Literature Pick #52

The Death-Traps of FX-31
by Sewell Peaslee Wright
From the March 1933 issue of Astounding Stories, this is an exciting work of science fiction featuring Wright's recurring character Commander John Hanson - a character starring in ten stories from 1930 to 1933. 

Cornelis van Dalem painting

Landscape with Farm
by Cornelis van Dalem
1564
Oil on Panel
40.6" x 50.3"
16th century Flemish painter born in Antwerp

Literature Pick #51

The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds
by George Henry Weiss (using his pen name Francis Flagg)
An exciting, action-packed science fiction short story from the January 1932 issue of Astounding Stories. 

Thomas Jones painting

An Imaginary Coast Scene, with the Temple of Venus at Baiae
by Thomas Jones (1742-1803)
British Landscape Artist
1773, oil on canvas (19.02" x 24.02")

Literature Pick #50

The Undersea Tube
by L. Taylor Hansen
An imaginative science fiction short story from the November 1929 issue of Amazing Stories.

Hendrik Voogd painting

Italian Landscape with Stone Pines
by Hendrik Voogd
1807
oil on canvas
40" × 54.5"
Dutch artist born in Amsterdam

Literature Pick #49

The Ultimate Experiment
by Thornton DeKy
A wondrous futuristic science fiction short story from the July 1941 issue of Comet.