Covers: The Expendables

No, not those Expendables. These Expendables were a group of rogue space adventurers created by author Edmund Cooper (under the pen name of "Richard Avery") back in the 1970s.

The four book series was published by Fawcett, and all the volumes sported terrific cover art by Ken Kelly. Enjoy!

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Amazing Soviet Visions For The Future of Transportation

Tekhnika Molodezhi

Or "Technology for the Youth," is a Soviet and Russian monthly science magazine that's been published since 1933. Like its U.S. and French counterparts, Popular Mechanics or the Le Petite Journal, the magazine is famous for its spectacular covers—often depicting fantastic scenes from the possible future.

Zhrunalko–a russian site devoted to rare Soviet and Russian magazines–has an awesome collection of Tekhnika Molodezhi, where you can easily lose yourself amongst the amazing and weird Soviet visions of future. The following collection of 23 covers shows us what kind of transportation the Soviets dreaming about.

Terra (German Science Fiction Magazine)