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Raygun Gothic
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Raygun Gothic refers to any creative work from 1900 through about 1959, predicting the future before it became possible. Think rockets and rayguns, flying cars and futuristic cities - especially if the vision never quite panned out in reality. We find this aesthetic in product design, book covers, films, radio & TV. "A tomorrow that never was". The same style as in the Fallout games, The Jetsons and so on but focused on the time period through the 50s.
See also: Raygun Gothic at TVTropes
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Cover of the book: The Exile Of Time by Ray Cummings
Not sure who the artist was.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6319967-the-exile-of-time
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Send em to school in a self-flying car.
ETA: Found some background info on the art:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-adventures-in-coloring-1959.html
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This first cover after the magazine changed its name from Weird Science-Fantasy.
The artist is Jack Davis.
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