Subversive Sci-Fi: Reflections on Futuristic Films That Broke the Rules

Science fiction movies are weird and well after more than a century, as they time-travel beyond all genre cliches. Sci-Fi movies aren’t afraid to be more thought-provoking, more experimental, more adventurous, more... subversive.

Subversive Sci-Fi : Reflections on Futuristic Films That Broke the Rules salutes movies and movie-makers who forever changed the way speculative flicks were made, viewed, marketed, released, and merchandised. Within its Atom Age pages, Subversive Sci-Fi presents an eclectic mix of today’s most talented scribes sharing their humor and insights about their favorite groundbreaking films. Readers will see the classics in all new ways, and find some new spaced-out thrills to buy, rent, or stream.

List of Authors and Their Topic Film:
Simon Bacon: Lifeforce (1985).
Alex Bledsoe: Eolomea (1972).
Bill Bodden: Brazil (1985).
Richard Dansky: Zardoz (1974).
Matthew Dawkins: Flash Gordon (1980).
Lynn Firestone: Ghost in the Shell (1995).
Kenneth Hite: Forbidden Planet (1956).
Kristen Hutchinson: Advantageous (2015).
Seth Johnson: Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future (1985).
Spike Jones: Silent Running (1972).
Jaye Kovach: The Girl with All the Gifts (2016).
David Larkins: Metropolis (1927).
Murray Leeder: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964).
James Lowder: Miracle Mile (1988).
Colm Lundberg: The Matrix (1999).
Steven Marsh: The Game (1997).
Chloe Maveal: Tank Girl (1995).
Prof. Christopher McGlothlin: Punishment Park (1971).
Cynthia Celeste Miller: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).
Justin Mohareb: Logan's Run (1976).
Lisa Morton: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984).
Debaditya Mukhopadhyay: Cargo (2019).
Ethan Parker: RoboCop (1987).
John Polojac: Fantastic Planet (La Planète sauvage, 1973).
Ade Smith: The Fifth Element (1997).
Lucien Soulban: The Andromeda Strain (1971).
Alexander Thomas: Triangle (2009).
Robert J. Toth: Rollerball (1975).
Jason Walters: Blood Machines (2020).
Shannon Watkins: The Fly (1986).
Darren Watts: Liquid Sky (1982).
Eddy Webb: Blade Runner (1982).
Nicole Winchester: Deep Impact (1998).
Mike Weatherford: Conquest of Planet of the Apes (1972).
Melissa F Olson: Colossal (2016).