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Sci Fi TV: From the Twilight Zone to Deep Space Nine
Sci Fi TV From the Twilight Zone to Deep Space Nine Author:James Van Hise Today, science fiction series attract huge television audiences. It wasn't always so. The first attempts to bring SF to the small screen were always memorable, sometimes heroic, and occasionally downright laughable. It wasn't until the '60s, with the success of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone, that SF gained a firm foothold on TV. And it wasn't ... more »until Roddenberry's Star Trek was cancelled and attained its loyal, cultlike following, that Sci Fi TV really took off.
In this lively, informative, and opinionated history of the field's most celebrated successes and spectacular failures, bestselling author James Van Hise brings to life the stirring drama of SF's critical first fifty years on television. It is the story of the startling and sudden transformation of American popular culture, as thrilling and suspenseful as any space opera.« less