The Fanboy's Guide to Sci-Fi Movies

The Fanboy’s Guide to Sci-Fi Movies is a compendium of 700+ science fiction films, which have been released in theaters, on cable or home video, online or on television between 1902 and 2026. Each film is listed by title (in alphabetical order) with a short summary, list of credits, background information, and a four-item rating total (for babes, special effects, action and brainwaves). You'll find this guidebook indispensable.For more than a hundred and twenty-three years, since the release of George Melies’ “A Trip to the Moon” in 1902, moviegoers have been fascinated and thrilled by the science fiction film. We are captivated by their magical power to transport us to other worlds and other times in a way that overwrought big-budget epics, stultifying high-minded literary adaptations, intimate real-life tearjerkers, elephantine biopics, or other Hollywood movies cannot. Science fiction films are also a great deal of fun, as they inspire us to memorize whole passages of dialogue, spend millions of dollars each year on toys and comic books, cosplay our favorite heroes and villains, and attend sci-fi conventions to argue or agree, obsess and discuss the finer points of our new favorites or beloved classics. They bring out the inner fanboy (whether you’re a guy or a girl) in us all.This guidebook was specifically written for sci-fi fans (and all those others who just love movies) by a three-time Hugo-nominee and a member of the Science Fiction Writers of America who is a fanboy himself. The 700+ motion pictures are about aliens and alien invasion, robots and A.I., time travel and parallel universes, post-apocalyptic nightmares and totalitarian dystopias, heroes and mad scientists, dinosaurs and lost worlds, and space exploration. When you're looking for a movie to rent on Prime or stream on your big-screen television, you'll want to consult this guide before making your selection. Use it often to determine what movies you've seen, which ones you've missed, and which ones you're still wondering what that film was all about. The answers are all here… Read more