Vintage SciFi Month was created by Little Red Reviewer and is moderated by Red Star Reviews. Any science fiction film, short story, play, or book released before 1979 is eligible for this celebration of classic science fiction. Click on the links above to participate, read other entries, or for more information in general.
Most of my entries for Vintage Science Fiction month tend to be reviews of films, books, or TV shows. Today I thought I’d mix things up a little by sharing some interesting vintage science fiction artwork, covers, and logos I found on various parts of Wikimedia.
The book cover for “Festus, A Poem” by Philip James Bailey. This book had about 22,000 lines of blank verse poetry written across 50 scenes about the legend of Faust. It is quite hard to find these days.
A cover of Science Fiction Quarterly from the summer 1942 issue.
A cover of Universe Science Fiction from May 1953.
A cover of Super Science Fiction from June 1959.
This is an illustration from Camille Flammarion’s 1894 science fiction novel La Fin du Monde. It predicted that a man could lie in bed and watch (what we would now call) television in bed in 1911.
The logo of the Science Fiction League from 1934.
I love seeing these old covers. I remember seeing science fiction covers from my childhood…terrifying. Science was a hope and a fear back then.
What a neat childhood you had! Do you have any favourite scifi covers from your childhood?
I love these covers! I used to be so into vintage sci-fi, and I’ve always loved vintage art. So cool!
Thank you very much. Yes, vintage art is pretty neat in general.
I love that beastie on the cover for Super Science Fiction! And the Science Fiction League logo is glorious – I kind of want it on everything I own! 😀
Great post – thank you for sharing!
You’re quite welcome!
I love the finely-illustrated gilded leather covers, like the first image here. And the illustration from the Flammarion novel and the Science Fiction League logo are both great, too. Thanks for sharing these!
I love those kinds of leather covers, too. They’re like works of art in and of themselves. So glad you liked this post.
Thank you for posting these great images. I love seeing how artists used to visualize space and the future!
You’re welcome. I’m glad you enjoyed them so much.