“Mad Men” meets “Flash Gordon”

Megan Prelinger’s ( Prelinger Library ) new book, “Another Science Fiction: Advertising the Space Race 1957-1962” is due out on May 25 by Blast Books.

Prelinger’s book is inspired by a unique and potent period of space age art and graphic design featured in magazine ad campaigns of the 1950′s and 60′s and is very relevant to the current EKG exhibit, Brower Propulsion Laboratory: BPL-003, Moranic Mission To Montana.

Here is an excellent NYTimes book review  with an accompanying slide show showing some of the original advertisements.