Prologue: The cinema of possiblilties -- Destination moon / Robert A. Heinlein -- It came from outer space / Ray Bradbury -- The conquest of space / Werner Von Braun -- Panic in the year zero / Ward Moore -- 2001: A space odyssey / Arthur C. Clarke -- Logan's run / William F. Nolan -- Star Trek: The motion picture / James Blish -- Total recall / Philip K. Dick -- The lawnmower man / Stephen King -- Candyman / Clive Barker -- Prologue: "Worlds of space in the living room" -- Superman / George Lowther -- Tales of tomorrow / Evan Hunter -- The Quartermass experiment / Nigel Kneale -- The Twilight zone / Rod Serling -- Out of the world / John Wyndham -- Doctor Who / Bill Strutton -- The Outer limits / Jerry Sohl -- Out of the unknown / Isaac Asimov -- The Martian chronicles / Ray Bradbury -- Final reward / Terry Pratchett.