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"Comprehensive...Â…detailed" -- AB Bookman's Weekly"Well-writtenÂ…thoroughly researchedÂ…. Recommended" -- Library Journal"detail[ed]...provides...requisite cast, credit, and episode details, as well as synopsis and in-depth analysis...very well indexed" --Booklist"More fodder for the pop culture mavens!" --Communication Booknotes Quarterly"A must for the series' fans." --VideoScope

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About the Author

John Kenneth Muir is the author of more than 20 reference books covering science fiction and horror on film and television. He is creator of the Internet sci-fi series The House Between.

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Product details

Paperback: 222 pages

Publisher: McFarland & Company; Reprint edition (April 1, 2005)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0786422769

ISBN-13: 978-0786422760

Product Dimensions:

5.8 x 0.5 x 8.8 inches

Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

3.7 out of 5 stars

26 customer reviews

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From a historical and trivial perspective, this is an excellent book. However, the author is clearly a bit too enamored of his material and all objectivity flies out the window. (He shares this fanatical ideal with say, the Star Trek fans who say "There's no such thing as Bad Trek. Which is untrue). While doing his history of what I actually still consider a mostly lame Science Fiction series (but better than virtually anything Irwin Allen has ever produced), he spends far too much time damning Star Trek and claiming that later Star Treks used many of Space:1999's ideas. As a long time Science Fiction fan, I remember the 70's as a dead area of SF, watching Star Trek repeats and being less than enthralled by shows like this, the Fantastic Journey, The Starlost and Logan's Run, to name a few. It seems that networks felt just throwing the appellate of Science Fiction on a program would bring in viewers in droves - they were mistaken. While Mr. Muir's book is interesting at points, it's also quite annoying at others - he defends some of the lamest episodes (Black Sun) and ignores that one of the problems with Space:1999 is that there is very little Science in the Fiction. He complains about Trek's use of 'techno babble' and what fan hasn't been annoyed by this, the show tried to be based in Science. He also makes the outrageous claim that the battle in War Games (still trying to figure out how the Hawk fighters used SONIC weapons in space) is the most exciting hour of TV in SF. Guess he never got to see any of the Dominion War episodes of Deep Space Nine, or the Vorlon-Shadow's war? Or Farscape? For it's time I will agree with the author, that it did have excellent effects, but they can't begin to compare with today's. So overall, if the author had been a bit more objective, placing Space where it belongs, as a rather average Science Fiction show that promised more than it delivered, I'd have given this book a better review.

Although in need of updating (having been written even before 1999) especially in regards to the shows availablility in the home video market, the real value comes in the opinions of the author regarding each episode. Of course, an episode list and synopsis of those episodes are readily available without a book, especially now that we are in the 21st century.The author is obviously a huge fan, many of his observances and critiques of the episodes are quite interesting. He likes episodes I didn't, and of course the reverse is true as well, but he also explains why the episode succeeds or fails on emotional levels or perhaps because of excellent characterization even when it may or may not have had the best script.The main weakness in this concordance are the ad nauseum Star Trek comparisons. Over and over we have to read how this script seems like that one from Trek, either the original series or later on the Next Generation, or how this one did it first or this one did it better. Some of his observances are spot on, some come across as fan-boyish.I did laugh when he commented on how Space: 1999 in it's first season did not necessarily need to adhere to earth based scientific principles to tell a good story, and then immediately in the episode discussions opines about this scientific mistake or that one. He also spends too much time near the end of the book justifying how often the Alphans come close to habitable planets, comparing Star Trek's warp drive starship to the moon, and stating that only 40% of the episodes had a habitable planet compared to about 80% for Trek, ignoring that fact that the Enterprise travels to specific places at speeds several hundred times the speed of light compared to the moon's uncontrollable trajectory through space. He also spends a fair amount of time defending other's criticisms of the show, essentially saying if Space: 1999 is ridiculous, than all sci-fi shows are, and even at one point tries to debunk Isaac Asimov's infamous criticism of the show. (although Asimov wrote it immediately after the premier episode) He also counts the Eagles incorrectly, with one episode clearly stating there are 27 Eagles (the author claims 50) and the author claims that 18 were destroyed. (more like 24-25, with another dozen crashing)I am a fan of this show, and of Star Trek as well. Their fan bases are not necessarily mutually exclusive, nor are the shows particularly similar (well, except for what Frieberger incorporated when he stole some Star Trek bits) Both were under appreciated in their time, and are now considered flawed classics. Yes, for quite some time Space: 1999 was viewed as the redheaded stepchild of TV sci-fi, but that ship has since sailed.Enjoy the book for the episode critiques.

There is not much current being written about the series Space:1999, so this was a refreshing look at a television series long gone. Though this book is dated, being originally published in the mid 90's, it's full of teriffic reviews of the episodes, as well as behind the scenes info on the making of the series, and it's unfortunate demise. The author is also a fan of the show, so there is a bias in favor of the series, though the episode reviews are right on. Alot of conversation and debate about reviving the series. Will be interesting if one day the show actually does return. Highly recommended....

John Kenneith Muir "gets" the appeal of this series, which I had felt but couldn't put into words; in addition, he places it in the wider pop culture context of its day and since then. He makes the interesting case that the basic slant of the series (mistrusting of technology and government) was well ahead of its time. Fabulous book for fans of the series or for curious readers interested in a vital part of science fiction culture they may have missed or heard pilloried by its enemies.

A great read and to see how things came together with the show.

Great read....And what you need to read about this great TV show from the past.

I really enjoyed reading this book on the short-lived show, "Space:1999!" I have read the book,"Making of Space:1999," by another author. That book mostly covered season two and made it sound that the producer, Fred something, from the original Star Trek series did a great job - not! This book, "Exploring Space:1999," covers both season one and two wonderfully! I highly reccomend this for anyone that really is a big fan like myself. I would love to see a updated show called,"Alpha Beyond," where they settle on a planet and continue to survive with new characters that are "offspring" from the original characters. You could still have Nick Tate, and any surviving characters, as back up roles for the show as well. Perhaps even bring back "Kano", "Paul", and "Victor", as well. With "Space:1999" anything is possible.

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