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“Space is a Province of Brazil”
A lot of 1950s science fiction novels predicted Brazil would become a super-power, either the only one remaining on earth, or a rival to the Soviet Union and United States.
This is mainly because the cold war should more accurately be divided into two halves, and in the earlier, more frightening phase of the cold war in the 50s and 60s, atomic war was taken as an absolute inevitability. If so, it stood to reason that southern hemisphere countries like Brazil would be the ones to take the lead in space travel right afterward, as the Northern Hemisphere destroys itself. The best example of this is John Wyndham’s future history, “The Outward Urge” (also known as “The Troons of Space,” as it is an intergenerational story of the Troon Family). In that one, Brazil becomes a world power after the atomic wars. The bolsterous, self confident Brazilians in that one proclaim that “Space is a province of Brazil.”
Another example would be L. Sprague de Camp’s “Viagens Interplanetarias” or Planet Krishna stories, where Brazil’s rise is due (once again) to an atomic war that cleared the northern hemisphere, drugs from the Amazon Rain Forest, its position on the Equator allowing it to take the lead in space travel. The series gets its name from the Interplanetary Travel Company in Portuguese.
Australia, another southern hemisphere country, becomes a world power in a lot of future histories, but not as often as Brazil does. A good example of this would be Cordwainer Smith’s Norstrilia, a planet colonized by Australia that keeps alive the way of life of Australian rural sheep ranchers.
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Virgil Finlay, "The Sand Painters", Fantastic Universe, April 1957
#virgil finlay#fantastic#fantastic universe#pulp magazine#pulp art#scifi pulp#pulp scifi#50s art#50s pulp#50s scifi
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"In my father's day, a night operator, whose name he'd have known, could've told him who'd called. It would probably have been the only light on her board at that time of night, and she'd have remembered which one it was, because they were calling the doctor.
"But now we have dial phones, marvelously efficient, saving you a full second or more every time you call. Inhumanely perfect, and utterly brainless. And none of them will ever remember where a doctor is at night when a child is sick and needs him. Sometimes I think we're refining all humanity out of our lives."
-- The Body Snatchers, Jack Finney, 1955
#invasion of the body snatchers#the body snatchers#jack finney#50s scifi#now i'm curious about the transition away from phone operators#and if it was more or less upsetting than today's transition to 10-minute ai-voiced phone trees before you can speak with someone#modern inhuman refinements don't even save time#on the other hand we don't assume today that customer service are women and doctors are men (even tho this is still largely true)
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
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Terrific art!
The funniest thing about this image is that most Forbidden Planet posters/art use the “Robbie carrying Altaira” design despite the fact that it never happens in the movie. Robbie, while integral to the plot, spends more time distilling alcohol for a lush than doing stuff in the A Plot.
Anyway, watch the movie, it’s brilliant!
(via Forbidden Planet Remake by Slofkosky on DeviantArt)
#forbidden planet#robbie the robot#sci fi#sci fi movies#classic science fiction#50s scifi#50s movies
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Vincent Price and Patricia Cutts -
The Tingler (1959) dir. William Castle
#vincent price#the tingler#patricia cutts#classic horror#no one can throw shade like vincent#god hes hot#i want him to do unspeakable things to me#that is all#bicon#bisexual#horror classics#horror#William Castle#50s horror#scifi#sci-fi horror#old horror movies#vintage#movie#actor#handsome#gif#gifs made by me#gif set
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Artist: dietmar höpfl
#apocalypse#apocalyptic#dystopia#dystopian#postapocalypse#postapo#postapocalyptic#postapoc#wasteland#wastelands#fantasy#scifi#art#fallout#postnuclear#doomsday#preppers#urban decay#abandoned#urban exploration#urbex#abstract#abstract art#abstracart#1950s#1950s housewife#50s aesthetic#1950s aesthetic#50s#nuclear weapons
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FLESH EATING LESBIANS FROM OUTER SPACE 👽
IG: BattyDeville
#my art#artists on tumblr#illustration#battydeville#digital art#pinup#pinup art#50s pinup#vintage aesthetic#vintage art#alien#scifi#scifi art#retro futurism#retro horror#classic horror#retro comics#retro art#retro aesthetic#1960s movies#retro scifi#movie poster#queer#queer horror#1960s aesthetic#pulp fiction#pulp art#horror scifi#lesbian#queer art
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H.L. Falberg - A Star Reveals the Perpetrator (Ukrainian SSR, USSR, 1958)
artist: Georgy Malakov
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panther sci fi books from the 50s, 60s and 70s, from my grandfather's collection.
#sci fi#retro sci fi#vintage sci fi#retro science fiction#science fiction#sci fi novels#scifi#scifi aesthetic#pulp sci fi#pulp novels#50s#60s#70s
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A.J. Donnell’s 1950 unused cover for “First Lensman.”
His method of illustrating the Lens differs from how many other artists depict that wonder device.
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Lawrence Sterne Stevens, illustration for "Spawn of the Comet" by Otis Adelbert Kline, from "Fantastic Novels", June 1951
#scifi art#pulp art#pulp scifi#pulpscifi#pulp magazine#lawrence sterne stevens#50sart#50s art#50s scifi#vintage pulp art#vintage scifi
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#13 in a series based off old movie trailers
buy here on redbubble
#creature feature#retro#horror#scifi#science fiction#text#movie#movie quote#50s#film#movie trailer#b movie#flying saucers#at the movies
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Vintage Cake World - Pt 2
More images influenced by a vintage cake photo. The AI picked up on the vintage look of the cake photo and chose a vintage look even though I didn't specify one.
#retrofuturism#vintage core#retro scifi#scifiart#pink#50s#surreal#vintage#frosting#image prompt#retro aesthetic#1950s#YAN61#yan61#midjourney#ai artwork#betty crocker#floral
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Illustration by Robert C. Stanley
#robert c. stanley#robert c stanley#robert stanley#robert heinlein#universe#scifi#science fiction#sci fi#two heads#novella#paperback#dell book#paperbacks#book#books#book cover#book covers#illustration#illustrations#octavo#1950s#50s
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Vincent Price on filming The Fly (1958)
"We never could get it all out," said Vincent Price of the scene's filming. "We were playing this kind of philosophical scene, and every time that little voice [of the fly] would say 'Help me! Help me!' we would just scream with laughter. It was terrible. It took us about 20 takes to finally get it."
#vincent price#the fly#fly#movie#classic horror#quote#horror classics#scifi#scifi horror#science fiction#scifi movies#bts#behind the scenes#film#50s horror#vinny is so fucking gorgeous#just sayin#horror#old horror movies#vintage#BICON#actor#gif#gifs made by me#bicon#gifs#my gifs#spider#spiders#spider web
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