The future is here! “Extropian Wonders” is an electronic publication for the discerning Extropian, keen to read up about current trends in fashion, design and science. Editor: Sinnyo Wirefly. Visit Extropia for yourself at extropiacore.net!Tumblr (3.0; @extropia)http://extropia.tumblr.com/<a href="http://community.livejournal.com/retro_futurism/305036.html">Космические колонии глазами художников и иллюстраторов</a>: <p>Звезда смерти на орбите — Fortress on а Skyhook из журнала Mechanix Illustrated, 1949.<br/><a href="http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/02/fortress-on-a-skyhook/"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4031/526841042265/400/skyhook.jpg" title=""/></a><br/><br/><a name="cutid1"></a>Лунные фермы из того же журнала, 1954.<br/><a href="http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/10/moon-farms-to-banish-starvation/"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4031/526841042265/400/moonfarms.jpg" title=""/></a><br/><br/>Концепт космической станции Spider, 1977. Контрольный…</p>http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/200318395http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/200318395Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:02:54 -0700<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqicgdH8wS1qzun0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b><i>Unnamed </i>by L.B. Cole</b></p> <p>Via <a href="http://awoade.tumblr.com/post/196357995/mudwerks-trixietreats-l-b-cole">awoade</a>.</p>http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/196618748http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/196618748Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:58:43 -0700raypunkheroesaliensdamselsbattlesrayguns<a href="http://artect.net/?p=377">Ocean Arcologies @ ArTect</a>: <p><blockquote> The notion of cities condensed into a singular structure or hyperstructure, has frequented works of fiction as far back as 1899 with H.G. Wells, <a>When the Sleeper Wakes</a>. The concept garnered wider attention seventy years later when <a>Architect Paolo Soleri</a> published, <a>Arcology: The City in the Image of Man</a>. Massive self sustaining habitats, the pliable infrastructure and small ecological footprint of arcologies avoid the damaging, inefficient urban sprawl of today’s cities and suburbia. </blockquote></p>http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/191777296http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/191777296Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:47:42 -0700<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kq826hHH5j1qztndco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.mattepainting.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1478&g2_imageViewsIndex=1"><b>Unnamed by “Adesfr”</b><br/></a></p>http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/191760030http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/191760030Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:13:29 -0700canalseawaterfrontbridgecitypark<a href="http://community.livejournal.com/retro_futurism/300310.html">Robert McCall</a>: <p>The Prologueandthe Promise<br/><br/><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/mike_amanita/pic/0008z0zy/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/mike_amanita/pic/00092wrs"/></a><br/><br/><a name="cutid1"></a></p> <div> <br/><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/mike_amanita/pic/0009048w/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/mike_amanita/pic/00091wce"/></a><br/><br/>Metropolis<br/><br/><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/mike_amanita/pic/0008that/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/mike_amanita/pic/0008y9at"/></a><br/><br/>Grand Canyon from the South Rim<br/><br/><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/mike_amanita/pic/0008pf42/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/mike_amanita/pic/0008qqaf"/></a> <br/> </div>http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/188858174http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/188858174Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:56:49 -0700<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpqpyaRIfJ1qz5q5oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://awoade.tumblr.com/post/184778405/mudwerks-golden-age-comic-book-stories-wally">awoade</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://mudwerks.tumblr.com/post/184330309/golden-age-comic-book-stories-wally-wood-some">mudwerks</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/2009/09/wally-wood-some-stages-of-art-for-1979.html">Golden Age Comic Book Stories</a></p> <p><b>Wally Wood</b></p> <p>Some stages of art for the 1979 Comic Book Price Guide!</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/184802392http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/184802392Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:18:40 -0700<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kph0ogREKL1qzzreho1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Another unnamed piece by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/38157193@N05">David Schleinkofer</a>, via <a href="http://awoade.tumblr.com/post/179963163/via-davidschleinkofer">awoade</a>. Just what every office needs - a keen young gynoid to keep things in order!</p>http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/183689310http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/183689310Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:28:38 -0700robotgynoidartretro<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpij964BoF1qzzreho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Totally bizarre, but somehow charming in an odd fashion. Via <a href="http://awoade.tumblr.com/post/180574891/on-wally-wood">awoade</a>.</p>http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/183687750http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/183687750Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:25:56 -0700eroticaaliensdamselpulp sci-firaypunk<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpm1j3VkEf1qztndco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b><i><a href="http://community.livejournal.com/retro_futurism/298094.html">Book artwork by David Schleinkofer</a></i>, via “Retrofuturism”.</b></p> <p>This small collection of the artist’s works weaves a fascinating world of pulp universes, with styles which seem to echo Syd Mead and Klaus Buergle. This shot of an extraterrestrial hunting party is my favourite, appealing quite strongly to my pet role-play desires.