tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post6751154683029796917..comments2009-08-25T17:05:54.445-07:00Avi Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12550929795356812957abramsv@gmail.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-29589363471850019582009-03-02T08:17:00.000-08:002009-03-02T08:17:00.000-08:00What beautiful visions of the future! I love these so much I've put a link to them on my Project Sword Toys blog. Hope you don't mind. Fabulous site.Woodsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-57410460599584501692009-01-03T03:36:00.000-08:002009-01-03T03:36:00.000-08:00Awesome space artwork.Dawid Michalczykhttp://www.art.eonworks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-56605729555304021782008-07-16T15:15:00.000-07:002008-07-16T15:15:00.000-07:00"TM cover, Russia 1954 - A non-Titan moon of Saturn. Rhea? Dione?" Thanks, I wouldn't have known how to put it.<BR/>But is it only me who thinks it a bit odd that there are three people in the picture wearing suits - perhaps suggesting a non-breathable atmosphere - and yet the camera crew are standing there happily without so much as an oxygen tank and helmet? What's going on there?MindStriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04679253805289470046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-55073573668628102982008-03-18T19:37:00.000-07:002008-03-18T19:37:00.000-07:00Bob: thanks for linking to it<BR/>Cheers!Avi Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12550929795356812957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-46698664039956236072008-03-18T19:32:00.000-07:002008-03-18T19:32:00.000-07:00Wow! Amazing images, thanks posting.Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18214328001728213530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-87152561707448975842008-01-21T00:38:00.000-08:002008-01-21T00:38:00.000-08:00i actually owned some of these magazines! in soviet union they were sure they will be able to land and live on mars by 1980 ( i was sure about that too when i was a kid :D )Omegahttp://www.ladyomega.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-26149263431473274722007-12-29T06:20:00.000-08:002007-12-29T06:20:00.000-08:00absolute windannyglixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108696157695255919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-1332295688029386602007-12-02T18:06:00.000-08:002007-12-02T18:06:00.000-08:00Aah, love this sort of stuff.<BR/><BR/>Does anybody else remember seeing a series of ads by BF Goodrich in Reader's Digest around, I don't know, early 1970s maybe? They had some quite futuristic pictures, featuring vehicles with amazing fat tyres, that left me quite impressed at that tender age.Lawrence D'Oliveironoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-60014477460569152562007-12-01T14:21:00.000-08:002007-12-01T14:21:00.000-08:00Loved these pix but am really surprised, given the time they were done, that there wasn't more in the way of propagandizing Soviet Russia's logos and imagery on the space vehicles...e.g., red stars or CCCP on the spaceships, etc.XTC283http://www.blogger.com/profile/00132749449581274627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-42461119593617227492007-12-01T11:06:00.000-08:002007-12-01T11:06:00.000-08:00I love RussiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-65783015490623577382007-11-30T05:30:00.000-08:002007-11-30T05:30:00.000-08:00Nice. Now if only a lot of the older eastern block science fiction movies would become more readily available I would be happy.<BR/><BR/>http://cool-mo-dee.blogspot.com/Adam Gotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16542763810905604099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-11883929396835402802007-11-29T14:28:00.000-08:002007-11-29T14:28:00.000-08:00Actually, one of those isn't a "classic" - it was my first piece I ever did in Photoshop, must be about 12 years ago now. It's the one with the rocket on the moon with the open hatch and the moon buggy in the foreground. I've always been meaning to redo it.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02303755181174414108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-26867966724308569482007-11-29T12:23:00.000-08:002007-11-29T12:23:00.000-08:00The second picture after "Bigger Moon base," showing the Earth in the sky, a tall rocket, and a streamlined Moon crawler, looks to me like the style of Alex Schomburg.Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08421296937655308083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-1181078484575129742007-11-28T09:33:00.000-08:002007-11-28T09:33:00.000-08:00check out clip of a tv sci-fi sitcom pilot w/same feel --<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57o0USuiYBwclareyal@aol.