of the cyborg, the science fiction city, time travel and the primal scene, science fiction fandom and 1950s invasion narratives.

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  Liquid Metal: The Science Fiction Film Reader

  • 2005-01-19
  • 360 pages
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  • Columbia University Press

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