Relive and thrill to the science fiction movies of the '50s (through 1962), when jujubes and popcorn with extra butter went arm and arm with mad women (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman), weird teenagers (I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, Teenage Zombies), ill-fated matches (I Married a Monster from Outer Space), victims of scientific experiments (The Fly), and all those things that kept dropping in from outer space (The Blob, The Brain Eaters). As Warren meticulously and unfailingly points out, special effects were infantile ("They ...
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Relive and thrill to the science fiction movies of the '50s (through 1962), when jujubes and popcorn with extra butter went arm and arm with mad women (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman), weird teenagers (I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, Teenage Zombies), ill-fated matches (I Married a Monster from Outer Space), victims of scientific experiments (The Fly), and all those things that kept dropping in from outer space (The Blob, The Brain Eaters). As Warren meticulously and unfailingly points out, special effects were infantile ("They fall into a huge spider web which strongly resembles a cargo net," Earth vs. The Spider), budgets incredibly small ("As Jack Moffitt noted, 'the giant spaceman must be a fugitive from medieval France since, on his chest, he wears a shield bearing the fleur-de-lis. On his back, is an Assyrian bull, indicating he may have had his cleaning, pressing and mending done in Babylon'," Attack of the 50 Foot Woman). From The Astounding She-Monster, another small budget reminder: "In the first day of filming, the She-Monster bent over to kill one of the characters and ripped (her) suit in the back . . . so in all subsequent scenes, the She-Monster makes exits and entrances facing the camera. Of course, this means she is walking backward much of the time, but aliens are weird."
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Add this copy of Keep Watching the Skies! : American Science Fiction to cart. $20.50, good condition, Sold by Books End Bookshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from SYRACUSE, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by McFarland & Company.
Add this copy of Keep Watching the Skies! : American Science Fiction to cart. $25.00, good condition, Sold by Row by Row Bookshop rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sugar Grove, NC, UNITED STATES, published 1982 by McFarland.
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Good. No Dust Jacket. A Good copy in pictorial yellow cloth of this 467-page reference. Tanning at the outer edges of the text block, and to the endpapers. Mild cover soiling, and an ownership stamp at the front endpaper. The binding is sound, the text is clean/unmarked, and not ex-library. No dust jacket, apparently as issued.
Add this copy of Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction to cart. $34.51, very good condition, Sold by Monarchy Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Toronto, ON, CANADA, published 1997 by McFarland & Company.
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Very Good. Size: 6x2x9; Clean With No Highlighting Or Remarks Inside, 837 Pages With The Index. Paperback. Volume 1based on your address. -We can ship from USA and Canada. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.
Add this copy of Keep Watching the Skies Vol.2 to cart. $40.00, good condition, Sold by Always Superior Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Mcfarland.
Add this copy of Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction to cart. $41.49, very good condition, Sold by Firefly Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Kutztown, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by McFarland Publishing.
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Used Very Good. Front and back covers have very light edge or corner wear. Spine intact with no creasing or warping. Binding is tight and intact, pages clean and unmarked. Firefly Bookstore sells items online and in our store front. We try to add images and descriptions when we can, but if you need additional information or photos of the books we list, please contact us.
