Desert Owl Designs

The excitement of lift-off!

Gene Wolfe was perhaps the greatest science fiction author.

Represent for Poe!

A 1950s vintage spacesuit illustration.

From George Orwell's dystopian classic, "1984"

The SSRN nuclear-powered submarine Seaview, from the 1960s film and television series.

How can the Earth be flat when it's hollow? A cross-sectional drawing of the planet Earth showing the "Interior World" of Atvatabar, from William R. Bradshaw's 1892 science-fiction novel The Goddess of Atvatabar

The Solenoid Robots were robotic alien invaders who were a frequent enemy of Roget Ramjet.

T.H.R.U.S.H. (The Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity) is a transnational criminal organization and the main opponent of theUnited Network Command for Law Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.)

Movie poster for the 1980 Polish release of Alien, starring Sigourney Weaver.

M.A.R.S. (Marine Air Rescue Service) Total War was a military / scifi comic book from the 1960s, featuring an elite Marine Corps Special Operations team that used advanced weaponry against a mysterious alien invasion.

Title sequence from the classic scifi film.

From the cover of the British boy's magazine in 1939, The Six-Gun Gorilla

Just because your goals include conquering the world with bio-engineered beast-men, doesn't mean you're crazy. Baby steps. Start by conquering your block, or your apartment complex.

Title logo for the 1980 science fiction film.

Titles page from a volume of Jules Verne's collection of novels, "Voyages Extraordinaires", containing his novels "Five Weeks in a Balloon" and "Journey to the Center of the Earth"

Title art for the classic 1981 sword and sorcery film.

Title design from the 1982 scifi / gaming classic film.

Title design for the 1980s classic horror / scifi film

Title design for the underrated classic film

A classic vampire flick of the 1970s.

A vintage Sci Fi paperback cover.

Who wouldn't want an Atomic Gun?

Cryptid Hunters!

A quote on writing from the amazing R.A. Lafferty. If you haven't read him, why not?

In addition to writing "The Raven", Edgar Allen could whip up a really tasty pie.

Severian, the hero of Gene Wolfe's epic Solar Cycle.

A classic cover of the H.G. Wells novel.

From 1961, Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds.

H.G. Wells novel of a Martian invasion of Earth, written in 1898.

You could get a Jonny Quest Magic Decoder Ring with a purchase of P.F. Flyers shoes!

A t-shirt for La Maison du Chien (The House of the Dog) on the planet Sainte Croix, the setting for much of Gene Wolfe's science fiction masterpiece, "The Fifth Head of Cerberus".

Our Heartless Friends demand that we prove we are not robots by selecting all the pictures that sho fire hydrants.

Our Heartless Friends constantly demand we prove we are not robots by selecting all the photos containing traffic lights.

The Grumann Space Suit, designed for the lunar exploration program in 1965 by Grumman / Space General for extended lunar surface operations. It allowed the astronaut to withdraw his arms from the flexible manipulators and work within the pressurized 'cabin' of the can enclosing his upper torso and head. Although tested, it was never deployed due to the end of the Apollo program. It was often depicted in Life Magazine in the 1960s, and was part of the equipment of the Major Matt Mason action figure.

The Red Planet Mars - known as Barsoom to John Carter of Mars and fans of Edgar Rice Burroughs' influential early science fiction series.