Literature Pick #56

Egocentric Orbit
by John Cory
A science fictional short story from the May 1960 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.

Ferdinand Knab paintings

Lake Landscape with Temple Ruins (1898) Oil on Canvas (25.6" x 19.7")

The Castle Portal (1881) Oil on Canvas (13.4" x 10.0")

Ruins of Taormina (1870) Oil on Canvas (19.3" x 24.2")

Landscape of Ruins (1888) Oil on Canvas (25.2" x 20.5")

Palace on a Mountain Lake (1876) Oil on Canvas (40.9" x 53.1")

Literature Pick #55

Fee of the Frontier 
by Horace Brown Fyfe
A wondrous science fiction short story from the August 1960 issue of Amazing Stories.

Andreas Achenbach painting

Landscape in Hesse
by Andreas Achenbach (1815-1910)
1868, oil on panel, 20.5" x 30.7"
German landscape painter

First Picture of Earth by Marié Digby

A beautiful song by the talented singer-songwriter Marié Digby, with a wonderfully evocative video, this is music that touches the soul with its heart.

Literature Pick #54

Foundling on Venus
by John de Courcy and Dorothy de Courcy
A wonderful science fiction short story from the March 1954 issue of Fantastic Universe.

John Cleveley the Elder painting

The yawl of the 'Luxborough Galley' arriving in Newfoundland, 7 July 1727
by John Cleveley the Elder (c.1712–1777)
English marine artist from Southwark
circa 1727
19.5" × 25.6"

Literature Pick #53

The Skull
by Philip K. Dick
A time travel story from a legend of the science fiction genre, first published in the September 1952 issue of If: Worlds of Science Fiction.

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo painting

Peasants at Rest
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804)
from Venice
1757
Fresco

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