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Science Fiction's Greatest Stolen Ideas
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Bizarre And Stunning Images From The Set Of Destination Moon
Life Magazine sent a photographer to take pictures on the set of Destination Moon, the 1950 film that Robert Heinlein worked on. They include on-set clowning, like this lunar ballet, but also stunning props. More »Future Dystopias Where Conservatives Have Won
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Look at the Russian cover for Robert Heinlein's Stranger In A Strange Land: It's like one of Caravaggio's Bible scenes: lurid, fiery, over-the-top and awesome. It should surprise nobody that Heinlein and Philip K. Dick were fantastically popular in the U.S.S.R., with their sharp social commentary and crazy plot devices. The Russian Science Fiction page (in English, luckily) has a bunch of Heinlein and Dick covers, and we have a gallery of our favorites below. More »