Literary Art and Illustration

The March 18, 1967 issue of Algol (Algol #12, that is) includes four articles about, and two by, Harlan Ellison….

“How Harlan Ellison Came To Be So Honored“, by William Rotsler
“Harlan Ellison“, by Lee Hoffman
“Harlan Ellison“, by Ted White
“The Jet-Propelled Birdbath“, by Robert Silverberg
“Books” and “Words“, by Harlan Ellison
“A Time For Daring“, by Harlan Ellison

And, the cover features this great impression of Ellison (“from a photograph”) by Jack Gaughan…

Visions of Danger

Harlan Jay Ellison, at…

… Wikipedia

… Wikiquote

… Harlan Ellison . com

… FindAGrave

… Internet Speculative Fiction Database

… Memory-Alpha

… Internet Movie Database

… Project Gutenberg (“Glow Worm”)

… Fantastic Fiction

… Good Reads

… National Public Radio (Obituary)

… The Hollywood Reporter

… Vox . Com

… Screen Rant (“James Cameron’s Terminator Script Lawsuit & Controversy Explained”)

… The New Yorker (“The Return of “The Oscar,” an Unseeable, Unwatchable Flop”)

… Gizmodo (“Harlan Ellison Wrote One of the Best Daredevil Stories Ever”)

… CBR . Com (“Star Trek: Why Harlan Ellison Wanted His Name Taken Off a Classic Episode”)

“It’s us, Scharber…”

I’ve not yet read “Dawn of the Demigods” from the Summer ’54 Planet Stories – it’s never been anthologized – but, well, I do like Herman Vestal’s lead illustration…

____________________

Cover by Frank Kelly Freas

____________________

…which is very unusual, for the era, in its depiction of spacesuit. Rather than the elongated-cylinder-with-a-faceplate not uncommonly found in space art of the 50s, Vestal’s illustration evokes the bulbous helmets worn by Apollo astronauts … specifically, while inside the Command Module and LEM (rather than the Primary / Portable Life Support System used while on the lunar surface). This is in terms of being molded as a single piece with 360-degree visibility, without antenna or other protrusions sticking out. Vestal’s astronaut is also wearing a “Snoopy” type head covering with integral earphones, and, a microphone in front. Hmmm… Come to think of it, there is a certain Buzz Lightyear look going on here!