Army, rising to the rank of sergeant as an air corps weatherman. After this period, from 1943 to 1945, Pohl served in the U.S. Pohl edited both Astonishing Stories and Super Science Stories between 19 and whilst many of his own stories appeared in these two pulp magazines they were never under his own name. Using various pseudonyms, Pohl began writing in the late 1930s, his first published work being a poem titled “Elegy to a Dead Planet: Luna”, which appeared in the October 1937 issue of Amazing Stories. But by the time Mitch has finished, they will be queuing to get on board the spaceships.įrederik Pohl had an extensive career as both a writer and editor spanning over seventy years. It’s a hellhole, and nobody who knew anything about it would dream of signing up. Now Schoken Associates, one of the big players, has a new challenge for star copywriter Mitch Courtenay. It is the 22th Century, an advertisement-drenched world in which the big ad agencies dominate governments and everything else.

The colour and depth are amazing, it’s definitely one of our favorite Adrian Chesterman book covers from this period. A city that is dominated by advertising and consumer culture. Chesterman really manages to bring to life the 22nd Century city that is featured in the novel. Most of Adrian Chesterman’s science-fiction book covers in the late 70s and early 80s often featured people or faces as a central part of the image, but his work here departs from this trend and instead portrays a huge futuristic city, grand in its scope. This is a classic Chesterman airbrushed image, epic in scope and steeped in atmosphere. Published in 1979.Īdrian Chesterman is the artist responsible for this beautiful and vivid book cover. ‘The Space Merchants‘ by Pohl & Kornbluth with book cover by Adrian Chesterman.

The space merchants