Science Fiction Theatre

In J. P. Telotte's Science Fiction Theatre, our most accomplished scholar of science fiction film examines the anthology series that paved the way for The Twilight Zone and Star Trek. Telotte excels at connecting the circumstances of production—economic, political, social, and technological—with the images and ideas that made their way onto TV screens and into the national consciousness."

~Brian Attebery, author of Fantasy: How It Works

At a moment when televised science fiction is experiencing its latest golden age, J. P. Telotte's media-savvy study returns us to one of its most important origin points, revealing Science Fiction Theatre as the unrecognized and underappreciated ancestor of everything from The Twilight Zone and Black Mirror to Star Trek and The X-Files.

~Gerry Canavan, managing editor of Science Fiction Film and Television

J. P. Telotte is the dean of science fiction scholarship. His work is as readable as it is insightful. Science Fiction Theatre is an immensely enjoyable book that combines a history of early television with an analysis of a show that initiated all the TV and streaming sci-fi that came in its wake.

~Robert P. Kolker, coauthor with Nathan Abrams of Kubrick: An Odyssey

A deeply researched and accessibly written account of a pioneering television series, locating Science Fiction Theatre in the contexts of postwar popular culture, the science fiction genre, and the American television industry."

~William Boddy