Sunday 25 March 2012

Dangerous Visions 1 (1974)

Dangerous Visions 1 was a groundbreaking collection of short stories when published and is still very well respected now.
And what an absolute gem of a cover by Fred Gambino.  Definite shades of Kubrick's 2001, like quite a few book covers throughout the early 70's.

And here's the artwork in its purest form.
I'm going to put Fred Gambino in the labels because he's done quite a few spacesuits over the years and we are most assuredly going to be back round this way again.


Steve
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3 comments:

  1. Joshua26 March 2012 at 05:31

    Very nice! I like all the little details like the cable attached to the handgun and the spooling bits on the aerial and left shoulder.

    Never heard of Dangerous Visions 1; might have to keep an eye out for it. I like shorts.

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  2. fgf28 March 2012 at 04:55

    Picture also used in the sci-fi book Star Quest from 1979.

    Picture captioned as - "The legendary Commander Mor Mikiss, one of the most experienced and respected operational officers in the Security Service was the natural choice as leader of the unique team."

    see: http://ski-ffy.blogspot.com/2012/03/star-quest-incredible-voyage-into.html

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    1. Steve28 March 2012 at 13:01

      Great pictures like this tend to do the rounds. Where possible I try to date them to as early as possible because it gives us a better idea of how design/culture changes over the years.

      If ever anyone can date a picture earlier than I have then let me know and I'll update the blog accordingly.

      Thanks for the comments fgf and the link to the blog. That is an amazing blog over at ski-ffy

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