The Astounding Illustrated History of Science Fiction (Hardcover, New edition)

A truly astonishing, illustrated history of Science fiction, covering fantasy, and horror, with forays into crime, mystery and the gothic. Using timelines, online links, illustrations, posters, movie stills, book covers, and more, this amazing new book propels us into the well of modern imagination, from its roots in Frankenstein, through Verne, H.G. Wells, the late gothic and weird horror of Lovecraft to the mass market sensationalism of the Pulp magazines. The Pulps then invoked a new generation of writers (such as Ray Bradbury and Robert Bloch) of the Golden Age before many transitioned to screenwriting for the movies and early TV (Psycho, Star Trek, Twilight Zone), inspiring, in turn, the invasion of superheroes, gigantic spaceships, and dystopian landscapes onto our data-streaming tablets and computers. The book explores the interplay between great writers, (Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke) and story-telling directors (Kubrick, James Cameron, Ridley Scott, Christopher Nolan, George Lucas) who create powerful Sci-Fi, reflecting and challenging the developments of technology, science and society. Each have played a major role in this all-consuming, speculative form of world-building, from its early manifestation as a shocking literary event, to the mass market sensation is today.

General

Imprint:	Flame Tree Publishing Co Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Inspirations & Techniques
Release date:	October 2017
First published:	2017
Consultant editors:	David Langford
Foreword by:	Pat Mills
Authors:	Dave Golder • Jess Nevins • Russ Thorne • Sarah Dobbs
Dimensions:	289 x 279 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	192
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-78664-527-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Illustration & commercial art > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Promotions
LSN:	1-78664-527-0
Barcode:	9781786645272

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