The Conquest of Space

The Conquest of Space
Author Willy Ley
Illustrator Chesley Bonestell
Genre Speculative science
The Beta Lyrae binary in the sky of an airless planet, after the painting by Chesley Bonestell.

The Conquest of Space is a 1949 speculative science book written by Willy Ley and illustrated by Chesley Bonestell. The book contains a portfolio of paintings by Bonestell depicting the possible future exploration of the solar system, with explanatory text by Ley.

Some of Bonestell's designs inspired the look of George Pal's 1955 science fiction movie Conquest of Space, which also takes its title from the book, but uses it as a framework on which to hang a melodramatic plot. Bonestell's illustrations of the Moon in The Conquest of Space were also used by Hergé as a basis for his illustrations of the lunar surface in The Adventures of Tintin comic, Explorers on the Moon.[1]

Of the 58 illustrations by Bonestell in Conquest, most had been published previously, in color, in magazines.[2]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ A comic book, the Cold War, and the Moon
  2. ↑ "Bonestell Color Illustrations Index." collectspace.com. Retrieved: January 14, 2015.

Bibliography

  • Ley, Willy. The Conquest of Space. New York: Viking, 1949. Pre-ISBN era.


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