M. Keith Booker is Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of English at the University of Arkansas. He is the author of numerous articles and books on modern literature, film, and science-fiction, including Film and the American Left (1999), Monsters, Mushroom Clouds, and the Cold War (2001), Strange TV: Innovative Television Series from The Twilight Zone to The X-Files (2003), and Science Fiction Television (2004).

…ideally suited for general readers looking for a new perspective on familiar texts and for instructors looking for accessible analyses of how films reflect their historical and cultural contexts.

• IntroductionThe Day the Earth Stood StillForbidden PlanetInvasion of the Body Snatchers2001: A Space OdysseyPlanet of the ApesStar WarsClose Encounters of the Third KindAlienE.T. the Extra-TerrestrialBlade RunnerThe TerminatorRobocopThe AbyssIndependence DayThe MatrixConclusionNotesIndex

M. Keith Booker is Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of English at the University of Arkansas. He is the author of numerous articles and books on modern literature, film, and science-fiction, including Film and the American Left (1999), Monsters, Mushroom Clouds, and the Cold War (2001), Strange TV: Innovative Television Series from The Twilight Zone to The X-Files (2003), and Science Fiction Television (2004).

…ideally suited for general readers looking for a new perspective on familiar texts and for instructors looking for accessible analyses of how films reflect their historical and cultural contexts.

• IntroductionThe Day the Earth Stood StillForbidden PlanetInvasion of the Body Snatchers2001: A Space OdysseyPlanet of the ApesStar WarsClose Encounters of the Third KindAlienE.T. the Extra-TerrestrialBlade RunnerThe TerminatorRobocopThe AbyssIndependence DayThe MatrixConclusionNotesIndex