A complete guide to the spaceships, weapons and technology that make SF what it is. Robots, star killers, stillsuits, laser swords, light sabres, X Wings, tie fighters, attack wasps, deathstars, Berserkers, Heechee fighters; SF is full of imagined technologies that have caught the imagination of its readers and made it the genre it is. The Gollancz SF Encyclopedia will be the complete guide to all the SF technologies of 250 of the genre's greatest creative minds. With ratings for each entry on 'Scientific plausibility', 'Reader appeal', 'Plot relevance'; 'If you like this you'll love these' cross references; appendices and fictional and real time timelines this book will be fun as well as useful, appealing to the enquiring, opinionated and combative nature of SF fans. SF megastar Peter F. Hamilton provides an extensive introduction.
- ISBN10 0575074221
- ISBN13 9780575074224
- Publish Date 1 October 2007 (first published 19 October 2006)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 2 November 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Gollancz
- Format Paperback
- Pages 528
- Language English