Land of the Giants Land of the Giants Land of the Giants is an hour-long American science fiction television program lasting two seasons beginning on September 22, 1968, and ending on March 22, 1970. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen. "Land of the Giants" was the fourth of Allen's science fiction TV series. The show was aired on ABC and released by 20th Century Fox Television. The series was filmed entirely in color and ran for 51 episodes. The show starred Gary Conway and special guest star Kurt Kasznar. Five novels based on the television series, including three written by acclaimed
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea novel. The cover submarine's bow is opaque, and her "Observation Room" is a rearward projection from the base of the conning tower. The basic shape of her hull resembles that of USS "Skipjack" (SSN-585), the first American nuclear-powered submarine with an "Albacore hull", including the cruciform stern and single propeller. A submarine design very similar to the craft on the 1961 cover, and its mission to save the world, shows up in a Dell Comics series called "Voyage to the Deep" in 1962 to capitalize on the movie's popularity. Its mission also took it to the Mariana Trench to stop