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  • Publication: The Visual Encyclopedia of Science FictionPublication Record # 204897
  • Author: Brian Ash
  • Date: 1977-00-00
  • ISBN: 0-517-53175-5 [978-0-517-53175-4]
  • Publisher: Harmony Books
  • Price:
    $7.95?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 352
  • Format:
    tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
  • Type: NONFICTION
  • Cover: The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction by Tim White
  • Notes:
    • "First published, 1977, in the United States by Harmony Books, a division of Crown Publishers, Inc." stated on the copyright page.
    • The copyright page contains the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data including the year of publication (1977), the ISBNs of both the hardcover edition (0-517-531747) and this paperback edition (0-517-531755), but does not give the LCCN.
    • "Created, designed and produced by Trewin Copplestone Publishing, Ltd. London" stated on the copyright page.
    • "Cover illustration by Tim White" stated in the Acknowledgements on page 352.
    • Book Sections:
      • 01 Program [Pages 9 - 66] (A timeline of magazine dates, magazine stories, books, films/television/radio, and fandom)
      • 02 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)
      • 03 Deep Probes [Pages 247- 270] (Articles listed below)
      • 04 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 courses, and fringe cults (including sub-articles on Charles Fort, Richard S. Shaver and L. Ron Hubbard)
  • External IDs:
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Nonfiction Title: The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction • nonfiction by Brian Ash

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