Syd Mead concept art for U.S. Steel, 1962.

The year 2025 predicted by kids in 1992, as seen in the Clifton Record in Clifton, Texas, August 25, 1992.

On the set of STRANGE DAYS as they film the chaotic Y2K New Year’s Eve street party.

Winter wonderland by Syd Mead.

David A. Hardy's Christmas cover art for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1978.

Winter wonderland by Syd Mead, 1968.

Ed Emshwiller’s Christmas cover art for Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1951.

Happy Life Day to those who celebrate.

Ralph McQuarrie, 1981.

Ed Emswhiller’s Christmas cover art for Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1960.

Christmas in space, illustrated by Moebius, 1982.

The “Star Wars Holiday Special” cantina transforms into a cabaret as Bea Arthur sings “Goodnight, But Not Goodbye” like Tatooine is Berlin in the Weimar Republic.

An IBM computer plays “Jingle Bells” at Arlington State College in Texas, December 1965.

Robert McCall was born on this day in 1919.

Hoth Ice Planet Adventure Set on sale, as seen in the Electra Star-News in Electra, Texas, 1980.

Ed Emshwiller's Christmas cover art for Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1953.

Season’s greetings from the set of THE THING.

The LaserTour by Perceptronics, available for $20K in the 1982 Neiman Marcus Christmas Book.

Syd Mead's concept art for an Arctic Mobile Operation Base, issued by U.S. Steel, 1965.

Christmas goes awry in Ken Kelly’s cover art for Creepy, issue no. 86, 1977.

All I want for Christmas is a $32K spaceship recliner pod from Neiman Marcus, 1982.

All I want for Christmas is a flying saucer bubble boat, available for a cool $80K in the 1986 Neiman Marcus Christmas Book.

Interfaces in DIE HARD, 1988.

Happy Holidays from “Ninja Sentai Kakuranger,” 1984.

Rest in peace, Gil Gerard (1943-2025).

Wally Wood, 1959.

Rob Reiner on making “seamless” movies.

R.I.P. Rob Reiner (1947-2025)

The Crest Team takes on the Cavity Creeps in a classic spot designed by Marvel vet Herb Trimpe.

Robby the Robot in a 1958 episode of “The Thin Man,” a sitcom version of the film with Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk as cocktail-loving detectives Nick and Nora Charles. The ep is called “Robot Client.” The guest star is Lillian Bronson.

"Return of the Jedi" poster from Hungary. Artwork by Tibor Helényi.

Radio Shack TRS-80 color computer, 1983.

Illustrations by Emile and Philippe Dumas for "Caravane Interstellaire” by Valerie Groussard, 1984.

On the set of DUNE.

STAR TREK in black and white.

Government labs, 1980-1989.

William Shatner as Captain Kirk in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, 1968.

Who doesn’t like a heaping helping of thermostabilized wet meat product on Thanksgiving? Behold of a turkey with gravy prototype for NASA’s Apollo program, cooked up by the kitchen labs at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center in 1969.

The Spaceman was a fixture of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in the 1950s.

William Shatner as Captain Kirk in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, 1968.

JERKY TURKEY, 1945, directed by Tex Avery.

Thanksgiving turkey prices, 1987.

On the set of PLANET OF THE APES with Kim Hunter.

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK’s celestial Cloud City in a matte painting study by Michael Pangrazio of ILM.

The art of in-camera editing, 1984.

ULYSSES 31, a 1981 Franco-Japanese anime series based on the Odyssey, set in the 31st century.

The “Star Wars Holiday Special” premiered on this day in 1978.

AUTOMAN takes off, 1983.

Arnold Schwarzenegger on riding the rocket sled in THE RUNNING MAN, 1987.