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Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982 A Best Book of the"Hollywood boldly went where it hadn't gone before and Nashawaty chronicles the journeys." Los Angeles Times ("Books You Need To Read This Summer") "Written with a fan's enthusiasm . . . An important inflection point in Hollywood filmmaking." New York Times ("Nonfiction Books to Read This Summer") In the summer of 1982, eight science fiction films were released within six weeks of one another. E. T., Tron, Star Trek: Wrath of Khan, Conan the