Sci-Fi Now: 10 Exciting Years of Science Fiction from 2001 to Star Wars and Close Encounters...

Sci-Fi Now: 10 Exciting Years of Science Fiction from 2001 to Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, by Alan Frank. 1978 first printing softcover. 80 pages, very nice condition.

A very cool vintage book put out by Octopus Books from the UK. With the runaway success of Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, science fiction has become the most popular and inventive cinema genre today. Sci-Fi Now is a well-researched and informative account of the last ten years of screen science fiction, a decade which has seen man land on the moon while in the cinema he has traveled from 2001: A Space Odyssey to Star Wars – and beyond. In a book which is as contemporary as the latest space shot, Alan Frank looks at the major landmarks as well as many rare and unusual examples. He also discusses science fiction as television.