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Space Cowboys and a Disco Death Star in Soviet Star Wars Art

Lauren Davis — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:00:00 PST

These hand-drawn movie posters from the Soviet Union paint a much more surreal version of Star Wars than the familiar epic posters. In lieu of spaceships and stormtroopers, we get a horse-riding space cowboy and cat-like Darth Vader. [via Neatorama]

Soviets Lost Cold War, Won Pulp Scifi Sweepstakes

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:26:00 PDT

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.

[Dark Roasted Blend]

1970s Soviet Alien Architecture

Lisa Katayama — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:40:00 PDT

French photojournalist Frederic Chaubin likes to take photographs of science-fictiony Soviet architecture from the 1970s and 80s. During that era, the Soviets erected several formidable buildings that look like cities you'd see on an alien world. Pictured here is a strangely organic-looking wedding palace which is located in Georgia. More U.S.S.R. spaceportecture below.

This is a holiday center in the Ukraine.

This government building in Georgia was inspired by a sketch of an imaginary city. Images by Frederic Chaubin

Frederic Chaubin main page via PingMag