This one-page illustration by Finlay gives us a closer view of an astronaut. Akin to the previous Amazing Stories post, like the spaceships in the background – more works of art than mere space going vehicles – the explorer is presented in an idealized form.
Having read “Thunder In Space” some years ago, I recall it as being a taught, well-told, suspenseful tale, redolent of the early 60s: amidst the (first?!) Cold War.
Illustration by Virgil W. Finlay for “Thunder In Space” by Lester del Rey
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“Thunder in Space”, at…