National Geographic Magazine; Space: The Once and Future Frontier

Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2008. Collector's Edition. Wraps. Very good. Format is approximately 9 inches by 11 inches. 120 pages, plus covers. Illustrations (some in color). Foreword by Ray Bradbury. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Poster on 50 Years of Exploring Space is present. Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 - June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. He worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mystery fiction. Widely known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, and his science-fiction and horror- story collections, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, and I Sing the Body Electric, Bradbury was one of the most celebrated 20th- and 21st-century American writers. Recipient of numerous awards, including a 2007 Pulitzer Citation, Bradbury also wrote and consulted on screenplays and television scripts, including Moby Dick and It Came from Outer Space. The New York Times called Bradbury "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream". The National Geographic Magazine, later shortened to National Geographic, published its first issue in October 1888, nine months after the Society was founded, as the Society's official journal, a benefit for joining the tax-exempt National Geographic Society. Starting with the February 1910 (Vol. XXI, No. 2) issue, the magazine began using its now famous trademarked yellow border around the edge of its covers. There are 12 monthly issues of National Geographic per year. The magazine contains articles about geography, popular science, world history, culture, current events and photography of places and things all over the world and universe. National Geographic magazine is currently published in 40 local-language editions in many countries around the world. Combined English and other language circulation is around 6.8 million monthly, with some 60 million readers.