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Author:   Vincent Piturro
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.277kg
ISBN:  

9781476683300

ISBN 10:   1476683301
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   23 August 2021
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Vincent Piturro 1 Chapter 1: Arrival 11 The Science of Communicating with Aliens Ka Chun Yu 16 Arrival from a Linguist's Perspective Andrew J. Pantos 23 Chapter 2: Interstellar 31 How Easy Is Interstellar Colonization? Ka Chun Yu 39 Chapter 3: 2001: A Space Odyssey 49 Catching HAL Ka Chun Yu 59 Chapter 4: Children of Men 73 Infertility and the Near-Future Nicole L. Garneau 80 Chapter 5: Perfect Sense 84 All They Need to Know: Connectedness Nicole L. Garneau 90 Chapter 6: Upstream Color 97 Parasites and Defying Explanation Nicole L. Garneau 103 Chapter 7: Contact 110 The Sounds of Contact Naomi Pequette 117 Chapter 8: Jurassic Park 123 Jurassic Park and the Dinosaur Renaissance Joseph Sertich 131 Monstrous Life Finds a Way: Jurassic Park and Monstrosity Charles Hoge 137 Chapter 9: King Kong 145 Gigantic Animals Jeffrey T. Stephenson 152 Falling Off the Phallus of Civilization: On Max Steiner's Soundtrack to King Kong Roger K. Green 159 Chapter 10: The Martian 167 The Martian: Fact, Fiction or Fantasy? An Interview with Steven Lee Ka Chun Yu 174 About the Contributors 187 Bibliography 189 Index 190

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Vincent Piturro is a professor of film and media studies at Metropolitan State University of Denver. He has published on Westerns, documentary film rhetoric and Jim Jarmusch.

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