Gabriel Mckee

Gabriel Mckee

Author and Librarian

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Gabriel Mckee is a librarian for collections and services at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University. He is a coeditor of Theology and the DC Universe. His prior works include The Gospel According to Science Fiction, Pink Beams of Light from the God in the Gutter, and Evermore: The Persistence of Poe.

Black-and-white photo showing a disc-shaped object with a shadowed underside, floating in a blank sky—an iconic image from the UFO craze.
In this preview from "The Saucerian," author Gabriel Mckee explains how the combination of fantastical stories and obscure bureaucracy launched the “space age of the imagination.”