ARA Press
785 Jefferson Avenue Livermore, CA 94550
The Saucer Fleet
Biographies of all your favorite saucer productions
by Jack Hagerty and Jon Rogers
Over 200 versions of 137 rockets from 14 nations
328 pages on 60# coated stock
8 1/2" x 11", w/durable Smyth-sewn hardcover binding
Hundreds of color and B&W illustrations
Detailed data drawings showing interiors and exteriors
ISBN 978-1-894959-70-4
Price: $49.95 plus shipping
Description
Six years in production, this gorgeous 328 page, full color, hardcover volume contains biographies of all your favorite saucer productions. But don't take our word for it,
read the reviews
being posted in the Film, Science Fiction and Modeling communities.
You can hear the authors talking about the book on
The Space Show
in March 2009 and on
The Dr. Sky Show
in January 2010.
And to show that we're human, there's an
Errata file
which you can download to bring your copy up to date (check back occasionally to see what new gaffes have been found).
Finally, for the truly curious and/or masochistic, here is an
Author's Diary
on the writing of the book. Warning to aspiring authors out there, some parts aren't pretty!
Entries from this book have been used for documenting "Concept Scale" models in National Association of Rocketry competition.
Contents
Chapter 1
The Coming of the Fleet, an introduction to the whole post-war flying saucer phenomenon.
Chapter 2
The Day the Earth Stood Still, "Klaatu, Barata, Nikto!" Serious political messages and hidden allegories. A truly great film in any genre.
Chapter 3
Twin Earths, an examination of the sci-fi adventure strip that was inspired by the musings of Pythagoras and ran for eight years.
Chapter 4
War of the Worlds, the real one, from 1953 (although the others are mentioned in the end).
Chapter 5
This Island Earth, a highly acclaimed film that has somehow escaped the Hollywood remake machine…or has it been remade as the biggest Sci-Fi film franchise in history?
Chapter 6
Forbidden Planet, the greatest Sci-Fi film of all time…or maybe not, depending on who you ask. And is it really based on The Tempest?
Chapter 7
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, a low budget wonder that set the popular standard for what a "real" flying saucer looks like.
Chapter 8
Disneyland Flying Saucer Ride. Saucers you could ride in. Really!
Chapter 9
Lost in Space. If not for Star Trek, this would be the best remembered Sci-Fi show of the '60s. Its fan base exceeds Trekkers in fervor, if not size.
Chapter 10
The INVADERS. This Quinn Martin series was considered an "also-ran" when it originally aired, but has since come to be seen as the quality Sci-Fi / social satire it is.
Over 200 versions of 137 rockets from 14 nations
