Enjoyed this thanks. The older bro is a fan too & I read some of his books/comics/mags, plus I would tag along at wknd flicks here in ChCh. I'm not a fan as such but I have certainly enjoyed the Dune series and Minority Report is a favourite flick, Bladerunner of course. We all remember seeing Kubrick's works. The 'lurid' posters were part of the appeal I thought David? Pulp Fiction & all that.
Oh I quite agree about the lurid posters. They were typical of the time. The Forbidden Planet one is very amusing - evil robot carting scantily clad female - the ultimate horroe exceeded only by the Terminator!
You've reminded me of Man Magazine...in the 60s my family stayed with friends in Q'Town in their Frankton crib every Aug hols. Us kids would sleep in 'the bunkhouse' on the property. Lou, the owner kept his reading materials in it and our sex ed was augmented by perusing them, haha! The 'olds' clearly thought they were harmless.
Interesting thanks. I'm not huge on science fiction but I like Jack Vance's take on it. In the short story collection of his that I partly read, the cynicism of the characters was huge; whether it was speculating on real estate on the moon or mining remote planets, they were exploring space for one reason only - to make a packet. No noble 'to go where no man has gone before' motives that's for sure.
Enjoyed this thanks. The older bro is a fan too & I read some of his books/comics/mags, plus I would tag along at wknd flicks here in ChCh. I'm not a fan as such but I have certainly enjoyed the Dune series and Minority Report is a favourite flick, Bladerunner of course. We all remember seeing Kubrick's works. The 'lurid' posters were part of the appeal I thought David? Pulp Fiction & all that.
Oh I quite agree about the lurid posters. They were typical of the time. The Forbidden Planet one is very amusing - evil robot carting scantily clad female - the ultimate horroe exceeded only by the Terminator!
You've reminded me of Man Magazine...in the 60s my family stayed with friends in Q'Town in their Frankton crib every Aug hols. Us kids would sleep in 'the bunkhouse' on the property. Lou, the owner kept his reading materials in it and our sex ed was augmented by perusing them, haha! The 'olds' clearly thought they were harmless.
Good grief - I had forgotten about that mag. Perhaps my memory of it was obliterated when Playboy arrived.
Man gave way to Mad for us tho the bro would buy dad a Playboy for xmas.
...& an Omni mag.
Interesting thanks. I'm not huge on science fiction but I like Jack Vance's take on it. In the short story collection of his that I partly read, the cynicism of the characters was huge; whether it was speculating on real estate on the moon or mining remote planets, they were exploring space for one reason only - to make a packet. No noble 'to go where no man has gone before' motives that's for sure.
I have Vance's Complete Lyonnesse in my reading pile. His output was prodigous.