Another Science Fiction: Advertising the Space Race 1957 - 1962

By Megan Prelinger  •  Published 2010 by Blast Books
"A brilliant tour through the iconography and literature of America's grandest corporate dreamtime, the Space Age." -- William Gibson

Public Events Schedule

September 2, 2010, San Francisco: The Exploratorium's After Dark evening program series on science and the arts. I'll be presenting a lively talk with slides and film clips.

Press

Print that's also online:
The New York Times feature profile of the author's research by Dennis Overbye
Wired Science in-depth interview with Alexis Madrigal
Review in The Space Review by Eve Lichtgarn
Review in The Oregonian by Jeff Baker
Review in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction by Charles deLint
Review in USA Today by Dan Vergano
Review in The San Francisco Bay Guardian by Johnny Ray Huston
Review in The Stranger by Paul Constant
Notice in The Seattle Weekly by Brian Miller

Radio, TV and Podcast
The Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC
The Space Show with Dr. David Livingston
Too Much Information with Benjamen Walker on WFMU
A little spot on CBS Up-to-the-Minute with Michelle Gielan

Blog mentions
Thanks to celebrity author Mary Roach for listing ASF as one of her six favorite books in The Week!
Powell's Books Review-a-Day (August 6, 2010)
Steven Heller's Printmag blog
Nieman Storyboard blog, a project of the Nieman foundation for journalism at Harvard; story by Andrea Pitzer
Discover magazine blog
BoingBoing.net

Print only reviews:

Availability

Available in bookstores everywhere!

Signed copies can be ordered from Booksmith.  

Also available through Amazon.

Contact

The book has a Facebook page where readers can "talk" to the author.