MINDCANDY

A weekly rummage in the attic of sci-fi

Sometimes there's nothing more powerfully nostalgic than the future that never came. Just look at this gorgeous postcard from 1925, a dream of a skyscraping utopia where elegant flying machines fill the skies over Manhattan. It's from the highly recommended Paleo-Future blog, an online archive of yesterday's visions of tomorrow.

Nick Setchfield
Editor-at-Large, SFX Magazine

Nick Setchfield is the Editor-at-Large for SFX Magazine, writing features, reviews, interviews, and more for the monthly issues. However, he is also a freelance journalist and author with Titan Books. His original novels are called The War in the Dark, and The Spider Dance. He's also written a book on James Bond called Mission Statements.