Special effects: still in search of wonder

Abstract

Introduction: Special Effects and the Popular Media1. Magic, Science, Art: Before CinemaNatural MagicScience FictionsScientific AmericanMillenial Magic2. From Cult-classicism to Techno-futurism: Converging on Wired magazineThe Limits of ConvergencePhoton and Stop-motion animationCorporate-futurism/Techno-futurismHome-production3. The Wonder Years and Beyond: 1989-1995On GenreReinventing the Cinema of AttractionsDigital ArtifactsRetro-future/Retro-vision4. Crafting a Future for CGIThe Case of EditingDisaster StrikesAn Aesthetics of ScarcityThe Public Life of NumbersConclusion: The Transnational Matrix of SFNotesBibliographyIndex