The Paranormal and the Paranoid
Conspiratorial Science Fiction Television
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Television, History & Criticism
| Author: | Aaron Gulyas | ISBN: | 9781442251144 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Publication: | June 11, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Language: | English |
| Author: | Aaron Gulyas |
| ISBN: | 9781442251144 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Publication: | June 11, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Language: | English |
This book explores a genre of American science fiction television which emerged in the 1990s—that of conspiratorial science fiction. These shows blended traditional science fiction, fantasy, and horror tropes with a strand of cultural thought which became prominent in the 1990s and into the twenty-first century: an assertion that shadowy figures within the US government were responsible for a massive cover-up of the “truth” about a wide variety of things from alien abductions to secret weapons programs.
This book explores a genre of American science fiction television which emerged in the 1990s—that of conspiratorial science fiction. These shows blended traditional science fiction, fantasy, and horror tropes with a strand of cultural thought which became prominent in the 1990s and into the twenty-first century: an assertion that shadowy figures within the US government were responsible for a massive cover-up of the “truth” about a wide variety of things from alien abductions to secret weapons programs.
