Science Fiction in Film and Television: A Bibliography of Resources in Print

Introduction and Statement of Scope

Science Fiction film and television studies is a relatively new field. It was not until the late 1960s and 1970s that scholars began to take SF as a genre seriously. Many critics and scholars in both the science fiction and cinema fields have suggested that there exists an elitism in the film genre that denigrates SF films as frivolous entertainment. Regardless of such opinions, SF films serve as a vehicle for expressing society's concerns and fears. SF films have been used to express concerns about war, foreign invasion, the environment, the future, and the effects of technology, to name a few.
This resource guide began as a project for one of my reference courses, Information in the Humanities. It is intended for use by persons interested in the evolution of SF as a means of expressing society's concerns. This bibliography includes introductory materials such as indexes, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, and guides; works chronicling the history of SF in film and television, and works of criticism. I have excluded novels adapted from films but have included lists of both films and television programs that I feel are representative of important themes and concepts.

Reference	History and Criticism
Periodical Articles	Magazines and Fanzines
Movies	Television Programs

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