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Book Notes: 'Visions of Space'

Featuring a bloodthirsty Chesley Bonestell

Adam Rowe

07 Dec 2020 • 6 min read

Cropped version of “Portent of Doom,” by Julian Baum

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A Very 70s Sci-Fi Art Halloween

Today, I'm on the search for the most Halloweeny retro science fiction art. You might think this 1983 tech magazine illustration would be in the running. The simplicity really makes it pop. Ultimately, though, it's not about Halloween at all: The French-language article it's

27 Oct 2025 4 min read

Cubes in Sci-Fi Art

I love John Schoenherr's 1978 cover for a French edition of Keith Laumer's The Infinite Cage. It appears to feature a surreal interpretation of the title, in the form of a glass cube containing life on Earth. It reminds me of Paul Lehr's 1968

20 Oct 2025 6 min read

Looking in Spaceship Windshields

Spaceship windshields don't make much sense for several different reasons – the lack of wind and the physical limitations of translucent materials being the big ones. However, they look cool. Which means they make a lot of sense on sci-fi book covers. And for some reason, during the 70s

13 Oct 2025 5 min read

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