Strange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded

by Jason Heller

Book Overview

A Hugo Award-winning author and music journalist explores the weird and wild story of when rock 'n' roll met the sci-fi world of the 1970s As the 1960s drew to a close, and mankind trained its telescopes on other worlds, old conventions gave way to a new kind of hedonistic freedom that celebrated sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. Derided as nerdy or dismissed as fluff, science fiction rarely gets credit for its catalyzing effect on this revolution. In...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612196977
• ISBN13: 9781612196978
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Melville House Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"