The X-files FAQ : all that's left to know about global conspiracy, aliens, Lazarus species, and monsters of the week

(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 The X-Files FAQ explores Chris Carter’s popular 1990s science-fiction TV series that aired on Fox for nine seasons, reshaping horror television and inspiring spin-offs, including feature films, TV shows, novels, and comic books. The book explores the series in terms of its historical context and analyzes the ways in which many episodes tackle the events of its era—a time of peace and prosperity on the surface and a seething distrust of authority underneath. The X-Files FAQ explores the “Mytharc” and the uncovering of a shadow government and its dark agenda for the future of mankind, tallies the episodes that are based on true stories, selects touchstone moments from the almost decade-long run, and examines the series’ fantastic subject matter—from serial killers to aliens, from prehistoric menaces to ethnic and religious-based horrors. In addition, the book recalls the show’s TV antecedents (Kolchak: The Night Stalker) and descendants (Fringe), examines the two feature films, and investigates Chris Carter’s other creations, including Millennium, The Lone Gunmen, Harsh Realm, and The After. Also featured are sections on the show’s most prominent writers and directors, and on the unforgettable monsters of the week—from the Fluke Man to the Peacocks—making The X-Files FAQ a musthave for fans of the greatest pop-culture phenomenon of the 1990s. television,pop culture