Keep Watching the Skies - American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties by Bill Warren is a massive two-volume set of tomes which give summaries and opinions of most every movie you can think of from the relevant era between 1950 and 1962. These are not just movies which were released in America, so Toho among others gets great coverage. The three flickers featured this month -- Konga, Gorgo and Reptilicus -- are included as well. My goal this month (and perhaps a bit beyond) is to try and see as many of these movies again. It's a mammoth, but exceedingly fun task.
These books have been published, revised and published again over the years. Above you can see the delightfully delicate artwork for the first editions.
Here is the magnificent art by Kerry Gammill which graces both volumes in the set. Being able to identify every single creature, invader, robot, and mutation in this image is a badge of honor or arguably a sign of a too cloistered existence. I plead guilty. Take a closer look and see how you do.
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