My original tumblr post was here. This April 1940 edition of the magazine Strange Stories advertises “‘One Man’s Hell,” a weird novelet of a Tortured Soul, by Eli Colter.” It was first posted by Pulp Covers.
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Tumblr favorite #2401: I’ll bet he dreamed of Kria
My original tumblr post was here. This image was first posted on tumblr by Sci-Fi Covers with the explanatory text “Science Stories No. 2, December 1953: Virgil Finlay illustration for John Bloodstone’s ‘Potential Zero’.” It comes to us via erotiterrorist.
Tumblr favorite #2400: The things from outer space
My original tumblr post was here. This image is an illustration by Virgil Finlay for a novel Things Pass By by Murray Leinster that appeared in the Winter 1955 edition of Fantastic Story Magazine. You can download the whole issue (CBZ file, about 95MB) here via the website Pulp Covers. The image bears the caption “The Things from deep space were moving toward the sun…and Dirk Braddock knew that they would destroy human civilization!” The image was originally posted by Not Pulp Covers.
Tumblr favorite #2399: Technology marches onward; society stands still
My original tumblr post was here. This image was posted by Raiders of the Lost Tumblr who identifies it as “The Perfect Secretary by Jon Laurell[,] Sir! vol 11 #5, 1954.”
Tumblr favorite #2390: Beware, evildoers! Captain Future will get you with his bagel gun.
My original tumblr post was here. This set of images of Captain Future was first posted by drechyng and comes to us via samwanda.
Tumblr favorite #2383: Martian carry
My original tumblr post was here. This image was originally posted on tumblr by Monsters in Love, who identifies it as being from a “…[p]aperback edition of John Carter of Mars from 1972.”
Tumblr favorite #2380: Lyre and ray-gun
My original tumblr post was here. This cove of Planet Stories from March 1953 seems to have an awful lot going on. According to the Internet Speculative Fiction Database the cover art is by Allan Anderson. It was originally posted on tumblr by spicyhorror.
Tumblr favorite #2368: Death by snu-snu!
My original tumblr post was here. This image was first posted by Sci-Fi Covers with the comment “Death by snu-snu!” and the more sober identifying information “Infinity Science Fiction, March 1958. Cover by Ed Emshwiller.” The cover art appears to illustrate a story “She Was Made for Love” by Robert Sheckley. The image comes to us via reginaldjuice.
Tumblr favorite #2364: More ray guns versus tentacles
MY original tumblr post was here. This image is the cover of Future Fiction Vol 1 No 2, March 1940. Cover by J. W. Scott, so identified by its original poster Sci-Fi Covers. The Speculative Fiction Database entry for this issue is here. The image comes to us via twofistedpulp.