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As the technological miracles of the 20th Century exploded- so did our imaginations. Where would all this science take us? Up, out and beyond our normal mundane lives to New Worlds where anything was possible! The vast and limitless horizon...

“Just Around the Corner” by Frank Kelly Freas. This painting appeared on the cover of Fantastic Universe Science Fiction in 1955. Frank Kelly Freas was known as the “Dean of Science Fiction Art,” and was the second artist to be inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. For fifty years Freas’ work appeared in all kinds of science fiction publications beginning with his first sale to Weird Tales in 1950. In 1957, Freas would hook up with MAD magazine painting nearly every cover of MAD…

The image is a retro science fiction poster. The poster features a red planet with a large moon in the background. There is a spaceship in the foreground. The spaceship is flying towards a large city. The city is built on a river that flows through a valley. The valley is surrounded by mountains. The image is very colorful and has a lot of detail.

This painting captures the 1940s retro sci-fi style in a cottagecore futurism setting. The scene depicts a metal robot standing next to an attractive human woman in a retro spacesuit, both facing an unseen monster on a desolate rocky planet. The robot and woman, obviously in love, are backed by a retro-style rocket ship. The woman raises her hand near her face to mask her terror as the shadow of the unseen monster falls over them.

Peter Elson (1947-1998) was an English science fiction illustrator whose work appeared on the covers of numerous science fiction paperback...

Chelah stood on the edge of the ravine, her red suit stark against the ochre landscape. The colossal drill lay partially buried, its engines silent but still radiating heat. It had crashed during its mission to reach the planet’s core, a last-ditch effort to harvest the rare minerals needed for humanity’s survival. Her mission: retrieve the reactor core before the scavengers arrived. The air was thick with dust and tension as she descended, each step bringing her closer to the massive…

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