Sunday, July 21, 2013

Literature Pick #59

The Anglers of Arz
by Roger D. Aycock (using the pen name Roger Dee)
A marvelous science fiction short story from the January 1953 issue of If: Worlds of Science Fiction.

Friday, July 19, 2013

Johann Christian Vollerdt painting

Ideal Italian Landscape
by Johann Christian Vollerdt (1708–1769)
German Artist
1760, Oil on Canvas, 24.6" x 30.5"

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Literature Pick #58

Reluctant Genius
by Henry Slesar (under the pen name O. H. Leslie)
A short science fiction story from the January 1957 issue of Amazing Stories.

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Giuseppe Zais painting

Landscape with Ruins and Archway
by Giuseppe Zais (1709-1784)
Italian landscape painter born in Forno di Canale
1730, oil on canvas, 38.2" x 57.9"

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Literature Pick #57

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
by M. R. James
A classic collection of gothic horror short stories from a legendary author.

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Ferdinand Kobell painting

River Landscape with Waterfall, Resting Hiker, Shepherd with Cows and Goats, as well as Three Travelers

by Ferdinand Kobell (1740-1799)

German painter and engraver who was born in Mannheim.

1777, Oil on Canvas, 29.3" x 37.9"

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Literature Pick #56

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

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

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")

Saturday, June 22, 2013

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.

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Andreas Achenbach painting

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

Sunday, June 16, 2013

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.

Friday, June 14, 2013

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"

Monday, June 10, 2013

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.

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo painting

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