Visions of Spaceflight by Frederick Ordway, Four Walls Eight Windows,
£35, ISBN 1568581815
LONG before the space programme began, Frederick Ordway III stumbled across a
copy of the 1940s pulp magazine Amazing Stories. The futuristic images stuck in
Ordway’s mind. He began to hoard pulps, amassing an unrivalled collection of
rare illustrated books on space.
Visions of Spaceflight is the result of his obsession—a beautiful
collection of space art. As a showcase of little-known images, the book would be
sensational enough, but it has added authority. Ordway was one of the 1950s
space pioneers, along with rocket engineer Wernher…
