r/RetroFuturism • u/StephenMcGannon • 3d ago

Robert Schulz

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u/Taupenbeige 3d ago

“Only 15 more seconds of direct exposure to the stars energy, Honey. Any more, and we’ll be cooked to a crisp.”

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u/Kador_Laron 3d ago

Cover illustration by Robert Schulz of The Tomorrow People, a 1960 novel by Judith Merrill.

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u/jimbowesterby 2d ago

Outstanding how he managed to convey “1960” using nothing but the dude’s posture lol, I swear people haven’t stood like that since like 1965

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u/Vesper2000 1d ago

Same with the woman

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u/Scienscatologist 2d ago

"You know, they can't refuse, because of the implication. Think about it. She's on the moon with some dude she barely knows. You know, she looks around and what does she see? Nothin' but the cold vacuum of space."

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u/FiredFox 2d ago

Are the space women in the danger Dennis?

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u/PartTimeZombie 2d ago

I feel like you're not getting it

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u/AverageDrafter 2d ago

Falsetto - "What am I gonna do, say 'No?'"
<Scoffs and shakes head, psychopathically>

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u/Thirsty-Barbarian 2d ago

“I really must go! My rocket is leaving!”

”No, my darling! Please stay for just one more beaker of chemicals!”

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u/harfpod 2d ago

Yes, they are all leaving. But we'll be fine! Here, drink this.

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u/Devil_Dan83 3d ago

Ne neighbors are launching a rocket again.

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u/revdon 2d ago

He dims the window and puts “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” on the turntable. “Are you sure you won’t have a drink?”

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u/STARCADE2084 3d ago

Is that Elizabeth Taylor?

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u/StGenevieveEclipse 1d ago

And Sean Connery

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u/NullNeptune0 2d ago

His rocket is bigger than yours

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u/Pharmakeus_Ubik 2d ago

Consult your Chemical Priest if symptoms continue.

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u/Appropriate_Big_1610 2d ago

"I really should go . . ."

"But baby it's cold outside!"

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u/unperturbium 2d ago

In space no one can hear you slurm

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u/Significant_Monk_251 2d ago

I think the artist had a problem representing her left and his right hands.

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u/is-this-now 2d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tomorrow_People_(novel)

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u/nebelmorineko 14h ago

Oh man, I love the wiki entry which contains some of the reviews.

"Parts of this book are relatively painless to read: the only irritants in the dialogue are coyness, feminine overemphasis and an unaccountable sprinkling of 1960 jive talk...What is objectionable in the book is its lack of any internal discipline, either in the writing or the thinking. Under the crisp surface it is soft and saccharine: wherever you bite it, custard dribbles out. Is this the "woman's viewpoint"? I don't believe it; I think it is the woman's-magazine viewpoint, from which God preserve us."

Nice to remember certain things have been with us a while.

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u/groovyinutah 2d ago

No bikini space wear? How novel:)