The Paranormal and the Paranoid: Conspiratorial Science Fiction Television
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (947 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1442251131 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 196 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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The Paranormal and the Paranoid will appeal to scholars of media studies, sociology, and science fiction—not to mention fans of these programs and even conspiracy theorists.. The author traces the roots of this phenomenon in an earlier generation of series including The Invaders, Kolchak: The Night Stalker,and Project U.F.O. Toward the end of the twentieth century, science fiction television took a dark turn. Other series that played on fears of new technologies—such as virtual reality—set the stage for unfamiliar kinds of exploitation, while Dark Angel offered glimpses of a near-future wasteland devastated by a technological catastrophe.In The Paranormal and the Paranoid: Conspiratorial Science Fiction Television, Aaron John Gulyas explores the themes that permeated and defined science fiction television at the turn of the millennium. This book delves into the internal mythology of shows like The X-Files, resurrects now-forgotten series like Wild Palms and VR.5, and provides an important glimpse into American culture at the close of the twentieth century. While exploring the pervasive grimness of these shows, Gulyas also examines how they offer hope in the form of heroes—like agents Scully and Mulder—who relentlessly dug through the tissue of lies and distortions to find and expose the truth. Series like The X-Files, Millennium, and Dark Skies wove menacing technologies, paranormal forces, and shadowy government agencies into
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. The book should be a treat for people who love science fiction television series It contains a wealth of facts and interesting contexts.This book is recommended for anyone who wants to understand ufomytens UFOs development. (UFO-Mail)This book explores a genre of American science fiction television which emerged in the 1990s—that of conspiratorial science fiction. These shows blended traditional science fiction, fantasy, and horror tropes with a strand of cultural thought which became prominent in the 1990s and into the twenty-first century: an assertion that shadowy figures within the US government were responsible for a massive cover-up of the “truth” about a wide variety of things from alien abductions to secret wea
He is the author of Extraterrestrials and the American Zeitgeist: Alien Contact Tales since the 1950s (2013).. Aaron John Gulyas is associate professor of history at Mott Community College, Flint, Michigan, and also serves as a Faculty Technology Consultant for the college’s Center for Teaching and Learning