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science fiction entry at Wikipedia
browse Science Fiction Bestseller Books at Amazon
search on keywords 'science fiction' {returns only 100+ titles} at Internet Movie Database
Internet Speculative Fiction Database [est. 1995]
official ISFDb website •
ISFDb entry at Wikipedia
Top 100 SciFi & Fantasy Novels List (as voted by ISFDb members)
Books About Science Fiction
 | "Is Another World Watching?: The Riddle of The Flying Saucers" [Carroll & Nicholson, London 1950] by Gerald Heard Bantam Books mass pb [1953] out of print/used Harper USA 8x5½ hardcover [1951] out of print/used |
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"Modern Science Fiction: A Critical Analysis - The Seminal 1951 Thesis With A New Introduction and Commentary" [1951 & 2018] by James Gunn, Edited by Michael R. Page, Foreword by Gary K. Wolfe Kindle Edition from McFarland & Co. [5/2018] for $9.99 McFarland & Co. 8¾x5¾ pb [5/2018] for $38.10 |
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"Cultures Beyond The Earth: The Role of Anthropology In Outer Space" [1975] Edited by Magoroh Maruyama & Arthur Harkins, Foreword by Alvin Toffler, Afterword by Sol Tax Vintage mass pb [1975] out of print/used |
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"Alternate Worlds: The Illustrated History of Science Fiction" [1975] by James Gunn, Introduction by Isaac Asimov McFarland & Co. 3rd edition 10x7 pb [8/2018] for $46.59 Prentice-Hall 12x8¾ hardcover [1975] out of print/used |
 | "A Pictorial History of Science Fiction" [1977] by David A. Kyle
featuring Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Hugo Gernsback Hamlyn Publng Group {pulps cover} hardcover [1986] out of print/used Book Sales 13x9½ hardcover [3/79] out of print/many used Hamlyn Publng Group 12¾x9½ hardcover [1977] out of print/used |
 | "The Illustrated Book of Science Fiction Ideas & Dreams: The Visions & Inventions of The Great SF Writers & Artists" [1977] by David A. Kyle
Hamlyn Publng Group 12¾x9½ hardcover [1977] out of print/used |
 | "The Art of Science Fiction" [1977] by {Hugo-winning illustrator} Frank Kelly Freas, Introduction by Isaac Asimov Donning Company Publrs 10½x8¼ pb [12/77] out of print/50+ used |
 | "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction" [1993] by John Clute & Peter Nicholls St. Martin's Press 9¼x7½ pb [11/95] out of print/many used St. Martin's Press 9½x7½ hardcover [4/93] out of print/used |
 | "Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia" [1995] by John Clute
Dorling Kindersley 11¾x10 hardcover [10/95] out of print/100+ used Dorling Kindersley Publrs 11½x9½ hardcover [10/95] out of print/used |
 | "The Cambridge Companion To Science Fiction" [2003] by Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn book won W.S.F.S. Hugo Award Kindle Edition from Cambridge Univ Press [12/2003] for $17.20 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [12/2003] for $28.51 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [12/2003] for $93.72 |
 | "Speculations On Speculation: Theories of Science Fiction" [2005] Edited by James Gunn & Matthew Candelaria 24 reprinted articles and essays; contributors include Brian W. Aldiss & David Wingrove, Samuel R. Delany, David Ketterer, Ursula K. Le Guin, Barry N. Malzberg, Alexei & Cory Panshin, Robert Scholes, Darko Suvin, Michael Swanwick, and Gary K. Wolfe Scarecrow Press pb [2/2005] for $42.00 |
 | "The Gospel According To Science Fiction: From The Twilight Zone To The Final Frontier" [2007] by Gabriel McKee
Kindle Edition from Westminster John Knox Press [2007 edition] for $9.99 Westminster John Knox Press 8½x5½ pb [1/2007] for $13.83 |
