Forrest J. Ackerman's World of Science Fiction
                                             (1997 - General Publishing Group)  

     [-BELOW THE LINE-]     (by Forrest J. Ackerman)     Well, first, don't confuse this with Ackerman's other picture book, WORLDS OF TOMORROW, which, art-wise, is a far superior volume.  This book, with 239 pages, gives way too many of them over to text about the genre and pictures of Sci-Fi film-work, leaving only 62 to be dominated by art (only 25 of those feature a single large reproduction, while the other 37 gather two-or-more smaller images together).  With such scarcity, it can't make it up onto The List.  There are almost no art-captions whatsoever, though a handful do make a point of identifying the year/month of the displayed periodical covers.  The 'well-presented' artists that I could identify are:  Neil Austin, Kelly Freas*, Robert Fuqua (2), M. Gourdon, Arthur Hawkins, Victor Kalin, Robert McCall, Gustave Moreau, Frank R. Paul (7) , Ferenc Pinter, Wesso (2), and UNKNOWN (5).


* - Note that the Freas cover included in here does not appear 'well presented' in any of his collections up on The List.


other Ackerman books

  Worlds Of Tomorrow

  The Forrest J Ackerman Scrapbook - Treasures From The Ackermansion  [BELOW THE LINE]


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]

  The Visual Encyclopedia 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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