Introduction: Why SFTV? 1. A Brief History of American SFTV Key Series: Captain Video and the Development of a SFTV Audience 2. SFTV: Industrial and Narrative Models Key Series: The Twilight Zone and the Plastic Anthology Mode 3. Cultural Issues and SFTV Key Series: Battlestar Galactica: A New Wagon Train and Its Baggage 4. SFTV Audiences Key Series: Farscape: Character and Audience 5. Boundary Crossings: SFTV in a Hybrid Mode Key Series: Fringe: Narrative at the Borders Conclusion: New Directions for SFTV
Biography
J. P. Telotte is a professor of film and media studies and former Chair of the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech. He is the author of more than 100 scholarly articles on film, television, and literature, and has published eleven books, including The Science Fiction Film (Cambridge, 2001), The Essential Science Fiction Television Reader (Kentucky, 2008), and Science Fiction Film, Television, and Adaptation: Across the Screens (Routledge, 2012).
