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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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