This is a Thematic Series of two Genre Anthologies by Peter Haining. The first volume, Space Movies: Classic Science Fiction Films, was published in 1995 and republished as Classic Science Fiction in 1998. The second volume, Space Movies:II Classic Television Science Fiction, was published in 1996. The Science Fiction stories in the first volume are mostly short fiction Novelizations of the original movie, while the second volume mostly has original works that were adapted into episodic television episodes.
Works published in this Anthology:
Space Movies: Classic Science Fiction Films
- "Prologue: The Cinema of Possibilities", by Peter Haining
- "Destination Moon" (1958), by Robert A. Heinlein, taking the title from Destination Moon.
- "It Came From Outer Space" (1953), by Ray Bradbury, taking the title from It Came from Outer Space.
- "The Conquest Of Space" (1960), by Wernher Von Braun, taking the title from The Conquest Of Space.
- "Lot" (1953), by Ward Moore, taking the title from Panic In The Year Zero.
- "The Sentinel" (1951), by Arthur C. Clarke, taking the name from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- "Logans World" (excerpting the 1977 novel), by William F Nolan, taking the title from Logan's Run.
- "The Unreal Mc Coy" (1967), by James Blish, taking the title from Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
- "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" (1966), by Philip K. Dick, taking the title from Total Recall (1990).
- "The Lawnmower Man" (1975), by Stephen King, taking the title from The Lawnmower Man.
- "The Forbidden" (1985), by Clive Barker, taking the title from Candyman.
Space Movies:II Classic Television Science Fiction
- "Prologue" by Peter Haining
- "Superman" (1996), by George Lowther, taking the title from Superman.
- "What Price Venus?" (1953), by Evan Hunter, taking the title from Tales Of Tomorrow.
- "Enderby And The Sleeping Beauty" (1949), by Nigel Kneale, taking the title from The Quatermass Experiment.
- "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street" (1960), by Rod Serling, taking the title from The Twilight Zone (1959).
- "Dumb Martian" (1952), by John Wyndham, taking the title from Out of this World (1962).
- "The Lair Of The Zarbi" (1965), by Bill Strutton, taking the title from Doctor Who.
- "The Invisible Enemy" (1955), by Jerry Sohl, taking the title from The Outer Limits (1963).
- "Liar! (1941)", by Isaac Asimov, taking the title from Out of the Unknown.
- "Ylla" (1950), by Ray Bradbury, taking the title from The Martian Chronicles.
- "Final Reward" (1988), by Terry Pratchett, an unrelated short work that explains why authors keep writing stories.
This Anthology provides examples of:
- Billed Above the Title: The first version of Space Movies has Peter Haining's name written as the presenter of this Anthology.
- In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It:
- The original work's title is prefaced by "Peter Haining Presents".
- Classic Science Fiction (the revised cover of the original book) says that it is "Collected and introduced by Peter Haining"
- Space Movies:II Classic Television Science Fiction says that it is "Collected and Introduced by Peter Haining"
- Numbered Sequels: The sequel to Space Movies is named Space Movies:II. The original Anthology collected movies, while the sequel generally collected stories from television episodes.
- One-Word Title:
- "The Forbidden", by Clive Barker, borrows the title from Candyman in this Anthology.
- The Superman story by George Lowther.
- Orwellian Retcon: When the first volume was republished in 1998, the subtitle was promoted to title, changing it from Space Movies: Classic Science Fiction Films into Classic Science Fiction.
- Shout-Out: The cover has a K-9 unit and a television screen displaying the logo of Doctor Who.
- Spell My Name With An S: The title on the cover of the sequel is Space Movies:II Classic Television Science Fiction, but on the title page inside the book, it is written as Space Movies II: Famous Science Fiction Television.
- Thematic Series: This series, made up of two books, are both Science Fiction Genre Anthology works that focus on short fiction works that were adapted into a movie or were screen-acted works adapted into Literature.
