The Visual encyclopedia of science fiction : [a documented pictorial checklist of the SF world : concepts, themes, books, mags, comics, films, TV, radio, art, fandom, cults, personal commentaries by the greatest names in SF writing

"A DOCUMENTED PICTORIAL CHECKLIST OP THE SF WORLD CONCEPTS/THEMES/BOOKS/MAGS/COMICS/FILMS/TV/RADIO/ART/FANDOM/CULTS/PERSONAL COMMENTARIES BY THE GREATEST NAMES IN SF WRITING... EDITED BY BRIAN ASH" "THIS ENCYCLOPEDIA INCLUDES CONTRIBUTIONS FROM: BRIAN W. ALDISS/POUL ANDERSON/ISAAC ASIMOV/J.G.BALLARD/JOHN BRUNNER/KEN BULMER/ARTHUR C.CLARKE/LESTER DEL REY/PHILIP JOSE FARMER/HARRY HARRISON/FRITZ LEIBER/LARRY NIVEN/FREDERIK POHL/KEITH ROBERTS/JOSEPHINE SAXTON/ROBERT SHECKLEY/A.E. VAN VOGT/JAMES WHITE/JACK WILLIAMSON." A visually appealing compendium of SF into contains views on major themes by notable writers, a history of the genre, notes on fandom, science fiction art, movie tie-ins, and much more.