Gold in the Sky – Amazing Science Fiction Stories, September 1958
Cover art for Alan E. Nourse's 'Gold in the Sky,' featured as the new novel in this issue. A silver-suited astronaut stands over a fallen, red-suited companion sprawled face-down in lunar dust, his cracked helmet nearby, while gold ingots litter the barren regolith. Slender rocket towers rise against a deep blue sky. The scene evokes the issue's cover blurb 'Cry from a Far Planet,' blending space-mining intrigue with Golden Age pulp menace and a stark extraterrestrial palette.
A murdered miner face-down in space-dust surrounded by gold bricks while a surviving spaceman makes off with loot — this cover packs a noir murder mystery, resource greed, and alien-world atmosphere into a single charged tableau. The blood-spattered helmet and cold mercenary stare push the pulp energy well above average.
“CRY FROM A FAR PLANET MAC 9 SEPTEMBER, 1958 AMAZING SCIENCE FICTION STORIES SEPTEMBER GOLD IN THE SKY NEW ALAN E. NOURSE NOVEL 35¢ VOL. 32 NO. 9 A ZIFF DAVIS PUBLICATION”
