<ul> <li> The only available English-language translation of the script for Federico Fellini's celebrated unmade film <em>The Journey of G. Mastorna</em></li> <li> Includes an in-depth analysis of the circumstances surrounding the non-making of the film and of the script within the context of Fellini's career</li> <li> Analyzes the script in the light of Frank Capra's <em>It's a Wonderful Life</em> and Fredric Brown's sci-fi novel <em>What Mad Universe. R</em>elates <em>Mastorna</em> to thinking in the sci-fi genre and science worlds</li> <li> Includes summaries of all of Fellini's scripts for other unmade films: the book is an important addition to Fellini studies and deals in detail with perhaps the last relatively unexplored area of his work.</li></ul>