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'''Sobchack, Vivian Carol. ''The Limits of Infinity''': The American Science Fiction Film, 1950-75''. South Brunswick, NJ, and New York: Barnes; London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1980. [[Category: Drama Criticism]]

		Includes a selected biblio. of books, articles, and unpublished material; over 140 film stills; and a good index. Makes useful comments (mostly passim) about many films important for the study of the human/machine interface, esp. films featuring secure or dangerous containment in spaceships (see 68-77).


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'''''Screening Space: The American Science Fiction Film''.''' New York: Ungar, 1987. "Second, Enlarged Edition." 

		This is ''The Limits of Infinity'' enlarged with a "Preface to the Enlarged Edition," a new chapter (ch. 4, "Postfuturism"), and associated apparatus. The new chapter is heavily influenced by F. Jameson's essay, "[[Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (essay by Frederic Jameson)|Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism]]," cited under Background, and deals with several relevant films, esp. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, BLADE RUNNER, DUNE, and a number of "marginal SF" films such as REPO MAN and BUCKEROO BANZAI. See A. Gordon's rev. "[[Science Fiction Film Criticism: The Postmodern Always Rings Twice|The Postmodern Always Rings Twice]]," cited in this Category.