Imaginary Map 4 (Mural for Tycho Leisure Centre)

Books, 08.09

1. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
2. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution, Ji-Li Jiang
3. Howard Finster: The Early Years, Thelma Finster Bradshaw
4. Essays in Folk Art, Dr. A. Everette James
5. Every single word in nine old issues of The New Yorker that were left on the English Department giveaway table (finding them was like Xmas in August, which is a way more cruel month than April, at least for trying to get caught up on reading, which I will apparently never do).

Imaginary Bugs

Imaginary Map 3 (Plan for a Garden)

Imaginary Map 2

Imaginary Map 1

The Martian Embassy

una vacanza su Aldebaran

Sketch for a new cover for Ugo Litorina’s 1966 novel, A Holiday on Aldebaran. The spaceman, of course, is Lev Podor, who also appeared in The Automatic Giraffe, Hoxa’s Planet, and The Trojan Dragon. The monster, meanwhile, isn’t really a monster, but is instead Rhino, Podor’s trusty Venusian companion. Anyway, I guess you can still find this title, though it’s been out of print since 1970…I last saw a pretty decent copy in a used bookstore in Scottsdale about three years ago. Bet it’s still there, in fact…although now I can’t remember the name of the store. I just sort of remember it’s kind of near the “Sphinx Date Ranch,” whatever the heck that is.

List 08.27.09

1. Conakry
2. Figuig
3. Aberdare
4. Sfax
5. Kentish Town
6. Candelaria
7. Mount Magnet
8. Tjörn
9. Portmeirion
10. Yes Tor

Future Style of Sky Harbor Airport