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Derek Johnston is an academic based in the School of Arts, English and Languages at Queen's University, Belfast, where he heads the MA in Media and Broadcast Production and teaches on the BA Broadcast Production. His research is focused on popular genres, particularly science fiction and horror, as expressed through television, film and literature.

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	Reading American Horror Story: Essays on the Television Franchise by Rebecca Janicker (Editor & Contributor), Conny Lippert, Lorna Jowett really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It Came From the 1950s!: Popular Culture, Popular Anxieties by Darryl Jones, Bernice M. Murphy (Editor), Elizabeth McCarthy (Editor) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	British Science Fiction Film and Television: Critical Essays (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy, 29) by Tobias Hochscherf (Editor), James Leggott (Editor), Derek Johnston (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Superheroes on World Screens by Rayna Denison (Editor), Rachel Mizsei-Ward (Editor), Derek Johnston (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Haunted Seasons: Television Ghost Stories for Christmas and Horror for Halloween really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Liverpool Companion to World Science Fiction Film (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies, 47) by Sonja Fritzsche (editor), Derek Johnston (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Music in Science Fiction Television: Tuned to the Future by K.J. Donnelly (Editor), Philip Hayward (Editor), Derek Johnston (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Directory of World Cinema: American Hollywood 2 by Lincoln Geraghty (Editor), Derek Johnston (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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