Spacecraft in Fact and Fiction Author:Harry Harrison, Malcolm Edwards Spacecraft in Fact and Fiction is an informative and witty mixture of fact and fiction. The 150 illustrations range from 17th-century engravings of Cyrano de Bergerac bouyed up by dew bottles to scenes from Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, from rare photographs of the early rocket pioneers to futuristic NASA spaceship designs, f... more »rom the extravagant artists of the SF pulps such as Frank R. Paul and Howard Brown to the superbly realistic 'preconstructions' of Chesley Bonestell and Chris Foss: a fascinating and exciting blend of sober speculation and unfettered imagination.« less