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Sci-fi coffee table books for space lovers.

A coffee table book is a large, image-led hardcover made to be left out, picked up and browsed — at any page, for five minutes or an hour. The Almost Invented books are made for exactly that: every spread is one full-color piece of concept art about a future that doesn't exist yet, with only a few short paragraphs to read.

Book spread: Gateway Infrastructure — the network of gateways that connects distant worlds

What is a coffee table book?

Coffee table books are hardcovers built around pictures — photography, art, architecture, design — and usually larger than a novel. You don't read them front to back: you open them anywhere, and they look good on the table between readings. That is also why they are such a popular gift.

Why science fiction belongs on the coffee table.

Science fiction art starts conversations. How would people travel between galaxies? Would you rather live in orbit, in a megacity or in the mountains? Each spread asks a question like that and answers it with one big image and a few lines of text — easy to share with whoever sits down next to you.

Book spread: Black Hole Energy Harvest and Powering the Gateways

The books.

Cover of Almost Invented: Escaping the Galaxy — a spiral galaxy above Earth with a spacecraft climbing toward it

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Almost Invented™: Escaping the Galaxy.

A richly illustrated journey into an imagined future — intergalactic gateways, orbital homes, planet-scale engineering and the people who live alongside them. Almost 100 full-color pages of cinematic concept art with short, readable explanations.

Hardcover · 8.25 × 11 in · 102 pages · full color

Who these books are for.

Science fiction and space fans, readers who love concept art and world-building, curious teens and adults — and anyone looking for a gift that is more interesting than a mug with a rocket on it.

Questions.

What is a coffee table book?

A large, image-led hardcover meant to be browsed rather than read cover to cover — usually photography, art or design — and kept out on a table where people can pick it up.

How big are the Almost Invented books?

Escaping the Galaxy and Beyond Reality are both hardcovers, 8.25 × 11 inches, 102 full-color pages.

Do I need to read them in order?

No. Each book stands on its own, and every spread can be opened and enjoyed by itself.

Is it fiction or science?

Fiction, by design. Real science inspires many of the concepts, but the technologies and scenarios are imagined — an optimistic vision, not a technical manual.

Where can I buy them?

On Amazon. The buttons on this site open the Amazon store for your country.