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Rayguns and Rocketships : Vintage Science Fiction Book Cover Art by Rian Hughes (2022, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKorero Press
ISBN-101912740044
ISBN-139781912740048
eBay Product ID (ePID)4050390136
Product Key Features
Book TitleRayguns and Rocketships : Vintage Science Fiction Book Cover Art
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPopular Culture, Graphic Arts / Illustration, Graphic Arts / General
Publication Year2022
IllustratorYes
GenreDesign, Art
AuthorRian Hughes
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight40.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Five stars. A glorious thing of beauty." -- Starburst "A glorious celebration of SF's past. Thoroughly recommended." -- SFF World "Compiled with the loving care of enthusiasts." --Tripwire "Fantastic . . . the ultimate gathering of vintage British SF book cover art. Better than you can imagine!" -- Bear Alley "The finest non-fiction book yet published on popular science fiction art." -- Phil Harbottle "Book of the Year" -- Jules Burt "A space-age treat." -- Pop Culture Squad "A glorious celebration." -- Down the Tubes "Gloriously addictive in terms of breadth, variety and wide-eyed nostalgic wonderment..." - Comics Review
Afterword byHarbottle, Philip
Dewey Decimal741.6409044
SynopsisScience fiction paperbacks exploded over the 1940s and '50s literary landscape with the force of an alien gamma bomb. Titles such as Rodent Mutation!, Beyond the Galaxy, Dawn of the Mutants and Mushroom Men from Mars appeared from fly-by-night publishers making the most of the end of post-war paper rationing. The stories were often conceived around a pre-commissioned cover from an artist, and a title suggested by the publisher. Despite the punishing deadlines and poor pay, the books' cover artists managed to produce artworks of multihued, brain-bending brilliance, and collected here is some of the best of their output during an unparalleled period of brash optimism and opportunism in book publishing. Beware the space fiend!, Rayguns and rockets! Spacesuited heroes caught in the tentacles of evil insectoid aliens! Who could resist such wonders? Science-fiction paperbacks exploded over the 1940s and '50s literary landscape with the force of an alien gamma bomb. Titles such as Rodent Mutation, The Human Bat vs The Robot Gangster, Dawn of the Mutants and Mushroom Men from Mars appeared from fly-by-night publishers making the most of the end of post-war paper rationing. They were brash and seductive - for around a shilling the future was yours. The stories were often conceived around a pre-commissioned cover and a title suggested by the publisher, and the writers were paid by the word, and sometimes not paid at all. Titles were knocked out at a key-pounding pace, sometimes over a weekend, by authors now lost to literary history (plus a few professionals who could spot an opportunity) who were forced to write under pseudonyms like Ray Cosmic, Steve Future, Vector Magroon or Vargo Statten. Despite the tight deadlines and poor pay, the books' cover artists still managed to produce works of multi-hued, brain-bending brilliance, and collected here is an overview of their output during an unparalleled period of brash optimism and experimentation in publishing., Rayguns and rockets! Spacesuited dames caught in the tentacles of evil insectoid aliens! Who could resist such wonders? Science fiction paperbacks exploded over the 1940s and '50s literary landscape with the force of an alien gamma bomb. Titles such as Rodent Mutation!, Beyond the Galaxy, Dawn of the Mutants and Mushroom Men from Mars appeared from fly-by-night publishers making the most of the end of postwar paper rationing. They were brash and seductive - for a shilling the future was yours. Despite the punishing deadlines and poor pay, the books' cover artists managed to produce artworks of multihued, brain-bending brilliance, and collected here is some of the best of their output during an unparalleled period of brash optimism and opportunism in book publishing. Beware the space fiend!
LC Classification NumberNC973
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