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Keep Watching the Skies!
American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties, The 21st Century Edition
Bill Warren
Foreword by Howard Waldrop; Research Associate Bill Thomas

ISBN 978-0-7864-4230-0
273 photos (35 in color), appendices, bibliography, index
1040pp. library binding (8.5 x 11) 2010

Description
Long recognized as the definitive reference work on the hundreds of science fiction movies that from 1950 through 1962 terrified and fascinated a generation with zombified teenagers, robots, invading aliens and monsters of every kind, Bill Warren’s Keep Watching the Skies! is greatly expanded in this 21st Century Edition. With new entries on several films, it also revisits, revises and expands the commentary on every film in the 1982 and 1986 two-volume edition.

In addition to a detailed plot synopsis, cast and credit listings, and an overview of each film’s critical reception, Warren delivers richly informative assessments of the films and a wealth of insights and anecdotes about their making, often drawing on remarks by the filmmakers that have emerged in the quarter century since the original edition. The book is arranged by film title, contains 273 photographs (many rare, some in color), has seven useful appendices, and concludes with an enormous index.

About the Author
Writer Bill Warren is a resident of Los Angeles, California.Research associate Bill Thomas is a lead reference librarian and lives in Lancaster, California.

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Keep Watching the Skies!



Award Winner
Honorable Mention, Rondo Hatton Award. Booklist Starred Review

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