Encyclopedia of Weird War Stories - Supernatural and Science Fiction Elements in Novels, Pulps, Comics, Film, Television, Games and Other Media

Fictional war narratives often employ haunted battlefields, super-soldiers, time travel, the undead and other imaginative elements of science fiction and fantasy. This encyclopedia catalogs appearances of the strange and the supernatural found in the war stories of film, television, novels, short stories, pulp fiction, comic books and video and role-playing games. Categories explore themes of mythology, science fiction, alternative history, superheroes and "Weird War."

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

The Encyclopedia

Appendix: Weird War Stories by Medium

Bibliography

Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

The late Paul Green worked as an artist in the UK for Marvel, DC and World Distributors, among others, on titles such as Doctor Who, Rambo, Action Man, Wonder Woman and Star Trek. The author of many books about television and film history, he lived in Rustburg, Virginia.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Paul Green
• Verlag: Ingram Publishers Services
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahren
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 14.06.2017
• EAN: 9781476666723
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-6672-3
• Seiten: 240
• Abmessung: 178 mm x 254 mm x 12 mm
• Gewicht: 413 g
• Illustration: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Television, military history, LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Science Fiction & Fantasy, Films, cinema, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Horror, Literary studies: general, Literature: history and criticism, Computer games / online games: strategy guides, General encyclopaedias