 | "Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction - Classic Stories That Inspired C.S. Lewis" [2008] Edited & with Commentary by Douglas A. Anderson Kindle Edition from Del Rey/Random House [2008 edition] for $11.99 Del Rey 9¼x6¼ pb [3/2008] for $15.00 The most-important piece here is “The Wood That Time Forgot: The Enchanted Wood”, excerpted from a never-before-published fantasy by Lewis’s biographer & friend Roger Lancelyn Green that directly inspired "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe"; “The Snow Queen” by Hans Christian Andersen, “The Child and The Giant” fairytale by Owen Barfield, “The Coloured Lands" by G.K. Chesterton, “The Goblins Who Stole A Sexton” by Charles Dickens, “Undine” by Fouqué, “The Wind In The Willows” by Kenneth Grahame, “The Wish House” by Rudyard Kipling, “Tegner's Drapa” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Magic Mirror” by George MacDonald, “Fastosus & Avaro” by John Macgowan, “A King's Lesson” by William Morris, “The Aunt and Amabel” by Edith Nesbit, “The Tapestried Chamber” by Sir Walter Scott, “The Waif Woman” by Robert Louis Stevenson, “Letters From Hell” by Valdemar Thisted, “The Dragon's Visit” poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, and “Et In Septiternum Pereant” by Charles Williams |
Documentary Films About Science Fiction
 | "The Real History of Science Fiction" 4-part TV mini-series [BBC-TV April 2014] four 60-minute (or 43-minute) episodes, entitled 'Robots', 'Space', 'Invasion', and 'Time' Presented by Dominic Sandbrook; narrated by Mark Gatiss; featuring Brian Aldiss, Kenny Baker, Scott Bakula, Donald P. Bellisario, John Carpenter, Chris Carter, Rick Carter, Veronica Cartwright, Peter Coyote, Anthony Daniels, Joe Dante, Richard Dreyfuss, Keir Dullea, Roland Emmerich, Hampton Fancher, Nathan Fillion, Neil Gaiman, Bob Gale, William Gibson, Karen Gillan, Rutger Hauer, Gale Anne Hurd, Rian Johnson, Dr. Michio Kaku, Alan Ladd Jr., John Landis, Ursula K. Le Guin, Christopher Lloyd, Syd Mead, Nicholas Meyer, Steven Moffat, Edward Neumeier, Nichelle Nichols, Audrey Niffenegger, Edward James Olmos, Haley Joel Osment, Owen Paterson, David Webb Peoples, Janet Peoples, Kim Stanley Robinson, Adam Rogers, Danny Rubin, Carl Sagan, Zoe Saldana, William Shatner, Ed Solomon, David Tennant, Phil Tippett, Douglas Trumbull, Paul Verhoeven, Peter Weller, and Alex Winter, with archive footage of Isaac Asimov & Arthur C. Clarke • Region 1 DVD not available • full credits at IMDb |
Other Media
March 2016 article "A Crash Course In The History of Black Science Fiction" by Nisi Shawl
Movies & Television & Radio
Wikipedia's 'lists of science fiction films' index page
Gear Patrol's 50 best sci-fi & fantasy movies list (2013)
Timeout London's 100 best sci-fi movies list (2018)
"Metropolis" 1927 Silent Movie Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
Stanley Kubrick's "2001" Movie Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
'Star Wars' Movies Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
"Blade Runner" 1982 Movie Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
Cyber Film Festival at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
"Doctor Who" TV Series Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
on the Science Fiction Film Festival Pages at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
on Page 1: top of page • brief essay • books • sci-fi movie DVD collections • other media • image gallery • links
on Pages 2 & 3 & 4: selected science fiction films & TV •
a few sci-fi classics •
Silent Era sci-fi movies •
other sci-fi movies, A thru F +
G thru M +
N thru S +
T thru Z
on Page 5: science fiction TV, A to Z
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 | "Classic Radio's Greatest Science Fiction Shows, Volume 1" [2015] from CBS Radio and Hollywood 360 Black Eye Ent. compilation audio CD [7/2015] for $15.76 Relive thirteen of the best classic radio science fiction shows from yesterday; you'll hear the legendary stars who made them great: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Joseph Cotton, Hans Conried, Paul Frees, John Dehner, and Peggy Webber performing in stories from such master science fiction writers as H.G. Wells, Aldous Huxley, Graham Doar, Mary Shelley, H.L. Gold, and George Steward; content includes two episodes each of "Dimension X", "CBS Radio Workshop", and "X Minus One", plus three episodes each of "Suspense" and "Escape" (and one other) |