</p>http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/182079903http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/182079903Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:52:14 -0700raypunkcityalienhuntersdesert<a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/15/vertical-farm-for-futuristic-london-bridge/">Futuristic London Bridge Sprouts Solar Powered Vertical Farm</a>: <p><blockquote>Shared by Sinnyo <br/> Frankly I think the thing looks hideous as a proposal for a real structure anywhere other than Calatrava’s corner of Valencia, and there is probably good reason as to why the…</blockquote></p>http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/179159208http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/179159208Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:48:09 -0700<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpazpzIKS61qztndco1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://carabaas.livejournal.com/1148423.html">Retrofuturism does have its odd moments.</a></p> <p>Via Lazyfeed.</p>http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/177233742http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/177233742Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:39:33 -0700retrofuturismfashionalien<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp08to3e3m1qztndco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://community.livejournal.com/retro_futurism/292132.html">The buddy system</a> - the safer way to have fun in space!</p>http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/172433084http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/172433084Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:22:33 -0700spacepulpfictioncoverspacesuitraygun<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp05llo3bS1qz9wf9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’s really not much of a leap from steampunk to raypunk, is it? Via <a href="http://hungryghoast.tumblr.com/post/172386902/im-going-to-chicago-next-week-it-better-look">hungryghoast</a><a href="http://community.livejournal.com/retro_futurism/292029.html"></a>, who sadly didn’t give artist details.</p>http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/172420002http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/172420002Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:02:08 -0700steampunktrainchicagocity<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/7PjICtcVlpi0hxb4d9vfeX5bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b><a href="http://stefan-morrell.cgsociety.org/gallery/782171"><i>The City Glow </i>by Stefan Morrell</a></b></p>http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/135360888http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/135360888Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:06:25 -0700<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/7PjICtcVljpvu0mlw8oqwWBDo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b><a target="_blank" href="http://stefan-morrell.cgsociety.org/gallery/727089"><i>Garden City</i> by Stefan Morrell</a></b></p> <p>Morrell’s work often portrays a quite absorbing and welcoming view of the future, and it’s clearly evidenced in this, a ‘remix’ of some of his older work.<b><br/></b></p>http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/76719875http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/76719875Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:19:47 -0800<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/7PjICtcVljhintlkXTziv2rio1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://hideyoshi.deviantart.com/art/Ivory-Tower-106536815"><b><i>Ivory Tower</i> by Lorenz Ruwwe</b><br/></a></p>http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/75198695http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/75198695Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:48:53 -0800<a href="http://www.techdune.com/2007/11/15/the-flying-boatvolitan/">The Flying Boat:Volitan | TechDune</a>: <p><blockquote>Shared by Vidal Tripsa <br/> As though from the sketchbook of Galatea Gynoid herself! A very extropian craft indeed.</blockquote> Tech News- Tech Dune is a site with gadgets, humor, tech reviews, videos, and even…</p>http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/71014598http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/71014598Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:44:11 -0800<a href="http://workshop.thomthom.net/minimediacentre/">Mini Media Centre</a>: <p>BoingBoing’s writer described this piece as “atompunk”, which strikes me as a nice word for describing the cold war slant on what was still very raypunk-influenced design. Labels aside though, it’s a…</p>http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/71014596http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/71014596Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:44:11 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V7dckKRmYzI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V7dckKRmYzI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><i><b>Buck Rogers and the World of Tomorrow</b></i> by <a href="http://youtube.com/user/deLeon666">Patrick DeLeon</a></p> <p>His work was featured on <i>Dark Roasted Blend</i> and I am so very thankful for it. A really classy effort as fan films go!</p> <p>Those who haven’t yet seen <i>Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow</i> may be stopped at customs upon their next entry into Extropia. Please be prepared to answer a series of trivia questions which will rely on you having seen it before you ever set foot near us again.</p> <p>I jest, of course, but it really is essential viewing for anyone into pulp science fiction.</p>http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/71012029http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/71012029Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:30:09 -0800<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/7PjICtcVlir266iqURSNnGvBo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>The nose art aboard Virgin Mother Ship Eve</b> - the company’s pioneering attempt at orbital tourism.</p>http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/70672964http://extropia.tumblr.com/post/70672964Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:25:16 -0800