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It's Here! Five years in the making!

✦ ✦ Television Series ✦ ✦ Episode Guides, Histories and Casts and Credits for 62 Prime Time Shows, 1959 through 1989 by Mark Phillips and Frank Garcia

A comprehensive showcase of 62 prime-time science fiction television series produced from 1959-1989. Each program is covered with an in-depth chapter, containing conversations with actors, writers, directors and producers, with detailed episode guides. Plus Unsold Pilots, Honorable Mentions, Cast Updates and 125 exciting photographs! Mark Phillips of Victoria, B.C. Canada is a correspondent for Starlog Magazine. Frank Garcia of Vancouver, B.C. is a freelance writer/editor who has also written for Starlog and a variety of other publications.

Alien Nation (Fox) Outer Limits (MGM/UA/ABC) Amazing Stories (Amblin/NBC) Phoenix (ABC) Automan (Fox/ABC) Planet of the Apes (20th Century/CBS) (Universal/ABC) Powers of Matthew Star (NBC/Universal) Beyond Westworld (CBS/MGM) Prisoner (ITC/Synd/CBS) Bionic Woman (Universal/ABC/NBC) Probe (Universal/ABC) Buck Rogers (Universal/NBC) Project UFO (Universal/NBC) Capt Power & Soldiers of the Future (Synd.) (NBC/Universal) Champions (ITC/NBC) Theatre (HBO/USA) Cliffhangers (Universal/NBC) Salvage One (Columbia/ABC) Fantastic Journey (Columbia/NBC) Science Fiction Theatre (Synd.) Future Cop (Paramount/ABC) Six Million Dollar Man (Universal/ABC) (Universal/ABC) Something is Out There (Columbia/NBC) Gemini Man (Universal/NBC) Space 1999 (ITC/Synd.) Greatest American Hero (ABC) Spiderman (Columbia/CBS) Hard Time on Planet Earth (Disney/CBS) (Paramount/NBC) Immortal (ABC/Paramount) Star Trek: TNG (Paramount/Synd) Incredible (Universal/CBS) Starlost (CTV/NBC) Invaders (QM/ABC) Starman (Columbia/ABC) Invisible Man (Universal/NBC) Superboy (Viacom/Syndicated) Kolchak: The Night Stalker (Universal/ABC) Time Tunnel (20th Century/ABC) Land of the Giants (20th Century/ABC) Twilight Zone (new) MGM/UA/Synd. Logan’s Run (MGM/CBS) Twilight Zone (old) MGM/UA/CBS Lost In Space (Fox/CBS) UFO (ITC/Synd) Man From Atlantis (Columbia/NBC) “V” (Warner Bros./NBC) Max Headroom (Lorimar/ABC) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Fox/ABC) Men Into Space (CBS) Voyagers (Universal/NBC) Misfits of Science (Universal/NBC) War of the Worlds (Paramount/Synd.) New People (ABC) Wonder Woman (Warner/ABC/CBS) Night Gallery (Universal/NBC) World of Giants (Synd.) Otherworld (MGM/CBS)

For more information and to order the book (U.S.$78.00 incl. s/h), write or call: McFarland & Company, Box 611, Jefferson, North Carolina, U.S.A. 28640 • 1-800-253-2187 These are just some of the revelations in Science Fiction Television containing full histories of 62 series.

• Why did the U.S. Defense Department feel a Men into Space story threatened national security? • • What was the incredible secret of a Detroit auto worker who guest starred on The Immortal? • • What movie star made an unbilled cameo in the pilot of Time Tunnel? • • Why Ray Bradbury enjoyed, but refused to write for, Twilight Zone. • • What TV series was accused of causing severe psychological damage to the minds of youth? • • What movie stars were the original choices for the roles of the Captain and Stewardess on Land of the Giants? • • How a dying actor used his impending demise to create a startling performance for Night Gallery.• • Why a Lost in Space episode was banned in for two decades. • • How did star save the lives of his co-stars on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea? • • What science fiction series was Harrison Ford rejected for because the studio felt he couldn’t handle action? • Here are some of the 250 individuals whose exclusive comments are included in the book:

ACTORS WRITERS PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS Desi Arnaz, Jr. Larry Alexander William Alland Peter Barton Sylvia Anderson Alan Armer Orson Bean Margaret Armen Ray Austin Ed Bishop Donald P. Bellisario John Badham Thom Christopher Harve Bennett Allen Baron John Colicos Jerome Bixby Rob Bowman Melinda Fee Ray Bradbury Randy Bradshaw Stacy Haiduk Ben Bova Robert Butler Nicholas Hammond Martin Caidin Nicholas Corea Susan Hampshire Robert Collins Wes Craven Ron Harper Philip DeGuere William Davidson Gregory Harrison Steven de Souza Fred Freiberger Dorothy Fontana Mick Garris Robert Hays Harold Gast John Gaynor David Hedison James Gunn Buck Houghton Michael Ironside Robert Hecker Peter Hyams Jill Jaress Lou Huston Norman Klenman Stephen Kandel Winrich Kolbe Hal Linden Charles Larson Paul Lynch Kent McCord Glen A. Larson Kenneth Johnson Lee Meriwether Harold Livingston Lawrence Montaigne Herman Miller Leslie Martinson Tim O’Connor James Parriott Sutton Roley Suzanne Pleshette Katharyn Powers Ronald Satlof Parker Stevenson David Rintels Lionel Siegel Kristoffer Tabori Stanley Ralph Ross Larry Stewart Joey E. Tata Jill Sherman-Donner Greg Strangis Roy Thinnes Richard Shapiro Herbert Strock Glynn Turman Joseph Stefano Jeannot Szwarc Peter Wyngarde Leslie Stevens , Jr. Thomas Wright

Foreword by Writer/Producer/Director Kenneth Johnson