Chicago: Contemporary Books. 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Explores our galaxy from three perspectives: how three generations of science fiction writers, including Isaac Asimov, Larry Niven and Gregory Benford, have envisioned it; the concepts of philosophers from ancient times to the 20th century; and from a scientific perspective. Bibliography, index. Photographs in both color and black and white. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-8092-42427.