The Gay Science
The April 8, 1966, cover of "Time" magazine was the first cover in the magazine's history to feature only type, and no photo. The coverwith the traditional, red borderwas all black, with the words "Is God Dead?" in large, red text. The question was a reference to Friedrich Nietzsche's much-quoted postulate "God is dead" (), which he first proposed in his 1882 book "The Gay Science".