{"product_id":"science-fiction-of-the-20th-century-an-illustrated-history-signed","title":"SCIENCE FICTION OF THE 20TH CENTURY An Illustrated History Signed!","description":"\u003cp\u003eVividly illustrated with many images of film posters, magazines and books-- many of them are shown here for the first time. \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction Of The 20th Century\u003c\/i\u003e offers an insiders view of the amazing illustrators, writers and editors who made science fiction the most popular form of entertainment in the 20th century. From dime novels to pump magazines and books to films, science fiction has chronicled both our hopes for the future and our fear of it.\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrank Robinson\u003c\/strong\u003e tells the story-behind-the-story from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein publishes in the 1800’s through the fantastic visions of \u003cb\u003eArthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Stephen Spielberg, George Lucas \u003c\/b\u003eand many others who made science fiction their profession but also their life.\n\nFrank Robinson is the author of 16 books, the editor of two others, and has penned numerous articles. Three of his novels have been made into movies. \u003ci\u003eThe Power\u003c\/i\u003e (1956) was a supernatural science fiction and government conspiracy novel about people with superhuman skills, filmed in 1968 as \u003ci\u003eThe Power. The Glass Inferno\u003c\/i\u003e, co-written with Thomas N. Scortia, was combined with Richard Martin Stern's \u003ci\u003eThe Tower\u003c\/i\u003e to produce the 1974 movie \u003ci\u003eThe Towering Inferno. The Gold Crew\u003c\/i\u003e, also co-written with Scortia\u003cem\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e was a nuclear threat thriller filmed as an NBC miniseries and re-titled \u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Missile\u003c\/i\u003e.\n\nSigned by the Author.\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eOut of Print.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCondition: Very Fine. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59643520942366,"sku":"RB9486","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/RB7006-science-fiction-20th-century.jpg?v=1784516294","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/science-fiction-of-the-20th-century-an-illustrated-history-signed","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}