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The Astounding Illustrated History of Science Fiction

3.8/5 ( ratings)

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 of the Golden Age before many transitioned to screenwriting for the movies and early TV , 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, and story-telling directors 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.

Pages: 192

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Flame Tree Illustrated

Release: December 15, 2017

ISBN: 1786645270

ISBN 13: 9781786645272

The Astounding Illustrated History of Science Fiction

3.8/5 ( ratings)

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 of the Golden Age before many transitioned to screenwriting for the movies and early TV , 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, and story-telling directors 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.

Pages: 192

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Flame Tree Illustrated

Release: December 15, 2017

ISBN: 1786645270

ISBN 13: 9781786645272

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