Muir, John Kenneth
Entry updated 10 November 2023. Tagged: Author.
(1969- ) US author, almost exclusively of nonfiction studies and encyclopedias, with an emphasis on Television, beginning with his first book, Exploring Space 1999: An Episode Guide and Complete History of the Mid-1970s Science Fiction Television Series (1997). Other titles of interest include An Annotated Guide to Television's Battlestar Galactica (1999); A Critical History of Doctor Who on Television (1999; exp 2007); Terror Television: American Series 1970-1999 (2001) and The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film and Television (2004). He has also published a work of fiction: Space: 1999: The Forsaken (2003), a Tie to Space: 1999. [JC]
John Kenneth Muir
born Glen Ridge, New Jersey: 3 December 1969
works (selected)
- Space: 1999: The Forsaken (Huntington Park, California: Powys Media, 2003) [tie to Space: 1999: pb/]
nonfiction
series
Horror Films
- Horror Films of the 1970s (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 2002) [encyclopedia: Horror Films: hb/]
- Horror Films of the 1980s (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 2007) [encyclopedia: Horror Films: hb/]
- Horror Films of the 1990s (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 2011) [encyclopedia: Horror Films: hb/]
individual titles
- Exploring Space 1999: An Episode Guide and Complete History of the Mid-1970s Science Fiction Television Series (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 1997) [nonfiction: Space: 1999: hb/]
- Wes Craven: The Art of Horror (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 1998) [nonfiction: hb/]
- An Annotated Guide to Television's Battlestar Galactica (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 1999) [nonfiction: Battlestar Galactica: hb/]
- A Critical History of Doctor Who on Television (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 1999) [nonfiction: Doctor Who: hb/]
- A Critical History of Doctor Who on Television (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 2007) [nonfiction: exp of the above: Doctor Who: pb/]
- A History and Critical Analysis of Blake's 7, the 1978-1981 British Television Space Adventure (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 2000) [nonfiction: Blake's 7: hb/nonpictorial]
- The Films of John Carpenter (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 2000) [nonfiction: John Carpenter: hb/]
- An Analytical Guide to Television's One Step Beyond (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 2001) [nonfiction: hb/]
- Terror Television: American Series 1970-1999 (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 1999) [encyclopedia: hb/]
- The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film and Television (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 2004) [encyclopedia: hb/]
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