An illustrated history of spaceships, alien landscapes, cryptozoology, and the imaginary industrial engineering of 1970s science fiction art. Throughout the decade, mass-produced, cheaply printed science fiction novels flourished. The paper was rough, the titles eccentric, and the cover art stunning. Thousands of the most impressive bindings ever graced the bookstore shelves. Notably, the artworks commissioned for these covers often had very little to do with the content of the books they sold, but by using vivid psychedelic elements, hallucinatory landscapes, and surrealism, they managed to satisfy the craving for grandiose ideas and new worlds that science fiction writers boldly promoted. In Worlds Beyond Time: Sci-Fi Art of the 1970s, Adam Rowe, who has curated and highlighted the best and most obscure science fiction art of the 1970s, introduces readers to the genre's biggest names, such as Chris Foss, Peter Elson, Tim White, Jack Gaughan, and Virgil Finlay, as well as their influences. With an in-depth analysis of the themes often appearing on these covers, this edition is a tender tribute to a unique and rich form of art, whose legacy lives on both in nostalgic appreciation and in the retro-chic design of mainstream science fiction films like Guardians of the Galaxy, Alien: Covenant, and Thor: Ragnarok.