 | "Classic Radio's Greatest Science Fiction Shows, Volume 2" [2016] from CBS Radio and Hollywood 360 Black Eye Ent. compilation audio CD [12/2016] for $14.80 Relive twelve of the best classic radio science fiction shows from yesterday; featuring "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and the 1944 2-part "Suspense" broadcast of Curt Siodmak's "Donovan's Brain" starring Orson Welles; you'll also hear other legendary stars of radio: Lawrence Olivier, Raymond Burr, John McIntire, Jeanette Nolan, Daws Butler, Alan Reed, June Foray, Joseph Kearns, John Dehner, Dick Beals, Betty Lou Gerson, and more performing in stories by H.G. Wells (2), Robert Heinlein (2), Frederick Pohl, and Murray Leinster for "CBS Radio Workshop", "Dimension X", "Escape", "Exploring Tomorrow", "Mysterious Traveler", "The Sealed Book", "Theatre Royal", and "X Minus One" |
Stageplays, Other Media
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"A Message From Mars: A New Play in Three Acts" stageplay [1899] by Richard Ganthony [1856-1924]
A rebellious Martian is sentenced to visit Earth to cure a selfish man; produced on stage in England circa 1899-1900;
produced on Broadway in 1901 and 1903 and 1904; adapted into films in 1903 and 1913 and 1921.
Ganthony always said that "A Message From Mars" was the best comedy that he ever wrote.
 | "A Message From Mars" stageplay [1899]
premiered at The Avenue Theatre in London [Nov 1899] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Message_from_Mars_(play) "A Man From Mars" [Sept 1901 - April 1902] credits at IBDb - a burlesque on Ganthony's stageplay "A Message From Mars" [Oct 1901 - March 1902] original production credits at IBDb "A Message From Mars" [March-May 1903] revival credits at IBDb A Message From Mars" [Oct-Nov 1904] revival credits at IBDb |
 | "A Message From Mars" sci-fi short [New Zealand 1903] New Zealand's first dramatic movie; directed by Franklyn Barrett; adapted by Richard Ganthony from his 1899 play; IMDb credit to Charles Dickens may be mistaken VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • bare credits at IMDb |
 | "A Message From Mars: A Story" novelization [1912] by Lester Lurgan {pen name of Mabel Winifred Knowles}, based on the play by Richard Ganthony
Greening & Co. hardcover [1921] long out of print/scarce Greening & Co. hardcover [1912] long out of print/scarce |
 | "A Message From Mars" sci-fi feature film [U.K. Films Ltd. July 1913] Produced, adapted & directed by Wallett Waller; starring Charles Hawtrey, Crissie Bell, E. Holman Clark, Hubert Willis, Kate Tyndall, Evelyn Beaumont, R. Crompton, Frank Hector, Tonie Reith, B. Stanmore, Eileen Temple • VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • credits at IMDb click to view larger {readable} ad, in a new window watch full movie [9/2016 upload; 1:00:17] online at YouTube watch full movie [5/2019 upload; 1:00:16] online at Internet Archive |
 | "A Message From Mars" sci-fi feature film [Metro Pictures Corp. April 1921] Directed by Maxwell Karger; adapted by Arthur J. Zellner & Arthur Maude; starring Bert Lytell, Raye Dean, Maud Milton, Alphonse Ethier, Gordon Ash, Leonard Mudie, Mary Beaton, Frank Currier, George Spink VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • credits at IMDb |
"R.U.R. {Rossum's Universal Robots}: A Fantastic Melodrama" stageplay [Czechoslovakia 1920]
details at Spirit of America's Robots & Cyborgs Pages / "R.U.R." Stageplay Section
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"Greatest Hits From Outer Space" [2013]
