Lots of my earlier posts display interior illustrations from Astounding Science Fiction from the 40s and 50s (particularly the year 1950). With this post, I’m revisiting that theme…
…here’s an illustration by Edmund Emshwiller for Raymond F. Jones’ tale “Academy for Pioneers”, which appears on page 114 of this issue. (Is that a GoPro mount on the front of the astronauts’ helmets?!) This story has never been anthologized, while the cover story, “The Missionaries”, was only republished in 1972.
And, the magazine’s rear cover, with an advertisement for the Science-Fiction book club…
