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May 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment

1950s Spanish sci-fi novel covers

Shapely women, demented robots and spaceships galore.

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May 3, 2007 By Leave a Comment

Books: After Sputnik

Fifty years of space artifacts and paraphernalia.

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February 19, 2007 By Leave a Comment

Books: Postcards From Mars

Postcards From Mars: The First Photographer on the Red Planet is another amazing book I look forward to having on my shelf. The author is the lead scientist for the color imaging from Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity, and has this to say in the preface: My goal in this book is to share the [...]

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February 6, 2007 By Leave a Comment

Books: Saturn: A New View

Nothing packs quite the punch of a spectacular image from space, and Saturn: A New View is chock full of them. Featuring some of the very newest Cassini images, I can’t wait to pick this up. I always find new inspiration when thumbing through books like this!

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January 26, 2007 By Leave a Comment

Stephen King wants new material

According to this article in Newsweek, Stephen King ranks spaceflight in his top three things to do before he dies: 2. To fly in space—orbital would be fine—and to write about it. I’m with you all the way, Steve. Coming soon, Scary Space Story by Stephen King!

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July 7, 2006 By Leave a Comment

The Artist-Moonwalker

A New Frontier by Alan Bean, 1999 14 x 18 inches, Acrylic on Aircraft Board I suppose it’s a bit of a cheat on my part, featuring Alan Bean, since obviously his pieces are inspired by space — by the moon, to be exact — but if you haven’t seen his works, I can’t recommend [...]

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July 6, 2006 By Leave a Comment

Space Art in Children's Books

I stumbled upon a gem of a website today, Space Art in Children’s books 1950′s to 1970′s (title self-explanatory.) There’s a lot of great art from the days before spaceflight; sadly, most images are saved in GIF format (and thus aren’t fabulous on quality or color.) Still, a great resource for the way society perceived [...]

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