The frontier--the mythical idea of a geographical borderline moving further and further West across the North American continent--has shaped American science fiction television since its very beginnings. Television series have long adapted the frontier myth to outer space and have explored American Wests in the future. This work takes a deeper look at the futuristic frontiers within series including Star Trek, Firefly, Terra Nova, Defiance and The 100, revealing how they rethink colonialism, the environment, spaces of risk and utopian/dystopian worlds. By harnessing forms of speculation and...
The frontier--the mythical idea of a geographical borderline moving further and further West across the North American continent--has shaped American ...
