THE SCIENCE FICTION FILM SOURCE BOOK
first edition
1985 · [Harlow, Essex]
by Wingrove, David (editor)
[Harlow, Essex]: Longman, 1985. Octavo, pp. [i-iii] iv-v [vi] 1-312 [313-314: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], double columns, illustrations, boards. First edition. Concise, comprehensive rating guide to approximately 1350 SF films released through 1984. "The judgments here are sound and balanced, and the ratings fairly apportioned; the section delineating SF "Books into Film" provides a unique perspective unavailable in any other source." - Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror 516. [The "Books into Film" section is nearly "unique;" the 1995 edition of Anatomy of Wonder includes a useful table, "Science Fiction Films and Their Literary Sources," pp. 623-629- LWC.]. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 11-9. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#60740) (Inventory #: 60740)