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In visualizing the environments and graphics of Whitehead’s Ark, the artists looked at midcentury travel posters, classic science fiction book covers and surrealist paintings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cruise ship travel posters of Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Aktien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG) featuring exotic tropical destinations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Horacio Salinas’ minimalist science fiction cover artworks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paintings by Henri Rousseau, Max Ernst and Yves Tanguy featured on covers of classic science fiction novellas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cover art for Brian Aldiss’ Hothouse<\/em><\/strong>, artist uncredited<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tim White’s alien landscapes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The post-apocalyptic illustrations by Dick French for J.G. Ballard’s The Drowned World<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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