London, New York, Sydney, Toronto: Hamlyn, [1977]. Large octavo, numerous illustrations, color and black and white, boards. First edition. Large oversize volume which is a companion book to the author's A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION [1976]. Overview of the science fiction genre, by the one of the co-founders of Gnome Press. The strength of the book is in the profuse illustrations. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 9-50].