Foreword / Vincent Di Fate
The abstract, surreal, and otherworldly. Richard M. Powers, surrealist prankster ; The unsettling Don Ivan Punchatz ; Chess in sci-fi ; Paul Kirchner's Dope Rider ; Douglas Chaffee ; The swift rise and swifter fall of Galileo magazine ; Gary Viskupic ; Gary Viskupic's TV Guide art ; Leo and Diane Dillon and the "Third Artist"
Spaceships, vehicles, and megastructures. Chris Foss: The biggest brand in retro sci-fi covers ; Stewart Cowley's Terran trade authority series ; Syd Mead: Visual futurist ; Ringworld ; Rendezvous with Rama ; Bob Eggleton ; UFOs ; John Berkey ; Space elevators ; John Harris's meditations ; Spaceships and planets ; Vincent Di Fate
Sci-fi cities and landscapes. Canals on Mars: The trope born of a misunderstanding ; Underwater sci-fi ; John Schoenherr's compositions ; Skull planets ; Asimov's Foundation series ; Dean Ellis: The ideal paperback artist ; Angus McKie
Planets, explorers, and space travel. David A. Hardy ; Robert McCall ; NASA's space colonies ; Explorers and the unknown ; Jeffrey Catherine Jones ; Cryosleep ; Skeletons in spacesuits ; Gunfights in space ; Space helmet reflections
Life in the future(s). Domed cities ; Paul Lehr ; Peter Elson ; Robots ; Mike Hinge ; Queen and Frank Kelly Freas ; Postapocalypse ; Robert Tinney's Byte magazine covers ; Chris Moore
Plants, animals, and alien life. Space cats ; Wayne Barlowe: Unnatural history artist ; Giant worms ; Dinosaurs of the retro-past ; Birds ; The eyes have it ; Close encounters ; The War of the Worlds ; A single flower on an alien planet ; Mushrooms ; Forests and trees
Fantasy realms. Fran Frazetta ; Boris Vallejo ; Rodney Matthews ; Wizards ; Michael Whelan's hidden messages ; Richard Hescox ; Sailing ships in space ; Don Maitz ; Star wars before Star Wars ; Clyde Caldwell
Cryptozoology and the paranormal. America's 1970s Bigfoot obsession ; Monsters ; Ancient astronaut "theory" ; Creepy and Eerie ; Zombies ; Ghosts ; Bruce Pennington ; Alien ceremonies ; Cloaked figures
