The early 21st century has seen a new breed of Television based serials which frankly knock most 2 hour action movies into a cocked hat! The 22 hour annual format gives time for character development and elaboration of labyrinthine plots which just can't be squeezed into a 2 hour movie.
New formats
Beta, VHS, CD-ROM, DVD, and now Blu-Ray and Digital Downloads.... who knows what formats we will see in the near future? The lines between formats and content presentation styles are blurring all the time.
Technothrillers and Fiction Books about Air Combat.
A Techno-hriller is an action based novel which uses military hardware in a detailed or semi - realistic way.
Spy, war and action thrillers have always been popular but the late 1980's saw the emergence of books
with a lot more technical detail supporting the narrative than had been the case.
