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| Publisher: | Hugo Gernsback. | |
| Editor & author: | Hugo Gernsback. | |
| Series: | Forecast. | |
| Binding: | Staples. |
Forecast was a magazine, sometimes referred to as a Christmas Card, that Hugo Gernsback produced annually for the Christmas season, forecasting what the future might hold in store. It was distributed to fellow scientists, researchers and friends but was never sold to the public. As a consequence issues are quite scarce.
Forecast dealt with predictions in the field of science and was liberally illustrated especiallyby Frank R. Paul who had a life-long association with Gernsback. In later years other artists such as Virgil Finlay and Alex Schomburg also appeared.
According to the A Virgil Finlay Checklist by Gerry de la Ree, Virgil Finlay contributed to five issues of Forecast with a total of five illustrations.
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The cover illustration is by Frank R. Paul. Forecast 1960 is saddle-stapled with pictorial wrappers, 32 pages and about 4.75 x 6.25 inches.
'The Odorchestra' illustration was once in the possession of Sam Moskowitz and is reprinted in Sotheby's Sale #7330 The Sam Moskowitz Collection of Science Fiction.
The other illustrations for Forecast by Virgil Finlay are:
The 'Superreception' iluustration was once owned by Sam Moskowitz and is reprinted in Sotheby's Sale #7330 The Sam Moskowitz Collection of Science Fiction.
