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  • Joss Whedon's Dollhouse

    Confounding Purpose, Confusing Identity

    Edited by Sherry Ginn, Alyson R. Buckman, Heather M. Porter ...
    Series series Science Fiction Television
    Although it lasted barely more than a season, Dollhouse continues to intrigue viewers as one of Joss Whedon’s most provocative forays into television. The program centered on men and women who have their memories and personalities repeatedly wiped and replaced with new ones by a shadowy corporation dedicated to “fulfilling the whims of the rich.” This chilling scenario was used to tell stories ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • Who Travels with the Doctor?

    Essays on the Companions of Doctor Who

    Edited by Gillian I. Leitch, Sherry Ginn ...
    Throughout the long-running BBC series Doctor Who, the Doctor has rarely been alone--his companions are essential. Male or (mostly) female, alien or (mostly) human, young or old (none as old as he), the dozens of companions who have travelled with him over the past 50 years have served as sympathetic proxies for the audience.Through their adventures the companions are perfected, facing danger and ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Being a Girl with The Doctor

    Essays on the Feminine in Doctor Who

    Edited by Gillian I. Leitch, Sherry Ginn ...
    Throughout the long running BBC series Doctor Who, the Doctor has rarely been alone, traveling with both female and male "companions." The companion is essential to Doctor Who because he or she is a stand-in for the audience, providing information about the Doctor's ongoing adventures. With the casting of a female actor in the role of the Doctor in 2018, one criticism of the series was finally ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • To Boldly Stay

    Essays on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    Edited by Sherry Ginn, Michael G. Cornelius ...
    Despite the fact that Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ended over twenty-five years ago, there has yet to be a stand-alone assessment of the series. This collection corrects that omission, examining what made Deep Space Nine so unique within the Star Trek universe, and how that uniqueness paved the way for an altogether new, entirely different vision for Star Trek. If the Star Trek slogan has always ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Marvel's Black Widow from Spy to Superhero

    Essays on an Avenger with a Very Specific Skill Set

    Edited by Sherry Ginn ...
    First appearing in Marvel Comics in the 1960s, Natasha Romanoff, a.k.a. Black Widow, was introduced to movie audiences in Iron Man 2 (2010). Her character has grown in popularity with subsequent Marvel films, and fans have been vocal about wanting to see Black Widow in a titular role. Romanoff has potent appeal: a strong female character who is not defined by her looks or her romantic ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Joss Whedon, Anarchist?

    A Unified Theory of the Films and Television Series

    by James Rocha, Mona Rocha, Sherry Ginn ...
    Series series Worlds of Whedon
     Joss Whedon has created numerous TV series, movies, comics and one sing-along-blog, all of which focus on societal problems in the metaphorical guise of monsters-of-the-week and over-arching big-bads.The present work examines structural violence through interdimensional law firm Wolfram & Hart's legal representation of evil. We explore the limits of consent through the Rossum Corporation's ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Apocalypse TV

    Essays on Society and Self at the End of the World

    Edited by Michael G. Cornelius, Sherry Ginn ...
    The end of the world may be upon us, but it certainly is taking its sweet time playing out. The walkers on The Walking Dead have been "walking" for nearly a decade. There are now dozens of apocalyptic television shows and we use the "end times" to describe everything from domestic politics and international conflict, to the weather and our views of the future.This collection of new essays asks ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • The Multiple Worlds of Fringe

    Essays on the J.J. Abrams Science Fiction Series

    Edited by Sherry Ginn, Paul Zinder, Tanya R. Cochran ...
    With diverse contributions from scholars in English literature, psychology, and film and television studies, this collection of essays contextualizes Fringe as a postmodern investigation into what makes us human and as an examination of how technology transforms our humanity.In compiling this collection, the editors sought material as multifaceted as the series itself, devoting sections to ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Time-Travel Television

    The Past from the Present, the Future from the Past

    Edited by Sherry Ginn, Gillian I. Leitch ...
    Series series Science Fiction Television
    Stories of time travel have been part of science fiction since H. G. Wells sent his nameless hero hurtling into Earth’s distant future in The Time Machine. Time travel enables the storyteller to depict alternate realities, bring fictional characters face to face with historical figures, and depict moral and ethical dilemmas in which millions of lives (or the world as we know it) are at stake. From ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • The Worlds of Farscape

    Essays on the Groundbreaking Television Series

    Edited by Sherry Ginn, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III ...
    Series Book 40 - Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
    Reversing a common science fiction cliche, Farscape follows the adventures of the human astronaut John Crichton after he is shot through a wormhole into another part of the universe. Here Crichton is the only human being, going from being a member of the most intelligent species on our planet to being frequently considered mentally deficient by the beings he encounters in his new environment. John ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

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  • The Routledge Companion to Gender and Science Fiction

    Edited by Lisa Yaszek, Sonja Fritzsche, Keren Omry, Wendy Gay Pearson ...
    Series series Routledge Companions to Gender
    The Routledge Companion to Gender and Science Fiction is the first large-scale reference work of its kind, critically assessing the relations of gender and genre in science fiction (SF) especially—but not exclusively—as explored in speculative art by women and LGBTQ+ artists across the world.This global volume builds upon the traditions of interdisciplinary inquiry by connecting established topics ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Who's 50

    The 50 Doctor Who Stories to Watch Before You Die

    by Graeme Burk, Robert Smith ...
    "Like being thrown the keys to the TARDIS with a temporal map to visit all those not-to-be-missed adventures in time and space" (Phil Ford, Doctor Who writer).Ever since its premiere on November 23, 1963, Doctor Who has been a television phenomenon. This companion guide presents the top fifty stories from the show's first fifty years—examining every corner of the imaginative, humorous, and ... Read more

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