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Book notes: 'Outermost - The Art + Life of Jack Gaughan'

Book notes: 'Outermost - The Art + Life of Jack Gaughan'

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The 2010 book Outermost - The Art + Life of Jack Gaughan, with text by Luis Ortiz, is great from a research perspective: Heavy on text, blocky format.

It’s well researched, with detours into other sci-fi artists of the time. Very enjoyable!

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P 4: This is sweet: The name “outermost” comes from Gaughan’s college nickname for his then girlfriend, later wi…

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