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Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties (2 Volumes in 1)
Keep Watching the Skies American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties - 2 Volumes in 1 Author:Bill Warren [In this newest edition of his authoritative guide to the golden years of science fiction, author Bill Warren builds even further upon the exhaustive critiques, reviews, and anecdotes which were featured in the initial volumes of Keep Watching the Skies! While this 21st Century Edition features several new entries on films previously excluded fr... more »om the text, it also revisits, revises, and expands upon every single film which was included in the earlier volumes. But perhaps the most important change in this new edition can be found in the book's organization--entries are now organized in alphabetical order regardless of the film's year of release, and the work includes a single comprehensive index which should allow readers to more easily locate a given film at a moment's notice. Like the first two volumes, the book is filled with witty, fanatically in-depth critiques of science fiction classics and cult hits which were released between 1950 and 1962, from Abbott and Costello Go to Mars to X the Unknown and hundreds of films in between. Readers both returning and new will appreciate Warren's meticulously detailed critiques, which allow science fiction fans to relive (or experience for the first time) an era when the price of a bargain matinee allowed film-goers to scare themselves silly with a few freakishly tall aliens, dozens of zombified teenagers, and all those weird things that kept dropping in from outer space. In addition to providing detailed plot synopses and production data, Warren also cites good and bad reviews from the period, then adds his own analysis of how the film stands up after two or three decades. Seven appendices provide a list of films in order of release, an in-depth look at the films of The Bowery Boys, and a discussion of notable science fiction posters of the period, among other topics.]« less