• By Charlie Jane Anders
    May 6, 2008 12:26 PM 1,973
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    Soviets Lost Cold War, Won Pulp Scifi Sweepstakes

    In the heady days before Sputnik, the Soviet Union was bursting with enthusiasm for space travel and the conquest of big-headed aliens with tentacles coming off their faces. Dark Roasted Blend has posted a gallery of pulpy Soviet scifi art that's full of speed lines, light rays, spaceships, giant robots and killer aliens. Click through for our favorite Soviet futuristic art blasts.

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