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Description: Movies, Modernism, and the Science Fiction Pulps : Paperback : Oxford University Press Inc : 9780190949662 : 019094966X : 16 Sep 2019 : This book examines the impact that the new art of film had on another new form, science fiction, especially as it was embodied in the various pulp magazines where the genre first began to establish its identity and key themes. It argues that a film consciousness helped shape, even define 20th century science fiction. The Book Depository Movies, Modernism, and the Science Fiction Pulps by J. P. Telotte - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

 

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