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Tachyon Publications
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From Metropolis to the pre-Technicolor Oz, take a fantastical journey through the wildest frontiers of the silent films of the silver screen.Ancient Rockets brings you the earliest (and cheesiest) special effects, the best and worst directors, the tour de forces and the utter trainwrecks. Forty-nine cinematic odysseys will take you on A Trip to the Moon and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, swinging upon jungle vines with Tarzan and into the terrifying laboratory of Dr. Frankenstein, from The Adventures of Prince Achmed all the way to Modern Times.These are the pinnacles and the pitfalls of scienc
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If you think a book about silent horror and science fiction films would be boring. Baker, whom honestly I had never heard of despite her considerable accomplishments, pulls a neat trick by giving each film its due while also being incredibly funny from first review to last--which is made even more
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remarkable since the last was written hardly a month before her death from cancer. You'll be happy to find that many of these films are available in good versions on services such as Kanopy that you probably have access to through your library. This quick read is a real eye opener and a joy from start to finish. Don't miss it. Show Less
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2012
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| Fic SF Bartholomew ed |