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Ed Emshwiller, "The Midas Plague"

Artist: Ed Emshwiller (All)

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Ed Emshwiller, The Midas Plague Comic Art

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Title:	Ed Emshwiller, "The Midas Plague"
Artist:	Ed Emshwiller (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	203
Likes on CAF:	4 5
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	1/16/2024
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Description

Story illo for Fred Pohl's novel in Galaxy, April 1954. In the "Midas World" stories, rampant overproduction of consumer and luxury goods by a robotic workforce has forced the government to require citizen overconsumption!

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Joined:	March 2015
Last Login:	September 2025
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ilia georgiev
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 1/16/2024

What a great example of his black and white work.

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 1/16/2024

Great concept of early Sci-Fi and the interpretation by Emshwiller is highly imaginative as Asimov's three rules of robotics gets turned on its ear with the robots killing us with overproduction and kindness. The diagonal layout of the illustration is amazing as are those lush inks.

Neon Dragon
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 1/17/2024

Cool art and very intriguing story. I recall an Electric Dreams story on Amazon Prime that told a similar tale as a remake of Philip K. Dick’s "Autofac" story he did in 1955. I think that will be Amazon Warehouses long after we are all vaporized.

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