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Author : Anne Simon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684856182
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Real Science Behind the X-Files written by Anne Simon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could an alien organism really survive a centuries-long trip on a meteor and remain virulent enough to attack a human being? How would a scientist know she was peering at a microbe from another planet? What's the possibility of a genetically mutated monster actually developing? In a gripping exploration of the facts behind the science fiction that has enthralled millions of X-philes, Anne Simon -- the respected virologist who comes up with the science for many intriguing episodes -- discusses telomeres, cloning, the Hayflick limit, nanotechnology, endosymbionts, lentiviruses, and other strange phenomena that have challenged the intellect and threatened the lives and sanity of America's favorite FBI agents. With Simon's extraordinary gift for explaining complicated, cutting-edge science in a light, accessible style, and her behind-the-scenes commentary on the development of various plot lines, The Real Science Behind the X-Files will appeal to science buffs and X-Files aficionados alike.

Author : Anne Simon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780091865412
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monsters, Mutants and Missing Links written by Anne Simon and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anne Simon is a world-renowned biologist and expert on plant viruses. She has also been scientific advisor to the X-Files TV programme since the series began. In this volume she explores the realities that lie behind the discoveries made in each episode by Mulder and Scully.

Author : Anne Simon
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448116945
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monsters, Mutants & Missing Links written by Anne Simon and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anne Simon is a world-renowned biologist and expert on plant viruses. She has also been scientific advisor to the X-Files since the series began. In this fascinating book she explores the extraordinary realities that lie behind the strange discoveries made in each episode by agents Mulder and Scully, weird and threatening life forms, mutations and alien creatures. Despite the achievements of modern science and technology, she points out, it is estimated that less than 1 per cent of our fellow living creatures have yet been identified. Unknown plants, animals and microbes still inhabit our planet, and new and astonishing discoveries are made every year - like the giant interconnected fungus Amilaria Ostoyae, which spans an area of 2. 5 miles and is thus the largest organism on earth, found recently in the state of Washington. Dr Simon goes on to discuss such hot scientific topics as cloning, genetic engineering, hybrid organisms and genetics, cancer and ageing, cyrogenics, killer viruses and much else - and throughout she refers constantly to the X-Files episodes relevant to her subject, and gives the inside story of how the story-line was developed.

Author : Charles Grant
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061981826
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The X-Files written by Charles Grant and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opening the X-Files... MeetMulder and Scully, FBI. The agency maverick and the female agent assigned to keep him in line. Their job: investigate the eeriest unsolved mysteries in modern America, from pyro-psychics to death row demonics, from rampaging Sasquatches to alien invasions. The cases the Bureau wants handled quietly, but quickly, before the public finds out what's really out there. And panics. The cases filed under "X."

Author : Jane Goldman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780684819631
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The X-files Book of the Unexplained written by Jane Goldman and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title explores the fascinating phenomena featured in series two and three of "The X-Files" television series. These include alien abduction, animal mutilation, voodoo, vampires, genetic mysteries, and strange and mysterious places, such as the Bermuda Triangle.

Author : John Kenneth Muir
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1495046044
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The X-Files FAQ written by John Kenneth Muir and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (FAQ). The X-Files FAQ explores Chris Carter's popular 1990s science-fiction TV series, which aired on Fox for nine seasons and inspired spin-offs, including feature films, TV shows, toys, novels, and comic books. The book explores the series in terms of its historical context and analyzes how many of the episodes tackle the events of their time: the Clinton era. The X-Files FAQ also tallies the episodes that are based on true stories, selects touchstone moments from the almost decade-long run, and organizes the series by its fantastic subject matter from serial killers to aliens, from prehistoric menaces to ethnic and religious-based horrors. In addition, the book recalls the TV antecedents ( Kolchak: The Night Stalker ) and descendants ( Fringe ) of The X-Files , examines the two feature films, and investigates Chris Carter's other creations, including Millennium , The Lone Gunmen , Harsh Realm , and The After . Featuring numerous stills and the show's most prominent writers and directors, The X-Files FAQ allows readers to relive the "Mytharc" conspiracy and the unforgettable monsters of the week from the Fluke Man to the Peacocks.

Author : Max Allan Collins
Publisher : HarperEntertainment
ISBN 13 : 9780061687716
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The X-Files: I Want to Believe written by Max Allan Collins and published by HarperEntertainment. This book was released on 2008-07-29 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the bitter heart of a brutal winter, women are inexplicably vanishing in rural Virginia. The only clues to the bizarre disappearances are grotesque remains—human remains—that are turning up in snow banks along the highway. And a disgraced priest has begun to experience strange and disturbing visions possibly connected with a terrible secret. But are the images haunting a fallen man of God to be trusted . . . . or are they the deadly lies of a twisted mind? It is a case right out of the X-Files. But the FBI suspended its investigations into the paranormal years ago. Ex-agents Fox Mulder and Dr. Dana Scully are the best team for the job, but they have no desire to revisit the past. Still, the truth about these horrific crimes is out there . . . . and only Mulder and Scully can uncover it.

Author : Ngaire Genge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780333654415
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Unofficial X-files Companion written by Ngaire Genge and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En bok for alle som er betatt av TV-serien "X-Files". Dette er en guide tilde mystiske og uforklarlige sannhetene bak de forskjellige episodene. Det viser seg at selv de mest bisarre sakene som blir etterforsket av Mulder og Scully har noe basis i virkeligheten. Denne boken forteller om vitenskap- elige mysterier og merkelige hendelser som ligger bak kulissene. Boken inneholder også 49 korte spørrekonkurranser for de som tror de vet alt om TV-serien. Heftet, 19 x 23 cm., 227 s.

Author : Robert Arp
Publisher : Open Court Publishing
ISBN 13 : 081269970X
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The X-Files and Philosophy written by Robert Arp and published by Open Court Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-07 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The X-Files and Philosophy, thirty-six fearless philosophers seek for the truth which is out there, in here, at least somewhere, or (as the postmodernists claim) nowhere. One big issue is whether the weird and unexplained happenings, including the existence of entities unknown to traditional science, might really exist. And if they did, what would be the proper way to behave towards them? Some of these entities seem to flout conventional laws of nature—but perhaps we need to allow for different, as yet undiscovered, laws. If such fabulous entities really exist, what do we owe them? And if they don’t exist, why do we imagine they do? In The X-Files, regular science is represented by Scully and usually turns out to be wrong, while open-minded credulity or pseudoscience is represented by Mulder and usually turns out to be right, or at least somehow on the right track. Scully demands objective, repeatable evidence, and she usually gets it, with Mulder’s help, in astounding and unwelcome ways. What lessons should we take from the finding of The X-Files that respectable science is nearly always wrong and outrageous speculative imagination nearly always right?

Author : Kim R. Holston
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786496851
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film Sequels, Series and Remakes written by Kim R. Holston and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction, fantasy and horror movies have spawned more sequels and remakes than any other film genre. Following Volume I, which covered 400 films made 1931-1995, Volume II analyzes 334 releases from 1996 through 2016. The traditional cinematic monsters are represented--Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolf Man, a new Mummy. A new wave of popular series inspired by comics and video games, as well as The Lord of the Rings trilogy, could never have been credibly produced without the advances in special effects technology. Audiences follow the exploits of superheroes like Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man and Thor, and such heroines as the vampire Selene, zombie killer Alice, dystopian rebels Katniss Everdeen and Imperator Furiosa, and Soviet spy turned American agent Black Widow. The continuing depredations of Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger and Michael Myers are described. Pre-1996 movies that have since been remade are included. Entries features cast and credits, detailed synopsis, critics' reviews, and original analysis.