Sci-Fi-O-Rama

March 11, 2009

Filed under: Illustration, Retro, Sci-Fi — Kie @ 9:33 pm

The Colour Out Of Space

More book cover art Via Flickr – here’s some gorgeous Technicolor Psychedelia dating from 1970, produced for the H.P Lovecraft Novel “The Colour out of Space” Alas, artist Unknown.

Sourced via Flickr User R.Berdar and taken from his amusingly titled “Dad’s Sci-Fi” set: http://twurl.nl/ga1hi5

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March 10, 2009

Filed under: Dean Ellis, Illustration, Retro, Sci-Fi — Kie @ 9:37 am

The Einstein Intersection

More Retro Cover Art, again from the superb Sci-Fi Books Pool over at Flickr – this sample scanned by user palebear - check his Photostream and the Pool for similar gem’s….

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Filed under: Graphics, Illustration, Retro, Sci-Fi — Kie @ 9:19 am

The Midwich Cuckoos

Cover Art for Ballantine Edition of John Wyndham’s ‘The Midwich Cuckoos’.

Image featured via Flickr User judygoreland part of the Sci-Fi Books Pool - an excellent resource if inspiration.

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March 7, 2009

Filed under: Fashion, Photography, Photomontage, Retro, Sci-Fi — Kie @ 10:29 pm

astronaut!

More than a hint of Babarella here with this kitsch Photo/Montage, taken from a feature  than ran in “Harper’s Bazaar Magazine” – some time ago by the looks of it!

Image originally featured here via Flickr User: Lady Detektive plenty of other interesting vintage illustrations & photography in her Paper Fetish Set.

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February 22, 2009

Filed under: Art, Chesley Bonestell, Illustration, Retro, Sci-Fi — Kie @ 11:30 pm

Chesley Bonestell

Vintage Space Art from it’s founder; master-painter Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986). This explosive depiction of Sun and Planets gives a striking impression of not just the Star’s giant mass but also it’s immense solar energy…

Chesley’s official site is at http://www.bonestell.org/

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