THE COSMIC COMPUTER (1977)Acrylic on Illustration Board - 28" x 18"The abandonment of the Apollo program tracks pretty well with the erosion of interest in real science fiction.

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THE COSMIC COMPUTER (1977)
Acrylic on Illustration Board - 28" x 18"

The abandonment of the Apollo program tracks pretty well with the erosion of interest in real science fiction. I’m not talking about Fantasy SF, like Star Wars; that’s a different matter altogether. 1/4

#sciencefiction #scifi #scifiart #illustration #hbeampiper

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But the idea that science would guarantee a better future has been a hard sell in literature.

Science fiction became so dystopian, it got to be a bummer. And how could it NOT be a bummer? Who really thinks the world is going to be a better place in the future? 2/4

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THE COSMIC COMPUTER (1977)Acrylic on Illustration Board - 28" x 18"The abandonment of the Apollo program tracks pretty well with the erosion of interest in real science fiction.

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