The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982

The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982

From legendary entertainment journalist and author of Caddyshack comes a rollicking history of 1980s cinema―how eight legendary sci-fi films changed Hollywood forever

In the summer of 1982, eight scien…

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