57 years ago today, the first manned spaceflight to the Moon touched down on the lunar surface. Let’s celebrate this wonderful anniversary with a little help from the pulps! Not only were these covers illustrated by some of the finest artists working in the business but they also provide a clue as to how people imagined life on the Moon before Neil Armstrong first stepped out of the capsule.
by Edmund Emshwiller
This cover is from 1954. I have seen this cover credited to Ed Valigursky, William Timmins, and Edmund Emshwiller. I’m going with Emshwiller because it appears that he signed his work.
by Edmund Emshwiller
This cover is from 1964.
by Bert Tanner
Venture Science Fiction was a pulp magazine that ran from 1957 to 1958 and was later revived for six issues in 1969. Despite its relatively brief run, it featured stories from some of the most prominent names in science fiction.
Here are a few of the covers of Venture Science Fiction!
by Edmund Emswhiller
by Dick Shelton
by Edmund Emshwiller
by Edmund Emshwiller
by Edmund Emshwiller
by Edmund Emshwiller
by Edmund Emshwiller
by Edmund Emshwiller
by Edmund Emshwiller
This time traveling cover is from 1958.
by Edmund Emshwiller
This cover is from 1958.
Science Fiction Day is observed every year on January 2nd. The date was chosen to honor the birthday of Isaac Asimov. To help you get in the mood for Science Fiction Day, here are some classic covers from Science Fiction Magazine! Keep watching the skies!
by A. Leslie Ross
by Alex Schomburg
by Allen Gustav Anderson
by Edmund Emshwiller
by Frank R. Paul
by Harold Bennett
by Leo Morey
by Milton Luros
It’s the start of a new year and it seems like all things are possible! Here are some Fantastic covers to help spark your imagination and get you in the mood for the future!
by Alex Schomburg
by Lloyd Birmingham
by Lloyd Birmingham
by Edmund Emshwiller
by George Schelling
by Lloyd Birmingham
by Leo Summers
by Alex Schomburg
Today, we observe Dinosaur Day!
The first recorded discover of dinosaur fossils occurred in 1820 and, since then, dinosaur remains have been found on all seven continents. Richard Owen, an English anatomist, came up with the word “Dinosauria” in 1842. The word comes from the Greek word “deinos,” meaning terrible or fearfully great, and “sauros,” meaning reptile or lizard. He applied the term to three animals that fossilized bones had been found of over the previous few decades.
The best way to observe today is to go down to a museum and take a look at the fantastic creatures who inhabited this planet before human beings came along. But if you can’t get to a museum today, check out these magazine and paperback covers below. Not surprisingly, dinosaurs were very popular with the pulps. Here’s just a few of them:
by Edmund Emshwiller
by CC Senf
by Earle Bergey
by Hans Wessolowski
by Thomas Beecham
Artist Unknown
by Jerome Podwil
56 years ago today, the first manned spaceflight to the Moon touched down on the lunar surface. Let’s celebrate this wonderful anniversary with a little help from the pulps! Not only were these covers illustrated by some of the finest artists working in the business but they also show how people imagined life on the Moon before Neil Armstrong took his one small step.
Through the Shattered Lens 