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Another Science Fiction
Advertising the Space Race 19571962
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Another Science Fiction
The imaginations of many Cold War scientists were fed by science fiction literature, and companies often promoted their future capabilities with fantastical, colorful visions in ads. This collection presents nearly 200 entertaining, mind-boggling pieces of space-age eye candy.
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The late 1950s and early '60s were the golden age of science fiction, an era when the farthest reaches of imagination were fed by the technological breakthroughs of the postwar years. While science fiction writers expressed the dreams and nightmares of the era in pulp print, real-life rocket engineers worked on making space travel a reality.
The imaginations of many Cold War scientists were fed by science fiction literature, and companies often promoted their future capabilities with fantastical, colourful visions aimed at luring young engineers into their booming workforce. In between the dry articles of trade journals, a new visual vernacular sprang up. Aerospace industry ads pitched the idea that we lived in a moment where anything was possible—gravity was history, and soon so would be the confines of our solar system.
Another Science Fiction presents nearly 200 entertaining, intriguing, inspiring, and mind-boggling pieces of space-age eye candy.
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The reviews praise Another Science Fiction for its exploration of the Space Age through mid-century advertisements. The book is noted for its visual-historical reference, providing a captivating look into America's corporate space dreams, and is considered a treasure for space historians and art enthusiasts alike. It has been described as brilliant, stupendous, and a well-deserved rescue of space ad artwork from obscurity.
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ISBN: 9780922233359
Publisher: Blast Books,U.S.
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 May 2010
Country: United States
Imprint: Blast Books,U.S.
Illustration: Color photos and illustrations throughout
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 203.0mm
Height: 279.0mm
Weight: 1148g
Pages: 240
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