I’ve wanted to write about some of the ads I’ve come across in Astounding during my Vacation in the Golden Age, but I haven’t really had a chance. Each episode typically tops out somewhere north of 3,000 words and I want the focus to be on the content of the issue. So I figured I’d…
There is an ad on Metro trains for the Giant chain of supermarkets, touting their “new low prices” on produce. The accompanying picture is that of two pieces of asparagus, and that has got me wondering who chose asparagus for the advertisement and what were they thinking? Of all vegetables, asparagus is my least favorite.…