WorldsBeyondTimeisthedefinitivevisualhistoryofthespaceships,alienlandscapes,cryptozoology,andimaginedindustrialmachineryof1970spaperbacksci-fiartandtheartistswhocreatedtheseextraordinaryimages.Inthe1970s,mass-produced,cheaplyprintedscience-fictionnovelswerethriving.Thepaperwasrough,thetitlesoutrageous,andthecoverartastounding.Overthecourseofthedecade,astableoftalentedpainters,comic-bookartists,anddesignersproducedthousandsofthemosteye-catchingbookcoverstoevergracebookstoreshelves(orspinnerracks).Curiously,thepiecescommissionedforthesecoversoftenhadverylittletodowiththecontentsofthebookstheywereselling,butbyleaningheavilyonpsychedelicimagery,far-outlandscapes,andtrippysurrealism,theartwasabletosatisfythesamespacerace-fueledappetiteforthebigideasandbravenewworldsthatsci-fiwriterswereboldlypushingforward.InWorldsBeyondTime:Sci-FiArtofthe1970s,AdamRowe--whohasbeencurating,championing,andresurrectingthebestandmostobscureartthat1970ssci-fihastoofferonhisblog70sSci-FiArt--introducesreaderstothebiggestnamesinthegenre,includingChrisFoss,PeterElson,TimWhite,JackGaughan,andVirgilFinlay,aswellastheirinfluences.Withdeepdivesintothesubjectmatterthatcommonlyappearedonthesecovers--spaceships,alienlandscapes,fantasyrealms,cryptozoology,andheavymachinery--thisbookisalovingtributetoauniqueandrobustartformwhoselegacylivesonbothinnostalgicappreciationaswellastheretro-chicdesignofmainstreamsci-fifilmssuchasGuardiansoftheGalaxy,Alien:Covenant,andThor:Ragnarok.IncludesColorIllustrations
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