The Visual Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction
                                             (1977 - Harmony Books)  

     [-BELOW THE LINE-]   Fun to flip through, but indeed sorely lacking in real art coverage.  Only 65 of the book's 352 pages are half (or better) art and only 24 of those focus on some large reproduction of a single piece.  The voluminous information is the point here.  As you might imagine, there's a lot of text and 124 of those pages do have one or two small reproductions of a book cover or magazine illustration.  I'm not counting the large number of black-&-white presentations of color works.  The artist's who have a 'well-presented" piece are:  Earle Bergey, Hannes Bok (2), Chesley Bonestell, Edd Cartier (2), Don Davis, A.J. Donnell, Fidus (Hugo Hoppener), Virgil Finlay (2), Jean-Claude Forest, Chris Foss, Jackie Franke, Colin Hay, Ian Miller, Gray Morrow, Paul Orban, Frank R. Paul, Albert Robida, UNKNOWN (4) and the wrap-around cover is by Tim White*.


* - Note that White's piece here is better presented in his own collections up on The List.


other Sci-Fi art collections

  Planet Of The Apes Artist Tribute

  Science Fiction Art

  Sztuka Science Fiction Art

  Tomorrow And Beyond - Masterpieces Of Science Fiction Art

  Worlds Beyond Time - Sci-Fi Art Of The 1970s

  The New Visions - A Collection Of Modern Science Fiction Art

  Infinite Worlds - The Fantastic Visions Of Science Fiction Art

  Visions Of The Future

  2000 A.D. - Illustrations From The Golden Age Of Science Fiction Pulps

  Collectors Press's Sci-Fi collections

  Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction

  One Hundred Years Of Science Fiction Illustration

  Fantastic Science Fiction Art 1926-1954

  Great Balls Of Fire !

  A Pictorial History Of Science Fiction

  Bradbury - An Illustrated Life

  Alien Invasions!  The History Of Aliens In Pop Culture

  The Science Fiction Book

  Spacecraft In Fact And Fiction  [BELOW THE LINE]

  Science Fiction - An Illustrated History  [BELOW THE LINE]

  Science Fiction - The Illustrated Encyclopedia  [BELOW THE LINE]

  Space Wars - Fact And Fiction  [BELOW THE LINE]

  Forrest J. Ackerman's World of Science Fiction  [BELOW THE LINE]

  Fantastic Planets  [BELOW THE LINE]

  Alternate Worlds - The Illustrated History Of Science Fiction  [BELOW THE LINE]

  The Science In Science Fiction  [BELOW THE LINE]

  Unearthly Visions  [BELOW THE LINE]



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