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Saucer Attack!: Pop Culture in the Golden Age of Flying Saucers

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First of all this book is not a serious examination of the topic of extraterrestrial visitors. What it is, is pure fun and a delight to read. The authors have done a remarkable job collecting images from pop culture (mostly from the 50's and 60's) dealing with the "flying saucer craze." You have covers from the science fiction pulps, from magazines such as Fate and Mystic, paperback covers, comic books, trading cards, toys, model kits, movie posters, records, lunch boxes- just about any artifact dealing with flying saucers and aliens. Every page is covered with multiple bright, beautiful images.

To be fair the text does also cover the origins of the phenomenon, as well as the early publicised sightings and personalities (Kenneth Arnold, Ray Palmer, Donald Kehoe, George Adamski, Buck Nelson, Bryant and Helen Reeve, etc.) And there are helpful, well-written, and informative descriptions of all the illustrations.

I was personally amazed at how much of this stuff that I owned and remembered. It brought back a lot of memories.

This is a fun, eye-popping look at flying saucer art through the decades. Comic books, magazines and paperbacks all jumped on the flying saucer bandwagon, both reflecting and reinforcing the public's interest. Even 50's movies like "Invasion of the Saucer Men" are covered in this book. There were a wealth of saucer-related toys, and they're discussed here, with copious photographs. Moreover, the text is light-hearted yet informative. You won't go wrong getting this one.

This book puts forth a variety of pop culture artifacts dealing with sci-fi's golden age in the 1950's. From pulp magazines to toys, the authors compile an enjoyable collection of items. For those interested in '50's sci-fi, this is a good read.

A collection of pictures mostly from the 50's pulp magazines and movie posters. Good nostalgic fun from an era (so described on the book's back cover) "when America was simultaneously more innocent and more paranoid!". My only complaint- it left me hungering for more!