Virgil Finlay's Far Beyond

Overview:

  • Title: Virgil Finlay's Far Beyond
  • Author: Virgil Finlay
  • Year: 1995
  • ISBN-10: 1885611048
  • Publisher: Charles F. Miller
  • Price: $14.95
  • Pages: xii+132
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Non-fiction
  • Title Reference: Virgil Finlay's Far Beyond
  • Notes:
    • First Edition [This Publication Record].
    • No printing, printing date or printing number line in book.
    • This edition copyright ©1994 by Lail Finlay Hernandez.
    • Introduction copyright © 1972 and 1994 by Brian J. Frost. "(originally published in Shadow: Fantasy Literature Review, Issue 16, March 1972). Reprinted in Voices From Shadow, 1994 edited by David Sutton.
    • "Cover painting by Virgil Finlay for A Brand New World by Ray Cummings, 1942." Art signed at bottom left "Virgil Finlay".
    • All art is black and white (B&W), except cover. Art cited in contents is relevant to entries in ISFDB.
    • "Reconnaissance Ship Against the Sun" on page 1 is not attributed, nor any listings found.
    • A Place Like Eden on page 10 has no author or date. It is for the story of that title by H. B. Hickey in Fantastic Adventures, December 1948.
    • "Within the Venusian Atmosphere" on page 20 is not attributed, nor any listings found.
    • Conquest of the Moon Pool on page 21 is without a year to date it.
    • The Crystal Man on page 29, states J. G. Ballard, 1966. This is probably The Crystal World, but as yet ISFDB has no data on illustrations.
    • Too Late! by Hugo Gernsback, 1961 is not found at this time. Page 38.
    • Israfel by Edgar Allan Poe, 1938 is not found at this time. Page 46.
    • "Man on the Moon" on page 51 is without author or year, thus unable to attribute it.
    • Beside Still Waters on page 59 is also used as frontispiece in this book.
    • "Spaceport at Sunrise" on pages 66-7 is without author or year, thus unable to attribute it.
    • "Martian Canal" on pages 68-9 is without author or year, thus unable to attribute it.
    • A Tale of Fire by Lloyd Biggle, Jr, 1959 has no listings at this time. Page 72.
    • The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov, 1966 has no listings at this time. Page 79.
    • "Exploding Planets" is not attributed, nor are any listings found. Page 105.
    • Other art skipped because of lack of description or clue to their usage.