Futures Past 1927: Dawn of the SF Blockbuster (softcover)

144 pgs

Full-color throughout

8.5" x 11"

Softcover edition

Contents include:

- biographical notes on all sf people born/died in 1927

- a history of the evolution of film technology from 1832 - 1920

- the most complete directory of sf silent films (w/details) published anywhere

- an introduction to film preservation and its importance to the silent era

- biography of Georges Méliès

- biography of Willis O'Brien

- a 36 page mega-profile of the film classic METROPOLIS

- all the sf books, including publishing details and summaries

- science fiction films and stage productions of 1927

- detailed magazine coverage of AMAZING STORIES, WEIRD TALES, and others...

- science fiction publishers and the amateur press

- and much more...