The Science Fiction Film Reader
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Book Description
This lavishly illustrated coleection of essays begins with "Cinematic Views", written by the great film pioneer Georges Melies, and goes on to explore the foundation of science fiction films in writings by such masters as HG Wells, Luis Bunuel, Jorge Luis Borges, and more!
About the Author
Gregg Rickman edited The Film Comedy Reader (2001) and co-edited The Western Reader (1999) with Jim Kitses, both published by Limelight Editions. He has taught at San Francisco and Sonoma State Universities and at the University of California Santa Cruz. He has authored two books of interviews and one biography of Philip K. Dick, and has contributed essays and reviews to Film Quarterly, FilmFax, San Francisco Weekly, Video Watchdog and Wrapped in Plastic. He lives in Berkeley, California.
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