Fantastic book discussing an even more fantastic year for sci-fi movies! Nashawaty does a wonderful job of placing the reader back in the moment as some of the greatest minds and events collide into a blockbuster summer. It has common-knowledge discussions, sure, but it is also filled with "you had to be there" discussions that are rarely discussed. The Future Was Now is a must-read for any 80s sci-fi film fan!

This was such a fun concept, it had everything that I was hoping for from the topic. I’ve always enjoyed scifi movies from the 80s so I was excited to get into this book. It was well written and I was hooked from the first page. It does a great job of giving me information that I never heard of and glad it kept my interest. Chris Nashawaty has a great writing style and I hope they write more like this.