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Out of This World: Science Fiction But Not as You Know it by Mike AshleyMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Out of This World was an exhibition at the British Library in 2011 that explored the appearance and development of science fiction in (mostly) Western Civilization. It was a gorgeous exhibition too, with book covers from all sorts of periods on display alongside posters and info on how visits by the gods to the moon sometime B.C. could be just as sci-fi as William Gibson's cyberspace. For anyone who didn't know much about the genre, it was the perfect introduction.
This book is a companion piece to the exhibition, with info on all the major movements in the science fiction genre as it developed along the years, brief info on key figures and writers, and tons of gorgeous images. Thankfully, you don't need to have visited the exhibition to enjoy it.
A perfect coffee table gift for that special geek in your life.
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