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This book brings together the author´s interviews with many prominent figures in fantasy, horror, and science fiction to examine the traditions and extensions of the gothic mode of storytelling over the last 200 years and its contemporary influence on film and media.

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Preface; R.Holmes Prefatory Note; J.Gunn INTRODUCTION: VOICES HEARD ´ROUND THE COSMIC CAMPFIRE PART I: THE LOVECRAFT CIRCLE The Provocative Abysses of Unplumbed Space; S.T.Joshi Explores the Universe of H.P. Lovecraft I Am Providence; H.Beckwith on H.P.Lovecraft Psycho Is Not About a Shower Scene!; R.Bloch From Providence to Liverpool; R.Campbell Certain Things Associated with the Night; T.E.D.Klein PART II: THE HEROIC AGE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION Robert E. Howard and The Whole Wide World; D.Ireland Batman and Me; B.Kane The Man Who Explained Miracles; J.D.Carr Superman is a Friend; C.Reeve Wonder´s Child; J.Williamson Ragnarok and Relativity; P.Anderson The Way the Future Was; F.Pohl I Tell People Stories; W.Tucker The Complete Enchanter; L.Sprague De Camp PART III: THE BRADBURY CHRONICLES The Bradbury Collaborations Stan and Ollie; R.Bradbury & R.Harryhausen Joe and Me; R.Bradbury & J.Mugnaini The Bradbury Circle (Friends and Associates) Let´s Put on a Show!; J.Schwarz Mister Monster; F.J.Ackerman Dandelion Chronicles; W.F.Nolan The Repairman Cometh; F.P.Wilson ABradbury Companion; D.Albright PART IV: DESTINATION:MARS! Back to Barsoom:Bob Zeuschner Talks about the Mars Books of Edgar Rice Burroughs This Is Where We Start Again; K.S.Robinson PART V: THE EXTRAVAGANT GAZE A Sublime Madness:Professors Albert Boime and Tim Mitchell Talk about Goya, Géricault, and Caspar David Friedrich Scenes from Childhood Album for the Young; M.Sendak There´s a Lot of Reality to These Fantasies; C.Sturridge & F.Tale The Mysteries of Chris Van Allsburg Gahan Wilson´s Diner PART VI: MUSIC OF THE SPHERES Symphonie fantastique:Professor Jack Sullivan Talks about Berlioz, Schumann, Liszt, and Others PART VII: POSTMODERN GOTHIC The Night Ride of Charles Beaumont We Walk Your Dog at Night!; S.King The Kiss That Bites; S.M.Charnas A Magellan of the Interior; P.Straub The Billion Year Spree; B.Aldiss Savage Pastimes: Gothic Schlock and Grindhouse Horrors Different Engines:Steampunk PART VIII: WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE...TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET, AND STAR TREK Frankie Thomas on Tom Corbett and the Early Days of Live Television Four Members of the Enterprise Crew; W.Shatner , L.Nimoy , D.F.Kelly & G.Takei THE HERESY OF HUMANISM:GREG BEAR AND GREGORY BENFORD EPILOGUE

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Author John C. Tibbetts: John C. Tibbetts is Associate Professor of Film at the University of Kansas, USA. His has published sixteen books and his articles on film, literature, painting, theatre, and music have appeared in Notes, Film Comment, Opera News, Historical Journal of Film, Radio, Television, Journal of Popular Film and Television, and Literature/Film Quarterly. He has previously worked as a broadcaster for National Public Radio, the Christian Science Monitor Radio Network, Voice of America, and CBS television. Both of his radio series, The World of Robert Schumann and Piano Portraits, have been heard worldwide on the WFMT broadcast network and National Public Radio. He was awarded the 2008 Kansas Governor´s Arts in Education Award. Video and audio collections from his thirty years in broadcasting and education are currently being prepared for installation at the Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center in 2012.

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