Making Moon: A British Sci-Fi Cult Classic

Making Moon: A British Sci-Fi Cult Classic
Author: Simon Ward
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-10-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1789091004
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The official 10th anniversary making-of book for the Duncan Jones directed sci-fi film Moon. Directed by Duncan Jones, and written by Nathan Parker from a story by Jones, Moon is a 2009 science fiction drama following Sam Bell, a man who experiences a personal crisis as he nears the end of a three-year solitary stint mining helium-3 on the moon. Independently financed and produced on a modest budget, Moon became an instant cult classic. It was well received by critics and audiences alike, and was particularly praised for its scientific plausibility and realism. Making Moon will take an in-depth look back at the film's production: It features interviews with the film's key creatives and includes rare concept and behind-the-scenes images, as well as excerpts from the original shooting script.

Typeset in the Future

Typeset in the Future
Author: Dave Addey
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2018-12-11
Genre: Design
ISBN: 168335334X
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A designer’s deep dive into seven science fiction films, filled with “gloriously esoteric nerdery [and] observations as witty as they are keen” (Wired). In Typeset in the Future, blogger and designer Dave Addey invites sci-fi movie fans on a journey through seven genre-defining classics, discovering how they create compelling visions of the future through typography and design. The book delves deep into 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Alien, Blade Runner, Total Recall, WALL·E, and Moon, studying the design tricks and inspirations that make each film transcend mere celluloid and become a believable reality. These studies are illustrated by film stills, concept art, type specimens, and ephemera, plus original interviews with Mike Okuda (Star Trek), Paul Verhoeven (Total Recall), and Ralph Eggleston and Craig Foster (Pixar). Typeset in the Future is an obsessively geeky study of how classic sci-fi movies draw us in to their imagined worlds.

Snowpiercer: The Art and Making of the Film

Snowpiercer: The Art and Making of the Film
Author: Simon Ward
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-08-24
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 178909691X
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Snowpiercer: The Art and the Making of the Film is the official companion to Oscar®-winning Bong Joon Ho’s English-language debut film – one of the most acclaimed sci-fi movies of the century so far. Before 2019’s four-time Oscar®-winning Parasite came Bong Joon Ho’s iconic English-language debut, Snowpiercer. The dystopian sci-fi thriller is set seventeen years after the world has frozen over and what’s left of humanity lives on a train that travels the globe on a continuous loop. The story follows one man, played by Chris Evans, as he risks everything to lead a revolt to defy his preordained place in society and take control of the engine.

H G Wells 'First Men in the Moon'

H G Wells 'First Men in the Moon'
Author: Robert Godwin
Publisher: Apogee Books
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781926837314
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Book & micro DVD. In 1919 the Gaumont Motion Picture Studio created the first movie to ever be based entirely on a famous science fiction novel. That movie was an adaptation of H G Wells "The First Men in the Moon". Wells himself was on hand to oversee the costumes and sets. A lost treasure of the silent era of film, the movie is now believed to be lost forever. In 2010 The British Film Institute named it one of the 75 "most desirable" missing films. In 2013 noted writer/editor Robert Godwin uncovered a series of artefacts from the films original release including a complete synopsis of the plot (different to Wells book), newspaper reviews and most importantly a series of still images from the production. Enough material to make this fascinating mini-history of the worlds first "true" science fiction film. Go back to a simpler time of space exploration with this pocketbook and Mini-DVD recreation of the 1919 production of "The First Men in the Moon".

Madi: Once Upon a Time in the Future

Madi: Once Upon a Time in the Future
Author: Alex De Campi
Publisher: Z2 Comics
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2020-11-24
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781940878454
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Madi Preston, a veteran of Britain’s elite special operations J-Squad unit, is burnt out and up to her eyeballs in debt. She and the rest of her team have retired from the military but are now trapped having to pay to service and maintain the technology put into them during their years of service. They're working for British conglomerate Liberty Inc as mercenaries, selling their unique ability to be remote controlled by specialists while in the field, and the debts are only growing as they get injured completing missions. We meet Madi as she decides she’s had enough. She will take an off-the-books job that should earn her enough to pay out her and her sister, but when the piece of tech she’s supposed to steal turns out to be a kid, and she suddenly blacks out... she finds herself on the run from everyone she’s ever known.

