ALTERNATE WORLDS The Illustrated History Of Science Fiction

Alternate Worlds details history of science fiction with each of the chapters covering a historical period and is fully illustrated with relevant illustrations of books, themes and authors. First published in 1975 it became an instant classic, winning a Hugo Award. It brings the history of science fiction up to date, covering developments over the past forty years--a period that has seen the advent of technologies only imagined in the genre's Golden Age. As a literature of change, science fiction has become ever more meaningful, presaging dangers to humanity.  The world has begun to recognize science fiction in many different ways, incorporating its elements in products, visual media and huge conventions. Out of Print. Condition: Fine. Light edge wear and rubbing. Light vertical stain back cover.