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The beautiful image of Angelique Pettyjohn from the cover of The Sci-Fi Siren Who Dared Love Elvis and Other Stars by John L. Flynn is available on a T-shirt (S-5XL). Click here to order your t-shirt of the book cover. For a unique variation of the t-shirt with Star Trek themes added to the background, click here to view and order. Your friends will be envious! They will also want to know where you bought your one-of-a-kind t-shirt. Show your support for Author John L. Flynn and/or the late Angelique Pettyjohn by purchasing this 100% cotton, classic fit t-shirt to wear at your science fiction and comic book conventions. Casual elegance will make it an instant favorite in everyone's wardrobe.
Everything I Know About Life I Learned From James Bond by John Flynn and Bob Blackwood is a light-hearted but thoroughly researched look into the world of James Bond. This book provides witty and insightful aphorisms about everyday things, ranging from girls of the world to food and drink, cars to clothing and style, gadgets, and life lessons to fun facts about culture and civilization, as reflected through the prism of James Bond 007, the world's most stylish and cultured secret agent. Print book is available through Library Tales, and the Audio Book as narrated by Mathew E. Kelly is available from Audible Books.
Mention The Phantom of the Opera at a dinner party, and each guest will have his or her own vivid, almost visceral, recollection of the tale of a disfigured musical genius and his unrequited love for a beautiful, young singer. Someone will undoubtedly pantomime the famous unmasking scene from the Lon Chaney silent. Another guest is likely to burst into a song from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. The original story contains so many richly textured scenes that each of us, at one time or another, has been seduced by the Phantom, and embraced his dark side. Read about the 50 various productions. Print book published by Galactic Books.
When 2001: A Space Odyssey opened on April 3, 1968, science fiction films were not very well regarded by critics; in fact, most considered them to be juvenile with little intellectual or artistic value. The critics hated Stanley Kubrick's epic space adventure, in part, because he defied their expectations by daring to produce a literate work of SF. Ironically, their reviews didn't stop moviegoers from lining up at the box office. Few understood what Kubrick was trying to do; some just dropped acid and enjoyed the light show. Today, audiences have come to regard it as a masterpiece of cinema. Print book published by Galactic Books.
Earth invaded by Mars! Millions incinerated by heat ray! Panic grips nation as Martian tripods advance on Washington! Remember the headlines? They said it wouldn't happen here, and then, wave after wave, the Martians attacked the Earth with a vengeance. H.G. Wells' great novel, The War of the Worlds, chronicled the first wave. Then Orson Welles' 1938 radio broadcast, followed by George Pal's 1953 movie. The Martians kept coming! War of the Worlds: From Wells to Spielberg is a tribute to Wells and those radio, television, comic book, and film adaptations inspired by it. Includes the two new miniseries from 2019.
What is your favorite science fiction film? At the start of the new millennium, fans who attended science fiction conventions persuaded Flynn and Blackwood to conduct a survey of the Top Ten Science Films of the 20th Century. They then embarked on a ten-year odyssey to gather thousands of fan votes. The result: a list of science fiction films that probably contains at least one of your favorites. Each film was considered from its inception, to the pre-production period, through production and finally reviews and critical responses. Print book is available through Library Tales, and the Audio Book is coming soon from Audible Books.
Dissecting Aliens chronicles a different kind of alien invasion from those chronicled in War of the Worlds: From Wells to Spielberg by John L. Flynn, Ph.D. Alien (1978) and Aliens (1986) and all those movies, spin-offs and rip-offs inspired by them, including Predator (1987) and the Alien Versus Predator films are more about man confronting a competitive entity in his conquest of space. Often that confrontation leads to war in which man is seemingly ill-matched against the alien force. Dissecting Aliens is available through Galactic Books.
Everything I Know About Life I Learned From James Bond by John Flynn and Bob Blackwood is a light-hearted but thoroughly researched look into the world of James Bond. This book provides witty and insightful aphorisms about everyday things, ranging from girls to food and drink, cars to clothing and style, and life lessons to fun facts about culture and civilization, as reflected through the prism of James Bond, the worlds most stylish and cultured secret agent. Print book is available through Library Tales.
Mention The Phantom of the Opera at a dinner party, and each guest will have his or her own vivid, almost visceral, recollection of the tale of a disfigured musical genius and his unrequited love for a beautiful, young singer. Someone will undoubtedly pantomime the famous unmasking scene from the Lon Chaney silent. Another guest is likely to burst into a song from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. The original story contains so many richly textured scenes that each of us, at one time or another, has been seduced by the Phantom, and embraced his dark side. Read about the 50 various productions. Print book published by Galactic Books.
