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Though it is rich with Twilight Zone-esque images, sexual and racial stereotypes, and charmingly transparent plots, this anthology is surprisingly refreshing. After a full decade of cybermania and nanotech angst, Science Fiction Classics offers a trip through time to a more innocent, earnest age. It's amusing to see how mistrusting of science our forefathers were, even as they embraced it; but it's even more interesting to examine the roots of today's SF and wonder where the next generation will go with it. Science Fiction Classics allows us to graph science fiction's various incarnations--from dark, paranoid horror stories; drippy fairytales; and florid, pulpy SF to the more modern character-driven sagas; huge-scale space operas; and the aggro-techno seizures of the '90s. With few exceptions--one of which is "Farewell to the Master" on which The Day the Earth Stood Still is based--these stories are not works of art. In fact, some of them are downright hard to get through. What they are is a loosely focused prism through which we can examine the genesis of a genre. --Jhana Bach

Star Wars' Mark Hamill hosts this two-hour journey through the greatest science fiction films ever made. This fast-paced adventure through some of Hollywood's most imaginative movies includes nearly everything from early silent classics to contemporary favorites. From the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park to the spaceships in Independence Day and the oozing aliens of Men in Black, high quality special effects are expected by today's audiences. From the earliest days of cinema, science fiction films have offered dizzying illustrations of visual possibility. From Earth's first contact with alien visitors in The Day the Earth Stood Still to the eerie menace of computer HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey, the genre's most imaginative storytelling has also helped to explore mankind's darkest fears and greatest hopes. Includes highlights from the greatest science fiction films of all time including Metropolis, The Invisible Man, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Fly, The War of the Worlds, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, The Star Wars Trilogy, Close Encounters of the Third kind, Star Trek, Predator, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Alien, Jurassic Park, Independence Day, Men in Black, Lost in Space and many more!

Polish up your laser gun, get your maniacal laugh ready. You're about to enroll in Mad Scientist University! Whichever student devises the most evilly ingenious schemes will pass with honors. The rest will be set home ... in boxes ... one piece at a time. Mad Scientist University is a storytelling party game for 3 to 7 people. Players all receive one Unstable Element card, like "lawn gnomes," "marshmallows," or "squirrels." Then they each present a cunning plan to achieve the group's Insane Assignment using their Element: Journey to the center of the earth using tunneling mechanical lawn gnomes ... Win the presidential race with mind-altering marshmallows ... Take over the world with your army of vicious mutated squirrels. Your sinister plot knows no bounds! The TA for the round awards the Assignment card for the "best" plan, using whatever demented, totally unreasonable criteria he sees fit ... evil geniuses are like that. The player with the most Assignment cards wins!

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