{"product_id":"rayguns-rocketships-vintage-science-fiction-book-cover-art-rian-hughes-2022-korero-press-hardback","title":"Rayguns \u0026 Rocketships: Vintage Science Fiction Book Cover Art - Rian Hughes - 2022 Korero Press Hardback","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. May show signs of wear such as:\u003cbr\u003e• Shelf wear or scuffing on the cover\u003cbr\u003e• Creases, marks, or tears on pages or dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e• Possible remainder marks or previous owner’s name\/notes inside\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eCover art: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlurb\u003c\/strong\u003e: “\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRayguns and rockets! Spacesuited heroes caught in the tentacles of evil insectoid aliens! Who could resist such wonders? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScience-fiction paperbacks exploded over the 1940s and ’50s literary landscape with the force of an alien gamma bomb. Titles such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRodent Mutation, The Human Bat vs The Robot Gangster, Dawn of the Mutants\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMushroom Men from Mars \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eappeared from fly-by-night publishers making the most of the end of post-war paper rationing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite 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.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Korero Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50086757302514,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/7685\/4977\/files\/3674D2F4-A234-432E-A3DB-8D4D8A4020D3.jpg?v=1789431525","url":"https:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/products\/rayguns-rocketships-vintage-science-fiction-book-cover-art-rian-hughes-2022-korero-press-hardback","provider":"Postmarked from the Stars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}