"NO POST JULY"

Sorry to have fallen off of the face of the Earth....

I have had a number of work and personal issues that have kept me from getting to my blog.  I will resume in August so hang in there and I will return.

Dreams of Space after 2 Years!

It hardly seems like another year but thanks to my loyal viewers "Dreams of Space --Books and Ephemera" blog celebrates its second year on February 2.

When I started it really was a way for me to do something else with my collection. By profession I am a librarian and feel compelled to share things.  Thank you for being my audience as my not-so-detailed text accompanied some of my favorite images of spaceflight.

The blog has given me an excuse to buy a few more things as well as a place to have a conversation about some of the cool books we remember.

I especially thank some of my friends in Europe who have shared their knowledge and comments as I stumble across items you are all much more familiar with.  I appreciate people sharing their knowledge and encouraging me that there are more than a few of us "nutters" out there dreaming of space.

I will keep sharing items since I still keep finding more I want to share.  Each object has a story and I thank you for giving me the chance to tell the story.  And next up is your "First Vacation on the Moon" a book I am sure most of you have never seen. Bonjour!

Happy Holidays from My Room

Marx space men, Lego Saturn V, Ribbons from 1969, C.S, Hammond poster, Mir Space Station

This will be my last post of this year so I thought I would invite you all over to my room for a party!  My house does not have a lot of wall space so I have decorated my office instead.  Most people's reaction upon entering is silence as they try to take in what a BIG spaceflight fan I am.

Lenticulars from Vari-vue, W. C. Jones, Asahi Trading Co., Reaver Ship from Serenity,

I have been slowly gathering lenticular postcards of spaceflight and especially the moon landing so this "gallery" is one of my favorite things to look at.

"Space Age", Tin-tin, Snowy, Marx astronaut, Lego Lunar Module, K'nex Apollo 15 Lunar Lander

Here is my "Space Age 1959" poster that I blogged about last spring. In front of it is my lunar module and various space explorers.

Robbie, Dalec, Alien, Lunar Lander

Here you see a collection of assorted robots to the left, a box of Kellogg's Corn Flakes that had the "Man in Space" patches I adored as a child, and just a hint of a "Tomorrowland" game.  Behind it all is the wonderful poster of all the fictional spaceships made by the authors of the Spaceship Handbook,  Jack Hagerty and  Jon C. Rogers. Seriously if you don't have that book you need to ask Santa for it soon!

Spy Satellite editorial cartoon, Spaceship one photo, Cover of Man-made Satellites by John Polgreen, Collier's Oct 18, 1952, Flight to the Moon Scrapbook, Mission Space preview pass, 6th anniversary OC Girl Scout celebration

My "space wall". This is a mixture of space related things my kids have done along with images from Disney, Bonestell, Polgreen, and Spaceship 1.

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Below my wall are a few of my favorite space books. I swap them out every once in a while since I love the covers.  If I had the space I suppose I would display all my books this way.

Another piece of comic art that I love. This was the advertisement for a comic called "Race for the Moon".  It was drawn and sent to the printer about two weeks after Sputnik 1 went up. I really like the feeling I get from it being at the dawn of the space age.

Finally another favorite poster: "Librarian in Space". I work in an academic library as a biology librarian and was really happy when one of the academic publishers made posters about librarians helping different scientists out. They had undersea, cave exploration, and finally one in space.  I know it doesn't actually picture a real librarian but I can "Dream of space" can't I? 

Happy holidays.