Childhood's End

Childhood's End
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Publisher: RosettaBooks
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2012-11-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0795324979
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In the Retro Hugo Award–nominated novel that inspired the Syfy miniseries, alien invaders bring peace to Earth—at a grave price: “A first-rate tour de force” (The New York Times). In the near future, enormous silver spaceships appear without warning over mankind’s largest cities. They belong to the Overlords, an alien race far superior to humanity in technological development. Their purpose is to dominate Earth. Their demands, however, are surprisingly benevolent: end war, poverty, and cruelty. Their presence, rather than signaling the end of humanity, ushers in a golden age . . . or so it seems. Without conflict, human culture and progress stagnate. As the years pass, it becomes clear that the Overlords have a hidden agenda for the evolution of the human race that may not be as benevolent as it seems. “Frighteningly logical, believable, and grimly prophetic . . . Clarke is a master.” —Los Angeles Times

Jurassic World: The Ultimate Visual History

Jurassic World: The Ultimate Visual History
Author: James Mottram
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2022-10-25
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1647223644
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Following the release of director Colin Trevorrow's smash hit Jurassic World in 2015, the dinosaurs of Isla Nublar once again dominate the public imagination. Jurassic World: The Ultimate Visual History delivers a comprehensive look at the making of the first hit film, as well as its thrilling sequels Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Jurassic World: Dominion. Through rare and never-before-seen imagery and exclusive interviews with key creatives, this deluxe volume explores the entire creative process, from the films' stunning dinosaur designs to the epic location shoots and the creation of the films' incredible visual effects. Fans will also discover a fascinating look at the wider world of the saga, including the Netflix animated series Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous,video games, toys, theme park attractions, and more. Unearth the story behind the making of the Jurassic World trilogy with this definitive collector's book, a must-have for fans of the action-packed saga.

Stand on Zanzibar

Stand on Zanzibar
Author: John Brunner
Publisher: Orb Books
Total Pages: 576
Release: 2011-08-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429978848
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The brilliant 1969 Hugo Award-winning novel from John Brunner, Stand on Zanzibar, now included with a foreword by Bruce Sterling Norman Niblock House is a rising executive at General Technics, one of a few all-powerful corporations. His work is leading General Technics to the forefront of global domination, both in the marketplace and politically---it's about to take over a country in Africa. Donald Hogan is his roommate, a seemingly sheepish bookworm. But Hogan is a spy, and he's about to discover a breakthrough in genetic engineering that will change the world...and kill him. These two men's lives weave through one of science fiction's most praised novels. Written in a way that echoes John Dos Passos' U.S.A. Trilogy, Stand on Zanzibar is a cross-section of a world overpopulated by the billions. Where society is squeezed into hive-living madness by god-like mega computers, mass-marketed psychedelic drugs, and mundane uses of genetic engineering. Though written in 1968, it speaks of now, and is frighteningly prescient and intensely powerful. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Cowboy Bebop: Making The Netflix Series

Cowboy Bebop: Making The Netflix Series
Author: Jeff Bond
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2022-06-21
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1803360798
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Official companion book to the Netflix TV series featuring concept art, sketches, behind-the-scenes photography and interviews with cast and crew. Based on the worldwide phenomenon from Sunrise Inc., Cowboy Bebop is the jazz-inspired, genre-bending story of a rag-tag crew of bounty hunters on the run from their pasts as they hunt down the solar system’s most dangerous criminals. They’ll even save the world…for the right price. Take a trip behind the scenes of Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop adaptation! This official companion book is packed full of beautiful concept art and revealing behind-the-scenes photography, as the cast and crew tell the story of how one of the most influential anime series of all time was translated over to live action in this much-anticipated series.

The Art and Making of Independence Day Resurgence

The Art and Making of Independence Day Resurgence
Author: Simon Ward
Publisher: Titan Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Apocalypse in motion pictures
ISBN: 9781785651373
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The Art & Making of Independence Day Resurgence takes readers from the aftermath of the 6 invasion, through the rebuilding of the planet, and the new, terrifying threat about to hit Earth. From sketch to screen, the book delves into the design and creation of the colossal spaceships, aliens, vehicles and fighter planes, weaponry, and the new characters defending the world. This official companion is packed with incredible concept art, costume design, behind-the-scenes photography, and exclusive interviews with cast and crew including Jeff Goldblum and director Roland Emmerich.