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-59862333691546279962007-11-28T08:38:00.000-08:002007-11-28T08:38:00.000-08:00Love the 'Socialist Space Workers' image, so... wistful and optimistic.GaryGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-18445402806547365502007-11-27T20:57:00.000-08:002007-11-27T20:57:00.000-08:00Is it possible to purchase a print of "Galactic Manoeuvre" by Nikolai Nedbailo? Who/what should one contact about that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-9317262702150149582007-11-27T11:45:00.000-08:002007-11-27T11:45:00.000-08:00Magusxxx: good observation!<BR/>... i love that ELO album :)Avi Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12550929795356812957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-65137465750017706612007-11-27T08:02:00.000-08:002007-11-27T08:02:00.000-08:00Did anyone else notice that the back cover art for ELO's album Out of the Blue looks a lot like Klaus Burgle's work? Anyone know if there's a connection?magusxxx_2000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-58068012248333901812007-11-27T07:10:00.000-08:002007-11-27T07:10:00.000-08:00The picture of the painting by Art Emshwiller is cover art to Robert Heinlein's 1958 novel <I>Have Spacesuit, Will Travel</I>, showing Kip Russel in the foreground with Peewee in the background. It was the cover art for the August 1958 issue of <I>The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction</I>, where the serialization of the novel appeared.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-72899556402646601242007-11-27T02:53:00.000-08:002007-11-27T02:53:00.000-08:00Perry Rhodan is German, not Russian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-46737804272284398022007-11-25T20:19:00.000-08:002007-11-25T20:19:00.000-08:00Noel Sickles for "Rocket to the Moon", 1949; pretty decent look at cramped conditions in such a rocket.<BR/><BR/>"To Other Worlds!", Detgiz, Russia, 1939 - Is that the moon? Again, no obvious problems with it. The craters are done well.<BR/><BR/>"Mars Snooper" by Frank Tinsley, 1959 - Has nothing to do with Mars. The planet, or moon, in the sky doesn't look like Mars or Deimos or Phobos. The planet in the foreground has channels - which might make it Mars, viewed at night.<BR/><BR/>(Perry Rhodan, Jan. 1962) - ah yes, the old jungle volcanic Venus. Clark Ashton Smith had a couple of 'em. So did Asimov. At least they were right about the volcanos. "The air you breathe is a poisonous flame, not with ten thousand men could you do this"<BR/><BR/>(TM cover, Russia 1954) - A non-Titan moon of Saturn. Rhea? Dione? Those midsized moons have large cracks in 'em. So far this gets my "realism" award (the Moon-shots being disqualified because - well, <I>everyone</I> knew what going to the Moon would be like). Mind you I don't know the moons' axial tilt vs. Saturn's ecliptic.<BR/><BR/>art by Nikolai Nedbailo - looks more like "art from FiendFolio". That is a lot of ugly.<BR/><BR/>"First Contact", by Nikolai Nedbailo - Nedbailo takes three tabs of acid, grabs a paintbrush.<BR/><BR/>And more wackiness to follow.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the pics!Zimrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17973750966981889517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-89688102918276142522007-11-25T20:11:00.000-08:002007-11-25T20:11:00.000-08:00Wonderful selection! Thanks so much.Roswilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15669275952943509399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-25392581019927969312007-11-25T18:17:00.000-08:002007-11-25T18:17:00.000-08:00Re:Newscaper.<BR/><BR/>Iirc, that illustration was from the magazine serialization of Have Spacesuit... I first saw it probably 20 years ago, at least. Nice to see it again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-18589053339509348192007-11-25T14:21:00.000-08:002007-11-25T14:21:00.000-08:00That one, mostly in black and orange with a rocket on the right and a moon crawler on the left; from retro-futurismus.<BR/><BR/>Looks like something Batman would own -- the Bat-rocket and the Bat-moonmobile.Dr. Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03261789167232483497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-7313403251323302522007-11-25T13:27:00.000-08:002007-11-25T13:27:00.000-08:00Very nice illustrations. Interesting to note Soviet symbols (flags, stars, etc.) figure prominently in some of the artwork. Nevertheless I suspect not a few Soviet artists were drawn to science fiction since it provided a respite from dreary socialist realism and also a chance to cover normally forbidden subjects (note that several of the magazine covers were produced during the 1930's-1950's, while Stalin was in power).MarkJnoreply@blogger.com