Friday, September 13, 2019

Mars, the Mysterious Planet : Astral adventures (1954)





Some Italian children's science fiction today.  I really like the illustrations in this book. They seem very much of the moment in the early 1950s when everything space-age was being made for children. 

 Chiarelli, Riccardo. Illustrated by Guido Lagna.   Marte Il Pianeta Misterioso : Avventure astrali (Mars the Mysterious Planet: Astral Adventures). Toroino : Societa Editrice Internazionale.  (231 p.) 22 cm. 1954.






 Maybe my favorite illustration is "Cowboys and Flying saucers"





DID IT REALLY HAPPEN OR WAS IT ALL A DREAM?
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1 comment:

  1. KalebergSeptember 19, 2019 at 6:28 PM

    Thanks for sharing that. The art was great. People forget Italy played an important part in 20th century futurism. I think it peaked with Olivetti's computers, but it was pretty cool in its day. This book is a nice example of the style.

    Was that "wretched" or "mysterious"?

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