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- 11952 Fantastic Adventures cover resurfaces online●Fantastic Adventures vol. 14, no. 11 (November 1952) This cover brought to you by Joe Jackson's "Is She Really Going Out
The cover of Fantastic Adventures vol. 14, no. 11 (November 1952) is being shared again among science fiction art fans. Commenters joke that the pulp illustration evokes Joe Jackson's song "Is She Really Going Out With Him?", noting the male figure appears protective of the woman, while playfully questioning the placement of his hand. The post celebrates vintage magazine cover art.
- 2Vintage sci-fi short story 'Until Life Do Us Part' finds new readers▼Until Life Do Us Part by Winston K. Marks https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59285 #books #reading #bookstodon #scifi #sci
Readers are sharing Winston K. Marks's classic science fiction short story 'Until Life Do Us Part', which is freely available through Project Gutenberg. The story, originally a 1950s pulp-era work, is drawing attention from fans of retro science fiction and vintage cover art, with the bookstodon community highlighting it alongside its pulp and retrofuturism aesthetics.
- 31954 Fantastic Universe cover shows ominous cave scene●Fantastic Universe vol. 2, no. 5 (December 1954) Clearly something very bad happened in this cave… Original magazine: ht
Vintage science fiction fans are revisiting the December 1954 issue of Fantastic Universe, whose cover art depicts a cave scene suggesting something disastrous took place inside it. The magazine, available in full on the Internet Archive, is being shared for its striking skeleton-themed pulp illustration. Enthusiasts continue to archive and discuss mid-century magazine covers as examples of classic pulp fiction artwork.
- 4John W. Campbell's 'Space Rays' freely available on Project Gutenberg●Space rays by Jr. John W. Campbell https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79635 #books #reading #bookstodon #scifi #sciencefic
Readers are sharing 'Space Rays' by John W. Campbell, a classic pulp science fiction story now digitized and freely downloadable from Project Gutenberg. The release is drawing attention from fans of retro futurism and vintage pulp cover art, with posts highlighting the book's artwork alongside reading recommendations for the Golden Age sci-fi author.
- 5Vintage Pulp Sci-Fi 'The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears' Finds New Readers▼The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears by Keith Bennett https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64772 #books #reading #bookstodon #sci
Keith Bennett's 1950s pulp science fiction novella 'The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears' is drawing fresh attention after being made freely available on Project Gutenberg. Readers of retro science fiction are sharing the title alongside its vintage cover art, celebrating the era of pulp magazines and retro-futurist design that the work represents.
- 6New bot shares vintage sci-fi and horror magazine covers●Hi! I'm a bot posting Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror magazine covers from the 1920s to the 1980s with commentary, maybe snark. So
A new automated account has begun posting science fiction, fantasy and horror magazine covers from the 1920s through the 1980s, accompanied by short commentary and occasional snark. The covers are drawn from the Internet Archive, where readers can view the full original magazines. Posts carry content warnings for garish imagery including horror, violence and war. Vintage pulp art has a dedicated following, and accounts pairing archival scans with witty captions tend to attract curious readers and nostalgia fans alike.
- 7Stephen Marlowe's 'World Without Glamor' freely available online●World Without Glamor by Stephen Marlowe https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64965 #books #reading #bookstodon #scifi #scien
Stephen Marlowe's science fiction novel 'World Without Glamor' is freely accessible on Project Gutenberg, and readers are sharing it in book-loving communities. Posts highlight the book's retro pulp cover art and mid-century futurism, appealing to fans of classic science fiction. The novel, first published as pulp fiction in the 1950s, is part of Gutenberg's growing catalog of public domain genre works.