The Gothic Imagination: Conversations on Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction in the Media

Preface; R.Holmes Prefatory Note; J.Gunn INTRODUCTION: VOICES HEARD 'ROUND THE COSMIC CAMPFIRE PART I: THE LOVECRAFT CIRCLE The Provocative Abysses of Unplumbed Space; S.T.Joshi Explores the Universe of H.P. Lovecraft I Am Providence; H.Beckwith on H.P.Lovecraft Psycho Is Not About a Shower Scene!; R.Bloch From Providence to Liverpool; R.Campbell Certain Things Associated with the Night; T.E.D.Klein PART II: THE HEROIC AGE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION Robert E. Howard and The Whole Wide World; D.Ireland Batman and Me; B.Kane The Man Who Explained Miracles; J.D.Carr Superman is a Friend; C.Reeve Wonder's Child; J.Williamson Ragnarok and Relativity; P.Anderson The Way the Future Was; F.Pohl I Tell People Stories; W.Tucker The Complete Enchanter; L.Sprague De Camp PART III: THE BRADBURY CHRONICLES The Bradbury Collaborations Stan and Ollie; R.Bradbury & R.Harryhausen Joe and Me; R.Bradbury & J.Mugnaini The Bradbury Circle (Friends and Associates) Let's Put on a Show!; J.Schwarz Mister Monster; F.J.Ackerman Dandelion Chronicles; W.F.Nolan The Repairman Cometh; F.P.Wilson ABradbury Companion; D.Albright PART IV: DESTINATION:MARS! Back to Barsoom:Bob Zeuschner Talks about the Mars Books of Edgar Rice Burroughs This Is Where We Start Again; K.S.Robinson PART V: THE EXTRAVAGANT GAZE A Sublime Madness:Professors Albert Boime and Tim Mitchell Talk about Goya, Géricault, and Caspar David Friedrich Scenes from Childhood Album for the Young; M.Sendak There's a Lot of Reality to These Fantasies; C.Sturridge & F.Tale The Mysteries of Chris Van Allsburg Gahan Wilson's Diner PART VI: MUSIC OF THE SPHERES Symphonie fantastique:Professor Jack Sullivan Talks about Berlioz, Schumann, Liszt, and Others PART VII: POSTMODERN GOTHIC The Night Ride of Charles Beaumont We Walk Your Dog at Night!; S.King The Kiss That Bites; S.M.Charnas A Magellan of the Interior; P.Straub The Billion Year Spree; B.Aldiss Savage Pastimes: Gothic Schlock and Grindhouse Horrors Different Engines:Steampunk PART VIII: WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE...TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET, AND STAR TREK Frankie Thomas on Tom Corbett and the Early Days of Live Television Four Members of the Enterprise Crew; W.Shatner , L.Nimoy , D.F.Kelly & G.Takei THE HERESY OF HUMANISM:GREG BEAR AND GREGORY BENFORD EPILOGUE