A Father's Obsession

Here is a double page from an Argosy magazine of 1952 illustrating The Rocket Man, a short story excised from Ray Bradbury's book The Illustrated Man, published the previous year. Ostensibly this story inspired a song by the Spotniks that in turn inspired Bernie Taupin and Elton John to create their song Rocket Man.

A father's obsession—when you're there, you want to be here, when you're here you want to be out there.

James Bingham — Argosy magazine — February 1952