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Anyone else remember these prints/posters?
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Lost In Place
2013-06-26 16:24:08 UTC
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When I was a kid in Philadelphia, back in the late 1970s/early 1980s, the local “Five and Dime” store had a bunch of posters for sale. They were all science-fiction in theme, but not tied to any movie...or to any book that I’ve personally seen. I’ve been trying to track them down, without any luck, in recent years.

There was probably a dozen of these posters all told, but only two of them really remain in my memories, and even those are a little vague.

One showed a crashed ship on a desolate planet; in the distance, a silhouette of some sort of flying creature could be seen, with a piece of the wreckage in its talons.

The other, which adorned my wall for many years, showed three white starships in orbit around a planet; one of them was firing on another, and blowing a hole in it.

I'd love to see these again, and to figure out who the artist was. Anyone have any memory of these prints?

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Steve Firth
2013-06-26 19:58:07 UTC
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Post by Lost In Place
When I was a kid in Philadelphia, back in the late 1970s/early 1980s, the
local “Five and Dime” store had a bunch of posters for sale. They were
all science-fiction in theme, but not tied to any movie...or to any book
that I’ve personally seen. I’ve been trying to track them down, without
any luck, in recent years.
There was probably a dozen of these posters all told, but only two of
them really remain in my memories, and even those are a little vague.
One showed a crashed ship on a desolate planet; in the distance, a
silhouette of some sort of flying creature could be seen, with a piece of
the wreckage in its talons.
The other, which adorned my wall for many years, showed three white
starships in orbit around a planet; one of them was firing on another,
and blowing a hole in it.
I'd love to see these again, and to figure out who the artist was.
Anyone have any memory of these prints?
They sound like Kelly Freas covers for Analog from 1972-74 (ish). The
flying creature one sounds like the cover for a Poul Anderson novel
serialised at that time - cant remember the title it featured feathered
intelligent creatures with lips and teeth. It's also very similar to one of
the Ace paperback covers for a Nick van Rijn story by Anderson.
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