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Dreams of Space - Books and Ephemera

Non-fiction children's space flight stuff 1945-1975.

  • By John Sisson
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Most recent posts

The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting …
On , by John Sisson, 67 words
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was …
On , by John Sisson, 98 words
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian …
On , by John Sisson, 57 words