Steve Holland (1)

"Sci-Fi Art: A Graphic History" traces the evolution of sci-fi art from its foundings in the 19th century, up through Verne, Wells into the pulps and on into the modern era. It has chapters on book and magazine covers, comics, cinema art, conceptual art and modern media such as games art. Despite the range there is little detail on any one style and is pretty arbitrary in the choice of artists it focuses on - no Bruce Pennington for a start! It is, however, nicely laid out; is easy to read and as a superficial entry-point overview of the genre it is probably fine. The binding of the book is a disater, however - perfect bound, it is impossible to open without the glue separting the spine from the pages.… (meer)