I don't know what it says about me that I clicked on "slutty," "goofy," and "tacky." In that order. posted by L. Fitzgerald Sjoberg at 11:59 PM on November 11, 2006
Hey, "The Miracle Workers"! I own that issue. Thanks for the post, mediareport! posted by interrobang at 12:01 AM on November 12, 2006
These are a lot of fun. I'd like to see them out in a book full-size. posted by Twang at 12:02 AM on November 12, 2006
I have a hunch it'll teach us all we ever need to know about psychology. Or marketing. Or something. posted by j-dub at 12:30 AM on November 12, 2006
*sighs with happiness and settles in to browse* posted by infini at 12:31 AM on November 12, 2006
Check the author's name at top left on this one. He never stopped writing SF, but he started making a lot more money from it. posted by jam_pony at 12:35 AM on November 12, 2006
Check out the author's name at the bottom of that one. "Manly Wade Wellman". Wow. And he has a Website. posted by honest knave at 12:44 AM on November 12, 2006
A lot of the covers from 1954-59 have a weirddesignelementadded in the upper left corner that appears to have nothing to do with the rest of the image. It's neat once you notice it. posted by mediareport at 12:51 AM on November 12, 2006
About this asspounding anal-log cover: I like the "inappropriate" at the bottom (did I say bottom?) right. posted by pracowity at 2:59 AM on November 12, 2006
I don't know what it says about me that I clicked on "slutty," "goofy," and "tacky." In that order.
Like a moth on a zipline to a flame with a homing beacon on it, I went to slutty.
And I was expecting more. Probably says something too. posted by Cyrano at 5:50 AM on November 12, 2006
There was a used book store at home that had tons of the forties and fifties issues when I was a teen-ager and I should have snatched them up then. I did buy this Heinlein and a Frank Herbert and this one and a few others (and some Galaxy's) but I kick myself that I didn't buy more. posted by octothorpe at 6:02 AM on November 12, 2006
Great stuff. I have a lot of ASFs from the forties (see list here), mostly in pretty bad shape but still fun to flip through; the bulk of my issues from the '50s and '60s seem to have gotten lost over the years and moves, alas. I clicked on "slutty" first, and was shocked—shocked!—to see such an image on such a notoriously prudish magazine. On which, an anecdote:
Campbell was an extremely puritanical editor, and ruthlesly excised any reference, no matter how obscure or oblique, to The Facts of Life. One SF writer decided to test Campbell, by mentioning in a short story, as if it were a science-fiction-y futuristic detail, that one of the characters had just acquired a ball-bearing mousetrap. A few pages later, it is mentioned that the mousetrap is in fact a tom-cat. This is believed to be the only reference to s that ever appeared in Astounding Stories during Campbell's editorship. posted by languagehat at 6:53 AM on November 12, 2006 [1 favorite]
I clicked Slutty, then Kinda, then worked back from there, FWIW. posted by BeerFilter at 7:04 AM on November 12, 2006
I am going to cherish the name Manly Wade Wellman for the rest of my days. Hell, I might try to chase down one of his books just to have it on the shelf.
(oh, and slutty, creepy, then goofy.) posted by Bookhouse at 7:46 AM on November 12, 2006
My partner started reading Sci Fi as a teen ager because of the BEM and torn bodice covers on SF mags. Her love of both SF and women has survived the decades.
Great story, Languagehat. posted by QIbHom at 7:54 AM on November 12, 2006
I clicked on them in the precise order that mediareport gave them to us. I'm good at following directions. posted by arcticwoman at 9:37 AM on November 12, 2006
I dunno, I went with slutty then kinda, and thought the guy was drawn better than the girl. Then I saw the weird bug/african mask one and was happy with that. posted by Talanvor at 10:53 AM on November 12, 2006
Did no one else click Kinda first??! posted by gorgor_balabala at 11:08 AM on November 12, 2006
Oops, yes, yes I did go with Kinda first. For some reason I thought the guy was tied to slutty more, ha! posted by Talanvor at 11:24 AM on November 12, 2006
All but three of these are Foundation stories or serials. posted by Target Practice at 12:11 PM on November 12, 2006
Found it! Browsing covers on the list of other mags, I found my personal holy grail of sci-fi mag covers. I saw it a year or two ago and thought it was a total wish-fulfillment hoot.
Try the Galaxy archive, he published a lot for them. posted by mediareport at 12:14 PM on November 12, 2006
Yeah, I know. But he published a lot more in Astounding. Most of them didn't get the cover, though, it seems. posted by Target Practice at 12:15 PM on November 12, 2006
Here's an alternate way to browse the same covers:
http://www.coverpop.com/pop/visco/ posted by jbum at 9:42 PM on November 12, 2006
Rogers' cover for Lawrence O'Donnell's (Henry Kuttner's and Catherine L. Moore's) Fury is one of my all-time favorites. And Frank Kelly Freas' martian is probably the best alien ever.
(Interesting Freas trivia: "Freas was commissioned to paint ... more than 500 saints' portraits for the Franciscans executed simultaneously with his portraits of Alfred E. Neuman ("What? Me Worry?") for Mad.") posted by octobersurprise at 6:05 AM on November 13, 2006
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