Disorders of magnitude: a survey of dark fantasy
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| adam_text | Disorders of
Magnitude
A Survey of Dark Fantasy
i
JASON V BROCK
Studies in Supernatural Literature
ROWMAN amp; LITTLEFI ELD
Lanham • Boulder • New York • Toronto • Plymouth, UK
xi
xiii
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART ONE: THE DARKEST AGE
1 The Smoldering Past: The Creation of the Modern from
Frankenstein and Dracula to the Great War and Beyond
2 Cosmic Introspection: Lovecraft s Attainment of Personal
Value byWay of Infinite Insignificance
3 Forrest J Ackerman: Fan Zero
4 Gathering Darkness: In Appreciation of the Artists of Weird Tales
5 Frank M Robinson: First Fandom and Beyond
PART TWO: THINGS BECOME
6 The Burden of Now: Welles s Panic Broadcast, World War II,
and Creeping Anomie
7 Ray Bradbury: The Boy Who Never Grew Up
8 Cinematic Dream Logic: How Movies Permanently Altered
the Fabric of Reality
9 Individual Sexual Liberation Becomes Social Emancipation:
Playboy Changes the World ^
10 Harlan Ellison: L enfant terrible (Sort Of)
PART THREE: THE RISE OF THE SPECULATIVE MIND
11 Rod Serling: Articulating the American Nightmare
12 A Howling at Owl Creek Bridge: Observations on Two Important
Twilight Zone Episodes
vii
viii CONTENTS
13 George Clayton Johnson: A Touch of Strange 72
14 L Age d Or to Gotterdammerung How Bradbury, Serling, 80
Beaumont, and The Group Shaped a Pop Future
15 Roger Corman: Socially Conscious Auteur 95
16 Finding Sanctuary: Running from the Zone to Logan 101
17 The Long Nuclear Shadow: Atomic Horror, Godzilla, 110
and the Cold War
18 The Horror of It All!: EC and the Beginnings of Modern Media 113
HOOHAH!
19 Madly Yours, A1 Feldstein 123
20 An End, a Middle, a Beginning: Richard Matheson and His Impact 128
PART FOUR: SLASHERS, BLOCKBUSTERS, AND BEST SELLERS 151
21 Riding the Dark Wave: The Role of Dystopian Science Fiction 153
in Popular Culture
22 Celluloid Asylum: O Bannon, Romero, Carpenter, and the Liberals 158
Lose (and Find) Their Collective Minds
23 Terrible Beauty: Slasher Film Connections to Conservatism, 161
Pornography, and Misogyny
24 King of the Dead: Filmmaker George A Romero on Politics, Film, 165
and the Future
25 Dan O Bannon: Not Gone, Not Forgotten 177
26 H R Giger: A Darkness Faster Than Light 183
27 The Emperor s New Book: How Stephen King Saved Horror, 188
Created Clive Barker (and Sam Raimi) and Killed Publishing
28 The Doctor Is In: F Paul Wilson 190
29 Sounds Horrific: Art Rock, Soundtracks, and the Zeitgeist 198
PART FIVE: A CENTURY OF SPECULATION 201
30 Carnivora: The Dark Art of Automobiles 203
31 David J Skal: Monster Kid Ambassador of Horror 205
32 Seasons in Hell 213
33 Kris Kuksi: Dark Horizons in the Realm of the Senses 215
34 Bluewater Comics Darren G Davis: On the Run in the Digital 220
Age of Comics
35 The H P Lovecraft Film Festival: Cosmic Chaos on the 225
Silver Screen
36 S T Joshi: Champion of the Weird Tale 228
37 Marc Scott Zicree: As Timeless as Infinity 231
C ON TEN TS i x
PART SIX: FROM (AND INTO) THE BEYOND 239
38 Fangorids Chris Alexander: Cinephilia, Music, and All the Rest of It 241
39 Bruce Campbell: From The Evil Dead to Burn Notice and Beyond 247
40 The Inner World of William F Nolan 252
41 The Mammoth Book of Body Horror 260
42 Two of a Kind: Lee-Anne Raymond and Demetrios Vakras 262
43 Cthulhu, a Vampire, and a Zombie Walk into a Bar 273
Why These Themes, Why Now, and What s the Matter
with Hollyweird?
44 John Shirley: The Tao of Identity 276
45 Ray Harryhausen: A Note on the Passage of Giants 284
46 Kneeling at the Dandelion Shrine: An Appreciation 288
47 William F Nolan and Ray Bradbury: Reflections 290
48 Introduction: The Pope of Speculative Fiction 294
49 Future Shock? (De)Parring Thoughts 295
Appendix A: Select Books and Other Publications 297
Appendix B: Select Radio, Film, and Television Productions 300
Appendix C: Select Authors, Artists, Filmmakers, and Musicians 303
Index 309
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