Space Collection (page 22)

Currents of Space
THE CURRENTS OF SPACE (Isaac Asimov)

HOLLYWOOD ON THE MOON (Henry Kuttner) The Moons low gravity is a godsend to the special effects department

MAROONED ON ANDROMEDA
MAROONED IN ANDROMEDA (Clark Ashton-Smith) The animal-eating flora of Andromeda are beautiful to look at but not much fun on closer acquaintance

THE HOTHOUSE PLANET (Arthur K Barnes) Space travellers from Earth encounter the wildlife of Venus - and find that it is very wild indeed !

VISITORS FROM MLOK (Clark Ashton-Smith) The Earthman is projected back to his planet before the destruction of Mlok

Boy Greets the Sun 1926
A young boy greets the morning sun with outstretched arms

Building / Zulu Settlement
A Zulu settlement: huts built in a circle surround a central space

Zodiac Star Map 1805
The signs of the zodiac

Astronaut Walter Schirra
WALTER SCHIRRA One of the original Mercury 7 astronauts chosen for the Project Mercury, Americas first effort to put men in space

Donatis Comet / Longmuir
Donatis Comet/Longmuir

17C River Fishing Etc
The Moon (LUNA) in her chariot passes over busy rural scene as scantily-clad villagers trawl river to net fish

Jupiter, Pope Crowns King
Jupiter, in peacock-chariot ensures splendid order is kept as Pope crowns King

Neptune Wildlife
MONSTERS OF NEPTUNE (Henrik Dahl Juve) Visitors to Neptune encounter powerful creatures who trample on their spacecraft

Aphrodite and the Arts
Venus rides chariot pulled by doves. Under her influence the arts of love and music flourish

Advert / Leicester Shop
Advertising outside a Leicester shop, using all available space

The Dual World, Thrilling Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
THE DUAL WORLD - An encounter with the Emotionals on Venus

Harvest Moon / 1862
Harvesting by moonlight

A Space Rescue
A space ship is sent from Earth to rescue the passengers of a space car which has malfunctioned

Tunnel through Earth
The French astronomer Flammarion proposes a tunnel through the Earth

Goddards Moon Project
American engineer GODDARD proposes to reach the Moon by rocket ship : illustration shows the vessel approaching the crater of Plato

Social Groups / Crowds
Series of engravings, based on four photographs showing how space is filled by a growing crowd

Comets of 1st Century
Various shapes of comet reported by Plinius the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus) including disk-shaped, twin- tailed, bearded, sword-like and other variants

Void Wanderer, Thrilling Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
FLIGHT OF THE SILVER EAGLE by Arthur Leo Zagat. Three Spacemen encounter strange cycloptic alien beings armed with ray guns after landing on a distant planet

Mars Canals
Birds eye view of part of the Martian surface, showing the canal-like network

Planets and Zodiac
The Solar System, showing how the planets move between the houses of the Zodiacal system, thereby inevitably affecting everything that happens and everyone who is born

Sun / Olaus Magnus / 1555
A face is seen in the sun

Centaurs Star Figure 17C
CENTAURUS star figure Date: 1681

Fall of meteorites at Hatford, Berkshire, UK
When meteorites fall at Hatford, Berkshire, Mistress Greene, a witness, has one dug up, though one of the diggers swoons in terror

Meteor seen above fields from Fulham Road, London
A meteor seen above the fields from the Fulham Road, West London

Typical landscape on the planet Mars
A typical landscape on the planet Mars, in one of the marshy areas

Different aspects of the planet Mars, showing the variations in the character of its surface

Star Map of the Northern Hemisphere
Map showing the principal fixed stars in the Northern Hemisphere delineated on the plane of the equator

Earth Touches Heavens
Earths junction with the heavens

Atlas and the eleven spheres of the heavens

Fireball at Cartagena
A great globe of fire, in the space of some minutes, broke into four lesser balls, which flew off towards the four cardinal points, attended with a clap of thunder

LAST RUN ON VENUS (James McKimmey) Earthpeople on Venus are caught up in the fighting

Moon and Reflection
The Moon admires her reflection

Bridge Across Space
A bridge across space, from one world to another

Playing Shuttleboard
DECK SPORTS The open space and smooth hard surface of the ships deck fit it admirably for the popular game of SHUTTLEBOARD

Bootes Star Map
The constellation of Bootes - holding a club in his right hand and leading two hounds with his left. The beautiful hair of Berenice, daughter of Ptolemy is seen on the right

Guard Star Map
Constellaton showing Camelopardalis (giraffe), Tarandus (deer) and Custos Messum (guard) with his staff and scythe

Hercules Star Map
Hercules and Corona Borealis constellation

Swan Etc Star Map
Lizard, swan, lyre, fox and goose star constellation

Poniatowski Star Map
The Polish astronomer Poniatowski, with the Taurus the bull, shield and serpent constellation he discovered in the 18th century

Caesar Becomes a Comet
GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR The murdered statesman is given a new lease of life by Aphrodite, who turns him into a comet who will illuminate the skies as he did the Earth

Ke Tsiolkovsky / Gilzin
KONSTANTIN EDUARDOVICH TSIOLKOVSKY Russian scientist, pioneer of space travel

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