{"product_id":"the-outer-limits-paperback-1","title":"The Outer Limits - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoanne Morreale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this TV Milestone, author Joanne Morreale highlights the differences of \u003ci\u003eThe Outer Limits\u003c\/i\u003e (ABC 1963-65) from typical programs on the air in the 1960s. Morreale argues that the show provides insight into changes in the television industry as writers turned to genre fiction-in this case, a hybrid of science fiction and horror-to provide veiled social commentary. The show illustrates the tension between networks who wanted mainstream entertainment and the independent writer-producers, Leslie Stevens and Joseph Stefano, who wanted to use the medium to challenge viewers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn five chapters, \u003ci\u003eThe Outer Limits\u003c\/i\u003emakes a case for the show's deployment of gothic melodrama and science fiction tropes, unique televisual characteristics, and creative adaptation of many cultural sources to interrogate the relationship between humans and technology in a way that continues to influence contemporary debate in such shows as \u003ci\u003eStar Trek, The X-Files\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBlack Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e. Underlying the arguments is the eerie notion of \u003ci\u003eThe Outer Limits \u003c\/i\u003eas a disruptive force on television at the time, purposely making audiences uncomfortable. For example, in its iconic opening credit sequence a disembodied Control Voice claims to be taking over the television as images mimic signal interference. Other themes convey Cold War paranoia, ambivalence about the Kennedy era New Frontier, and anxiety about the burgeoning military-industrial-governmental complex. The book points out that \u003ci\u003eThe Outer Limits\u003c\/i\u003e presaged what came to be known as quality television. While most episodes followed the lowbrow tradition of televised science fiction by adapting previously published stories and films, the series elevated the genre by rearticulating it through themes and images drawn from myth, literature, and the art film. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Outer Limits\u003c\/i\u003e is lucid yet accessible, well researched and argued, with enlightening discussions of specific episodes even as it gives attention to broader television history and theory. It will be of special interest to scholars and students of television and media studies, as well as fans of science fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoanne Morreale is associate professor of media studies at Northeastern University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dick Van Dyke Show\u003c\/i\u003e (Wayne State University Press, 2015), \u003ci\u003eThe Donna Reed Show\u003c\/i\u003e (Wayne State University Press, 2012), and an edited anthology, \u003ci\u003eCritiquing the Sitcom: A Reader\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47287287611641,"sku":"9780814347454","price":26.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cmsxVTFvd0hBYnkwOWdOMkcyZlF5dz09_b5c36244-93f7-4193-93d5-a93590bbaf86.webp?v=1769113158","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-outer-limits-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}