Disorders of Magnitude

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Section One: The Darkest Age The Smoldering Past: The Creation of the Modern from Frankenstein and Dracula to the Great War and Beyond "Cosmic Introspection": Lovecraft's Attainment of Personal Value by Way of Infinite Insignificance Forrest J Ackerman: Fan Zero Gathering Darkness: In Appreciation of the Artists of Weird Tales Frank M. Robinson: First Fandom and Beyond Section Two: Things Become The Burden of Now: Welles's "Panic Broadcast," World War II, and Creeping Anomie Ray Bradbury: The Boy Who Never Grew Up Cinematic Dream Logic: How Movies Permanently Altered the Fabric of Reality Individual Sexual Liberation Becomes Social Emancipation: Playboy Changes the World Harlan Ellison(R): L'Enfant Terrible (Sort Of) Section Three: The Rise of the Speculative Mind Rod Serling: Articulating the American Nightmare A Howling at Owl Creek Bridge: Observations on Two Important Twilight Zone Episodes George Clayton Johnson: A Touch of Strange L'Age d'Or to Gotterdammerung: How Bradbury, Serling, Beaumont, and "The Group" Shaped a Pop Future Roger Corman: Socially Conscious Auteur Finding Sanctuary: Running from the Zone to Logan The Long Nuclear Shadow: Atomic Horror, Godzilla, and the Cold War The Horror of It All! EC and the Beginnings of Modern Media HOOHAH! Madly Yours, Al Feldstein An End, a Middle, a Beginning: Richard Matheson and His Impact Section Four: Slashers, Blockbusters, and Bestsellers Riding the Dark Wave: The Role of Dystopian Science Fiction in Popular Culture Celluloid Asylum: O'Bannon, Romero, Carpenter, and the Liberals Lose (and Find) Their Collective Minds Terrible Beauty: Slasher Film Connections to Conservatism, Pornography, and Misogyny King of the Dead: Filmmaker George A. Romero on Politics, Film, and the Future Dan O'Bannon: Not Gone, Not Forgotten H. R. Giger: A Darkness Faster Than Light The Emperor's New Book: How Stephen King Saved Horror, Created Clive Barker (and Sam Raimi) ... and Killed Publishing The Doctor Is In: F. Paul Wilson Sounds Horrific: Art Rock, Soundtracks, and the Zeitgeist Section Five: A Century of Speculation Carnivora: The Dark Art of Automobiles David J. Skal: Monster Kid Ambassador of Horror Seasons in Hell Kris Kuksi: Dark Horizons in the Realm of the Senses Bluewater Comics's Darren G. Davis: On the Run in the Digital Age of Comics The H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival: Cosmic Chaos on the Silver Screen S. T. Joshi: Champion of the Weird Tale Marc Scott Zicree: As Timeless as Infinity Section Six: From (and Into) the Beyond Fangoria's Chris Alexander: Cinephilia, Music, and All the Rest of It Bruce Campbell: From The Evil Dead to Burn Notice and Beyond The Inner World of William F. Nolan The Mammoth Book of Body Horror Two of a Kind: Lee-Anne Raymond and Demetrios Vakras "Cthulhu, a Vampire, and a Zombie Walk into a Bar ...": Why These Themes, Why Now, and What's the Matter with Hollyweird? John Shirley: The Tao of Identity Ray Harryhausen: A Note on the Passage of Giants Kneeling at the Dandelion Shrine: An Appreciation William F. Nolan and Ray Bradbury: Reflections Introduction: The Pope of Speculative Fiction Future Shock? (De)Parting Thoughts Appendices Index About the Author

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A Survey of Dark Fantasy

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01.08.2014

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01.08.2014

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Rowman and Littlefield

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338

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Englisch

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978-1-4422-3524-3

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  • Disorders of Magnitude
  • Section One: The Darkest Age The Smoldering Past: The Creation of the Modern from Frankenstein and Dracula to the Great War and Beyond "Cosmic Introspection": Lovecraft's Attainment of Personal Value by Way of Infinite Insignificance Forrest J Ackerman: Fan Zero Gathering Darkness: In Appreciation of the Artists of Weird Tales Frank M. Robinson: First Fandom and Beyond Section Two: Things Become The Burden of Now: Welles's "Panic Broadcast," World War II, and Creeping Anomie Ray Bradbury: The Boy Who Never Grew Up Cinematic Dream Logic: How Movies Permanently Altered the Fabric of Reality Individual Sexual Liberation Becomes Social Emancipation: Playboy Changes the World Harlan Ellison(R): L'Enfant Terrible (Sort Of) Section Three: The Rise of the Speculative Mind Rod Serling: Articulating the American Nightmare A Howling at Owl Creek Bridge: Observations on Two Important Twilight Zone Episodes George Clayton Johnson: A Touch of Strange L'Age d'Or to Gotterdammerung: How Bradbury, Serling, Beaumont, and "The Group" Shaped a Pop Future Roger Corman: Socially Conscious Auteur Finding Sanctuary: Running from the Zone to Logan The Long Nuclear Shadow: Atomic Horror, Godzilla, and the Cold War The Horror of It All! EC and the Beginnings of Modern Media HOOHAH! Madly Yours, Al Feldstein An End, a Middle, a Beginning: Richard Matheson and His Impact Section Four: Slashers, Blockbusters, and Bestsellers Riding the Dark Wave: The Role of Dystopian Science Fiction in Popular Culture Celluloid Asylum: O'Bannon, Romero, Carpenter, and the Liberals Lose (and Find) Their Collective Minds Terrible Beauty: Slasher Film Connections to Conservatism, Pornography, and Misogyny King of the Dead: Filmmaker George A. Romero on Politics, Film, and the Future Dan O'Bannon: Not Gone, Not Forgotten H. R. Giger: A Darkness Faster Than Light The Emperor's New Book: How Stephen King Saved Horror, Created Clive Barker (and Sam Raimi) ... and Killed Publishing The Doctor Is In: F. Paul Wilson Sounds Horrific: Art Rock, Soundtracks, and the Zeitgeist Section Five: A Century of Speculation Carnivora: The Dark Art of Automobiles David J. Skal: Monster Kid Ambassador of Horror Seasons in Hell Kris Kuksi: Dark Horizons in the Realm of the Senses Bluewater Comics's Darren G. Davis: On the Run in the Digital Age of Comics The H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival: Cosmic Chaos on the Silver Screen S. T. Joshi: Champion of the Weird Tale Marc Scott Zicree: As Timeless as Infinity Section Six: From (and Into) the Beyond Fangoria's Chris Alexander: Cinephilia, Music, and All the Rest of It Bruce Campbell: From The Evil Dead to Burn Notice and Beyond The Inner World of William F. Nolan The Mammoth Book of Body Horror Two of a Kind: Lee-Anne Raymond and Demetrios Vakras "Cthulhu, a Vampire, and a Zombie Walk into a Bar ...": Why These Themes, Why Now, and What's the Matter with Hollyweird? John Shirley: The Tao of Identity Ray Harryhausen: A Note on the Passage of Giants Kneeling at the Dandelion Shrine: An Appreciation William F. Nolan and Ray Bradbury: Reflections Introduction: The Pope of Speculative Fiction Future Shock? (De)Parting Thoughts Appendices Index About the Author