Monday, October 29, 2012

The Last Hope of Earth, by Lan Wright



Well, Hurricane Sandy might have flooded large parts of New York City and plunged many residents into darkness. But at least conditions there aren’t as dire as those imagined by artist Jack Gaughan for this 1965 cover of a science-fiction novel by Lan Wright.

READ MORE:A Visual History of New York City’s Destruction in 200 Years of Fiction,” by Maria Popova (Brain Pickings).

1 comment:

chris said...

When I saw this cover, I immediately thought of this one.