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Article: American Science Fiction TV: Star Trek, Stargate and Beyond.(Book Review)
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- June 22, 2005
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Jan Johnson-Smith. American Science Fiction TV: Star Trek, Stargate and Beyond. Middleton, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2005. 320 pp. $22.95 paper.
Confessions of a Luddite:
One: um,... well--I'm not really much of a Luddite, I guess; I'm actually more of a would-be Luddite, for whatever reason(s).
E.g., I own a TV--i.e., my wife and I own three TVs. On one of those TVs, I've watched each episode (I think--what was it, eight seasons' worth?) of Rob Grant and Doug Naylor's Red Dwarf (1988-1998), on public television. This was several years ago, when my Luddite persona was at its height: by day, I railed against TV; by night, I donned my ...