NYPL RADIUM (7)
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June 19, 2024
A series exploring the New York Public Library’s digital collection of radium-related ephemera.
From the cigarette card series “Inventors and their inventions.” The M. Curie shown here is not Marie, of course, but her husband M[onsieur] Pierre Curie. From the NYPL’s amazing cigarette card collection.
MORE RADIUM AGE SCI FI ON HILOBROW: RADIUM AGE SERIES from THE MIT PRESS: In-depth info on each book in the series; a sneak peek at what’s coming in the months ahead; the secret identity of the series’ advisory panel; and more. | RADIUM AGE: TIMELINE: Notes on proto-sf publications and related events from 1900–1935. | RADIUM AGE POETRY: Proto-sf and science-related poetry from 1900–1935. | RADIUM AGE 100: A list (now somewhat outdated) of Josh’s 100 favorite proto-sf novels from the genre’s emergent Radium Age | SISTERS OF THE RADIUM AGE: A resource compiled by Lisa Yaszek.