{"product_id":"beasts-of-the-sky-strange-sightings-in-the-stratosphere-paperback-softback-9780861967544","title":"Beasts of the Sky; Strange Sightings in the Stratosphere (Paperback \/ softback) 9780861967544","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBeasts of the Sky\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eStrange Sightings in the Stratosphere\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJon Hackett (Author), Seán Harrington (Author), Damian O'Byrne (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780861967544\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 7 January 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e136 pages, 29 b\u0026amp;w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.195 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eOften the sky is conceptualised as a place of infinite possibilities, past the limits of our scientific explorations – and into the realms of our fiction and speculation; it is the site for our thoughts on the future, of the extra-terrestrial and beyond. Our representations in the media of space, sky and the infinite invariably mediate social and cultural anxieties that are current, looming and indeed threatening. These concerns range from the environment and fears of ecosystem collapse; the nuclear arms and space race; modernity, utopia and dystopia.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeasts of the Sky: Strange Sightings from the Stratosphere\u003c\/i\u003e is the third and final collection in the \u003ci\u003eBeasts\u003c\/i\u003e series. This collection offers its readers an in-depth and interdisciplinary engagement with the skies above and their monstrous inhabitants, through critical readings of science fiction and popular culture – through the media of film, television, popular music, digital games and animation.\u003cbr\u003e Within this collection there are a multitude of convergent critical perspectives used to engage and explore fictional and real monstrosities of the sky and space in media. As with previous collections, \u003ci\u003eSkies\u003c\/i\u003e features chapters from a variety of academic perspectives; genre and narrative, textual analysis, spectatorship and reception, Tolkien studies, performance studies, digital media and indeed fiction are featured. Under examination are a wide range of narratives and media forms that represent, reimagine and create subjects as varied as the threat of nuclear weapons, sightings of UFOs, space exploration and flying creatures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Beasts of the Sky\u003cbr\u003e Part 1:         FILMING SCARY SKIES\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Gravity's Earth, Rachel Steward\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: A Short Vision's Reception and Perception:The Story of an        Animation that Came Unnoticed, Uninvited, Sara Khalili\u003cbr\u003e Part 2:         ALIENS: ALLIES AND ADVERSARIES\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Archetype as History in Hollywood Science Fiction of the 1950s, James Williamson\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: The Quest for New Cinematic Grammar in Denis Villeneuve's Arrival (2016), James Keyes\u003cbr\u003e Part 3: ANIMATING SKY-BORNE BEASTS\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: The Magic and the Mundane in Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, Francis M. Agnoli\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: From Ocean to Outer Space: Digital Creatures Surviving in Generative Animation and the Re-evolution of Games, Chunning (Maggie) Guo\u003cbr\u003e Part 4: WRITING THE SKIES\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: Fell Beasts and fell beasts: The Making of a Monster in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Damian O'Byrne\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8: Buffalo Wings of Desire, Jay Russell\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBiographies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"John Libbey Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52693087519000,"sku":"9780861967544","price":22.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/beasts-of-the-sky-strange-sightings-in-the-stratosphere-paperback-softback-9780861967544","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}