When 2001: A Space Odyssey opened on April 3, 1968, science fiction films were not very well regarded by critics; in fact, most considered them to be juvenile with little intellectual or artistic value. The critics hated Stanley Kubrick's epic space adventure, in part, because he defied their expectations by daring to produce a literate work of SF. Ironically, their reviews didn't stop moviegoers from lining up at the box office. Few understood what Kubrick was trying to do; some just dropped acid and enjoyed the light show. Today, audiences have come to regard it as a masterpiece of cinema. Print book published by Galactic Books.
When Inspector Kate Dawson is awakened in the wee hours of the morning to investigate a homicide, little did she know what would be waiting for her on the tarmac of San Francisco International Airport. Air Force One has landed with a corpse in the lavatory. Madame President and the First Man were on board with a slew of reporters and other personnel. It seems someone enjoyed kinky foreplay, like having their oxygen supply limited, a gasper. It just went too far, or did it? Or was the beautiful blonde reporter killed for the Cold War secret she carried? Print book is available through W&B publishers.
What is your favorite science fiction film? At the start of the new millennium, fans who attended science fiction conventions persuaded Flynn and Blackwood to conduct a survey of the Top Ten Science Films of the 20th Century. They then embarked on a ten-year odyssey to gather thousands of fan votes. The result: a list of science fiction films that probably contains at least one of your favorites. Each film was considered from its inception, to the pre-production period, through production and finally reviews and critical responses. Includes interviews with directors, producers and stars of the movies. Print book is available through Library Tales.
Since the debut of Superman in 1938, superheroes have been a ubiquitous part of our popular culture. They have dominated American comic books for nearly 70 years, and their stories have crossed over into other media. They have been featured in daily comic strips, filled the pages of pulp magazines, figured in radio dramas, appeared on television, and headlined cinema marquees around the world. In many ways, their legendary tales of courage and derring-do form a modern mythology that has deep roots in our culture, our moral and spiritual beliefs, and our whole way of life. Print book is available through Galactic Books.
Like comic book superheroes, Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger has played a number of heroes (and at least one villain) in the movies. The Films of Arnold Schwarzenegger documents his rise as a cinematic hero for the modern era, and discusses each film in depth with the unlikely star. Films include Conan the Barbarian (1981), Conan the Destroyer (1984), Terminator (1984), Commando (1985), Predator (1987), The Running Man (1987), Total Recall (1990), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), True Lies (1994), among many others. Out of print, but copies still available at Amazon.com
They were like Gods. Count Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Phantom of the Opera, the Bride of Frankenstein, the Wolf Man, the Mummy, and Invisible Man, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon formed a modern-pay pantheon that ruled the mythical kingdom of Hollywood. They dwelt at Universal, their Olympian-like home in the hills of northern Los Angeles. Their stories were the stuff of legend in the most successful horror films ever made. 12 years after the last Universal monster film, Hammer Films, a small British production company, started creating its own pantheon of Gods with the The Curse of Frankenstein (1957). By remaking Universal's black-and-white monster films in vivid, blood-curdling color, Hammer established itself as the preeminent producer of horror films. Both studios ruled the box office at different times with their iconic monsters. Both books are available through Galactic Books.
Cinematic Vampires: The Living Dead on Film and Television is an authoritative reference work which provides a complete look at 372 vampire films, from Georges Melies The Devil's Castle (1896), a two-minute short that predated Bram Stoker's classic novel by a year, to Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Each entry gives the year of release, production credits, actors, and a synopsis of the film and its importance. Includes alternate titles and original titles of non-English films. Out of print, but copies still available at Amazon.com
Earth invaded by Mars! Millions incinerated by heat ray! Panic grips nation as Martian tripods advance on Washington! Remember the headlines? They said it wouldn't happen here, and then, wave after wave, the Martians attacked the Earth with a vengeance. H.G. Wells' great novel, The War of the Worlds, chronicled the first wave. Then Orson Welles' 1938 radio broadcast, followed by George Pal's 1953 movie. The Martians kept coming! War of the Worlds: From Wells to Spielberg is a tribute to Wells and those radio, television, comic book, and film adaptations that have been inspired by it. Dissecting Aliens chronicles a different kind of alien invasion; those movies, spin-offs and rip-offs inspired by Alien (1978) and Aliens (1986), including Predator (1987) and the Alien Versus Predator films. Both books are available through Galactic Books.
Future Threads, costume design for the science fiction world, evolved from a series of articles John had written for Starlog, Enterprise Incidents, Enterprise and other sci-fi magazines in the 1980s into a "How-to" book for fans wishing to cosplay costumes from Star Trek, V, and Star Wars at science fiction conventions. Dr. Flynn is a Master-Class Costumer. In 1985, Robert Fletcher, the costume designer for Shogun (1980) and the Star Trek films, was so impressed with Flynn's portfolio he offered John the opportunity to work for him at Western Costume, just off the Paramount Lot. Unfortunately, this book is out of print.
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