Futuropolis / [By] Robert Sheckley

New York: A & W Visual Library, 1978. First Edition. Paperback. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in original publisher's shrink-wrap.; 120 pages; Physical desc. : [120]p. : chiefly ill. (chiefly col) ; 26cm. Subject: Science fiction - History and criticism - Pictorial works. Cities and towns in art. ""Futuropolis is a memorable illustration-packed journey to the extraordinary cities of the future as envisaged by some of the most notable artists, philosophers, architects and film makers, past and present, ever assembled in one volume. Here are the fantastic visions of Piero della Francesca and Buckminster Fuller, of Plato, George Orwell and Isaac Asimov, of Fritz Lang, of Breughel and Druillet, and many more. Impossible cities? Nothing but science fiction and fantasy? Many of these astounding 'visions' already exist."" --Back cover.