Ace Import music CD [7/2013] 24 tracks for $20.13 The songs & artists are: "Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 - Prelude" by Richard Strauss (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra); "Armstrong" (John Stewart); "Destination Moon" (The Ames Brothers); "Doctor Who Radio Theme" (B.B.C. Radiophonic Workshop); "Everybody Gets To Go To The Moon" (Thelma Houston); "Everyone's Gone To The Moon" (Bobby Womack); "Flying Saucers Rock 'n' Roll" (Billy Lee Riley & His Little Green Men); "Footprints On The Moon" (Johnny Harris & His Orchestra); "Forbidden Planet Theme" (David Rose & His Orchestra); "Happy Blues For John Glenn" (Lightnin' Hopkins); "Lunar Rhapsody" (Les Baxter Orchestra, with Samuel J. Hoffman on theremin); "Maid of The Moon" (Dick Hyman & Mary Mayo); "Mr. Spaceman" (The Byrds); "Rocket Ship" (Vernon Green & The Medallions); "Rocket To The Moon" (Moon Mullican); "Rockin' In The Orbit (Space Satellite)" (Jimmie Haskell & His Orchestra); "Space Oddity" (David Bowie); "Space Flight" (I Roy, with Lee Perry); "Space Ship To Mars" (Gene Vincent); "Telstar" (The Tornados); "Theme From Star Trek" (Leonard Nimoy); "The Twilight Zone Theme" (The Ventures); "Two Little Men In A Flying Saucer" (Ella Fitzgerald); and "Visa To The Stars" (Jean-Jacques Perrey & Gershon Kingsley) |
"Out-a Space: Spotnicks in London" music CD [1962] 55 3/31; mail=by The Spotnicks
http://www.amazon.com/Out-Space-Spotnicks-London-SPOTNICKS/dp/B00CI5MYFY/ [6/2013]
"Out of This World!" music CD [] by The Spotnicks
RUSS / GOODWIN,RON SPOTNICKS / GARCIA (Artist)
http://www.amazon.com/This-World-GOODWIN-SPOTNICKS-GARCIA/dp/B00XYYO2V2/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spotnicks
http://www.spotnicks.net/
http://www.amazon.com/Asimovs-Science-Fiction/dp/B00005N7VQ/
http://www.amazon.com/Analog-Science-Fiction-Fact/dp/B00005N7VP/
http://www.amazon.com/Fantasy-Science-Fiction-print-edition/dp/B00006KDW3/
Image Gallery
Selected Quotations
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." "What they didn't realize is that in science fiction is some of the best social fiction of our time." "Science fiction encourages us to explore . . . all the futures, good and bad, that the human mind can envision." "I think that science fiction, even the corniest of it, even the most outlandish of it, no matter how badly written, has a distinct therapeutic value "In science fiction, you can also test out your own realities." — Theodore Sturgeon [1918-85]
"It is said that science fiction and fantasy are two different things. Science fiction is the improbable made possible, "Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art." "The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief . . . that the forces which move the stars and atoms "Science fiction isn't just thinking about the world out there, it's about thinking how that world might be – a particularly important exercise for those who are "Without the dreamers who write science fiction and other imaginary material we'd still be sitting in caves . . . if we weren't already extinct." "Dune is the bestselling science fiction book of all time. It's something [that] you really need to read in your lifetime. If you're going "Politicians should read science fiction, not Westerns and detective stories." "In science fiction, we dream." — poet & author Ray Bradbury [1920-2012]
"I've long maintained that the health of an enlightened and progressive society is measured by how vibrant
— Isaac Asimov [1920-92]
— Doris Lessing [1919-2013]
— Marion Zimmer Bradley [1930-99]
because all of it has as its primary postulate: that the world does change. I cannot overemphasize the importance of that idea."
— Robert A. Heinlein [1907-88]
and fantasy is the impossible made probable." — Rod Serling [1924-75]
— Susan Sontag [1933-2004]
are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart." — Walter Lippmann [1889-1974]
oppressed, because if they're going to change the world [that] we live in, they – and all of us – have to be able to think about a world that works differently."
— Samuel R. Delany
— William C. Samples
to read The Lord of The Rings, which everyone should, then you have to read Dune too." — Kevin J. Anderson
— Arthur C. Clarke [1917-2008]
is its science fiction, since that is where true self-critique and appraisal and hope lie." — David Brin
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on Page 4: Kindle Editions
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