An Astonishing Illustrated Science Fiction Story book - Flame Tree Publishing

An truly astonishing illustrated history of science fiction, encompassing fantasy and horror, with excursions into crime, mystery, and gothic. Using timelines, web links, illustrations, posters, photos, book covers, and more, this incredible new book takes us into the well of modern imagination, from its roots in Frankenstein, through Verne, H.G. Wells, late Gothic, and Lovecraftian weird horror, to the mass-market sensation of pulp magazines. Then, The Pulps called for a new generation of writers (such as Ray Bradbury and Robert Bloch) of the Golden Age, before many moved on to screenwriting for films and early television (Psycho, Star Trek, Twilight Zone), inspiring the invasion of superheroes, giant spaceships, and dystopian landscapes on our tablets and streaming computers. The book explores the interrelations between great writers (Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke) and storytellers (Kubrick, James Cameron, Ridley Scott, Christopher Nolan, George Lucas), who create powerful sci-fi that reflects and questions the development of technology, science, and society. Each played a key role in this all-encompassing, speculative world-building form, from its early manifestations as a shocking literary event to the mass-market sensation it is today.

Popular titles and a very wide range of authors are part of Flame Tree Publishing's portfolio.

“The aim… is to wipe the dust of everyday life from our souls” — Pablo Picasso.

“Flame Tree Publishing has been sweeping the dust of everyday life away for over twenty years, creating illustrated books since 1992, art calendars since 1998, and illustrated e-books since 2009. Their extensive list features powerful and eloquent artists such as Erté and Alphonse Mucha, complemented by extensive licenses in their award-winning calendar lines, including collaborations with Tate, V&A, RSC, RA, and many others.

With a broad range of authors, editors, and writers—from Vladimir Ashkenazy, Steve Hackett, John Howe, Sir George Martin, Brian May, Paul du Noyer, Paco Peña, Stanley Sadie—the company strives to produce illustrated projects that are affordable, useful, and beautiful. In addition to printed titles, their exceptional selection of practical cookbooks, music books, pop culture, and lifestyle titles is increasingly available in digital formats. The publisher believes that well-reviewed, thoughtfully curated content should be available in many different formats to meet their readers’ needs.