Another science fiction

advertising the space race 1957-1962

English language

Published May 20, 2010 by Blast Books.

ISBN:
978-0-922233-35-9
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OCLC Number:
460054185

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2 stars (1 review)

1 edition

Interesting art; very dry prose

2 stars

In the unlikely event you're interested in the hiring practices of the aerospace industry during the early space race, and their relationship to advertising and commercial art, this is the book for you. It is, however, both exhaustive and exhausting, and even the best of the artwork gets a bit dull by about the halfway mark. This isn't helped by the dreary duotone and spot color reproduction on the original ads, which were typically designed to be printed with black and one other color of ink.

The text is mostly statistics and dates, with very little human interest.

Subjects

  • Astronautics -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
  • Space race -- United States -- History
  • Astronautics in mass media
  • Astronautics in art