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The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Brian Ash

First published 1977
Publisher Pan Books
Format Trade Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Tim White
Pages 352
ISBN 0330252755

  • Book Sections:
    1. Program [Pages 9 - 66, unnumbered] (A timeline of magazine dates, magazine stories, books, films/television/radio, and fandom)
    2. Thematics [Pages 67 - 246] (Separate sections listed below with introductions by the authors indicated; the main body of each article is uncredited, presumably written by Brian Ash)
    3. Deep Probes [Pages 247- 270] (Articles listed below)
    4. Fandom and Media [Pages 271 - 342] (Ten uncredited articles on fandom, science fiction art, science fiction in the cinema, science fiction on television, science fiction magazines, books and anthologies, juveniles (including comics and strips), commentators and course, and fringe cults (including sub-articles on Charles Fort, Richard S. Shaver and L. Ron Hubbard)
  • Clute/Nicholls cites this as published 1978

Searching by ISBN: 0330252755

Page Title Author(s) Type
68 Spacecraft and Star Drives (introduction) Poul Anderson Essay
78 Exploration and Colonies (introduction) Jack Williamson Essay
90 Biologies and Environments (introduction) James White Essay
100 Warfare and Weaponry (introduction) Harry Harrison Essay
110 Galactic Empires (introduction) Lester del Rey Essay
116 Future and Alternative Histories (introduction) Brian Aldiss Essay
124 Utopias and Nightmares (introduction) John Brunner Essay
130 Cataclysms and Dooms (introduction) J. G. Ballard Essay
137 Lost and Parallel Worlds (introduction) Robert Sheckley Essay
144 Time and Nth Dimension (introduction) Fritz Leiber Essay
154 Technologies and Artefacts (introduction) Ken Bulmer Essay
164 Cities and Cultures (introduction) Frederik Pohl Essay
172 Robots and Androids (introduction) Isaac Asimov Essay
181 Computers and Cybernetics (introduction) Arthur C. Clarke Essay
190 Mutants and Symbiotes (introduction) Josephine Saxton Essay
204 Telepathy, Psionics and ESP (introduction) Larry Niven Essay
212 Sex and Taboos (introduction) Keith Roberts Essay
222 Religion and Myths (introduction) Philip José Farmer Essay
237 Inner Space (introduction) A. E. van Vogt Essay
248 Hardware: The Influence of Science Brian Ash Essay
253 Interactions: Science Fiction and Society Edmund Cooper Essay
257 Science Fiction as Literature George Turner Essay
263 The Value of Science Fiction Damon Knight Essay
265 The Barbarian as Hero L. Sprague de Camp Essay
268 Software: The Psychological View Brian Ash Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Cover 1977 Harmony Books Trade Paperback Nonfiction Tim White 352
The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Cover 1977 Harmony Books Hardcover Nonfiction Tim White 352
The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Cover 1978 Triune Books Hardcover Nonfiction Tim White 352
The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 1978 Book Club Associates Hardcover Nonfiction CN2293 Tim White 352