101 Sci-Fi Movies You Must See Before You Die

If you want to know your Degoba from your Delos or your Ming from your Morlock if you cant decide whether to eat Soylent Green or in Mos Eisleys Cantina or if you simply want to try to comprehend 2001:A Space Odyssey 101 Sci- Fi Movies You Must See Before You Die is for you. Visionary and imaginative - science fiction allows all other genres to leap quite literally into another dimension. From the classic low-budget space exploration Flash Gordon tales of the Saturday matinee serials to the slick CGI-realized world of The Matrix science fiction films have long been pushing the boundaries of the visually and dramatically fantastic. Take a classic cop chase and set it on Mars. Think of a haunted house story then add the Nostromo. Take the boy-meets-girl classic then make them mutants. Turn the known world on its head play with the laws of physics and all the while hold your audience spellbound. With insight from critics film historians academics and experts in the field 101 Sci-Fi Movies You Must See Before You Die offers a breadth of knowledge insight and passion to a century of close encounters black holes time-travel dodgy outfits distant planets impossible quests nuclear war futuristic technology inexplicable forces spaceships extraordinary monsters subterranean societies and fluorescent drinks - get a dog and dont list your name in the phone book.