Frank R. Paul's Dimensional Fate – Wonder Stories August 1932
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Frank R. Paul's Dimensional Fate – Wonder Stories August 1932

Classic Frank R. Paul gouache work, identifiable by his vivid primary-color palette, crystalline alien landscapes, and dynamic figure composition. Two men in business attire hurtle through a dimensional portal on a flat platform above a wild alien terrain of towering polychrome crystal spires, pursued by a winged creature, while an enormous glowing sun dominates the crimson sky. Paul's signature ability to make the bizarre feel viscerally urgent gives this cover its breathless, horizon-expanding energy.

Category: Magazine Cover
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Artist: Frank R. Paul
Era: Pulp Era (1920s-1940s)
Decade: 1930s
Country: United States
Coolness: 8/10

More Flash Gordon than Buck Rogers — the crystal alien spires, dimensional portal, and winged pursuer pile on spectacle with gleeful abandon. Paul turns a simple escape scene into a chromatic fever of alien wonder.

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THE BEST IN SCIENCE FICTION WONDER Stories HUGO GERNSBACK EDITOR August "DIMENSIONAL FATE" by A. L. Burkholder 25¢ GERNSBACK PUBLICATIONS

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