A-Z of Science Fiction

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Any aspect of sci-fi in film titles, books, song or drama.

A - A For Andromeda. 1961 British TV drama which I remember finding very spooky. Written by Fred Hoyle it's about a message from another galaxy that gives instructions on creating a living organism. Julie Christie in her first role played Andromeda. Most of the seven part series is now lost.
 
Alternative "D" - sci-fi spoof film "Dark Star" (1974). Co-written, produced, and directed by John Carpenter. Starring Dan O'Bannon (also co-writer), Brian Narelle, Carl Kunholm and Dre Pahich. Very funny. Probably an influence on the "Red Dwarf" BBC tv series. (y)
 
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F FLASH GORDON - Space adventure comic strip hero . Created and originally drawn by Alex Raymond . First appeared in 1934. The character has since featured on radio, tv, in films etc. Queen had a hit single with "Flash" in 1980 which reached number ten in the UK charts.
 
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F FLASH GORDON - Space adventure comic strip hero . Created and originally drawn by Alex Raymond . First appeared in 1934. The character has since featured on radio, tv, in films etc. Queen had a hit single with "Flash" in 1980 which reached number ten in the UK charts.
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Used to go to the Saturday matinee at the cinema at Doncaster Gate to watch FG.
 
G Hugo GERNSBACK - author often known, along with a few others, as the 'Father of Science FIction' and who the 'Hugos' are named after which is a World Science Fiction Convention award.
 
... or "(The) Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy" originally a BBC Radio 4 space sitcom written by Douglas Adams, first broadcast in 1978. There were later tv show versions , books, etc. (y)
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I INTERSTELLAR overdrive - sci-fi/space rock track by Pink Floyd (1967). Features on the "Piper at the gates of dawn" album. (y)
 
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... or "(The) Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy" originally a BBC Radio 4 space sitcom written by Douglas Adams. first broadcast in 1978. There were later tv show versions , books, etc. (y)
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I INTERSTELLAR overdrive - sci-fi/space rock track by Pink Floyd (1967). Features on the "Piper at the gates of dawn" album. (y)
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Or, Interstellar. 2014 film starring Matthew McConaughey which I enjoyed but found completely baffling in parts.
 
K KILLER KLOWNS from Outer Space (for a "double") - American sci-fi/horror/comedy film (1988). Written, directed and produced by film costume/special effects experts, the Chiodo brothers. Starring Grant Cramer and Suzanne Snyder . Clips on YouTube. (Haven't seen the full film).
 
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M MORONS FROM OUTER SPACE - comedy sci-fi film, written by , and starring, Mel Smith and Griff Rhys-Jones (1985). Directed by Mike Hodges. The plot concerns an incompetent alien spacecraft crew who get stranded on Earth. (Haven't seen it).
 
Or M - Mars Attacks! 1996 sci-fi black comedy directed by Tim Burton. Based on the Topps chewing gum cards which I used to collect in the early 1960s.
 
N NOWHERE Man - US TV Series that lasted a year. Starring Bruce Greenwood it's about a newspaper photographer who discovered his life had been erased (a bit like the show really)
 
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