(Dean Ellis’ cover for the 1970 edition of Eight Against Utopia (1967), Douglas R. Mason)

Part II of my sci-fi art series on domed cities of the future (perhaps doomed as well) — part I.

Glass-domed against pollution, the ravages of evil space creatures, the vacuum of space (below: April, 1954 edition of If), adverse climates/atmospheres (below: The Sands of Mars, Trouble on Titan)? Or, nagging fears that something might come — whatever it might be. And of course, to keep people in (above: Eight Against Utopia). Some of these seemingly fragile domes contain devastating weapons (below: The Lunar Eye), or are part of a vast computer network (below: Matrix), or contain the last remnants of a previous metropolis (below: The Years of the City)

Some truly wonderful works of art…. Are any of the books worth reading? My father tolerated Eight Against Utopia (1967) and I have a copy in my to read pile. Clarke’s The Sands of Mars (1951) was simplistic but enjoyable. I know little about the others…

Enjoy!

(Ed Emshwiller’s cover for the 1964 edition of The Lunar Eye (1964), Robert Moore Williams)

(Paul Lehr’s cover for the 1970 edition of Matrix (1970), Douglas R. Mason)

(Paul Lehr’s cover for the 1985 edition of The Years of the City (1984), Frederik Pohl)

(Gordon C. Davies’ cover for the 1982 edition of The Sands of Mars (1951), Arthur C. Clarke)

(Ed Valigursky’s cover for the 1967 edition of Trouble on Titan (1954), Alan E. Nourse)

(Ken Fagg’s cover for the 1954 April edition of If)

(David Mattingly’s cover for the 1995 edition of The Years of the City (1984), Frederik Pohl)

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