Hughes Rian - Rayguns And Rocketships: Revised Edition Vintage Science Fiction Book Cover Art - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: 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.
Title: Rayguns And Rocketships: Revised Edition Vintage Science Fiction Book Cover Art
Author(s): Hughes Rian
Publisher: Korero Press
Barcode: 9781912740338
Pages: 464 Pages, 1 Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 2/18/2025
Category: Illustration