Literature!

• As in the fifties, art in America of the sixties was influenced by the desire to move into the modern age or future, which the space age seemed to forecast.  Major works by Alexander Calder or Helen Frankenthaler showed a desire to escape from details to interpret.  Artists wanted to inspire the viewer to leap into the unknown and experience art in their own way. A new artist who appeared was Andy Warhol , a leading name in pop art.  Other forms evolving during this time were assemblage art.

The Abominations of Yondo - Clark Ashton Smith (1960)

Agent of Vega - James H. Schmitz (1960)

The Agony and the Ecstasy - Irving Stone (1961)

The Ancient Engineers - L. Sprague de Camp (1963)

Ancient Ruins and Archaeology - L. Sprague deCamp and Catherine Crook de Camp (1964)