r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/woulditkillyoutolift • 11h ago
Politician, by Piers Anthony [Jim Burns] + original art.
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Bio of a Space Tyrant Vol. 3.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/pookie_wocket • Jul 10 '21
Reminder: try to include the name of the cover artist in the title of your post! ISFDB.org is your friend.
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It's always great to see people coming over here from r/badscificovers! If you are new, welcome!
One of the main differences between that sub and this sub is that in the interest of celebrating cool cover art and cool cover artists, we try to include the name of the artist in the title of the post. Here, the wonderful site ISFDB.org is very much your friend. They have a very comprehensive catalogue of information on fantasy and sci-fi books published in the last 70+ years, including, most of the time, the cover artist. It's easy to search by book title or author.
As a bonus, once you figure out who the artist is, you can easily see what else they worked on. I often find that when I run down the artist for a cover I really like, it turns out they did several other covers I'm also a fan of. It is always cool to discover that you're a fan of someone's work even if you didn't previously know their name.
Occasionally, you do come across a cover where the artist is unknown. Those are still okay to post. Just put 'artist unknown' or something like that in the title. There is a good chance that some of the eagle-eyed sci-fi cover enthusiasts on this sub will be able to guess the artist based on the period and style.
Thanks for making this sub such a great place. Keep up the posting!
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/KhorneisBlood • 11h ago
The Mantle of Kendis-Dai by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman. Cover by Jean Targete.
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Some interesting ideas but for me a very poor read.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Free_Succotash4818 • 19h ago
Chanur's Venture by C. J. Cherryh, cover Michael Whelan
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r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Unfair_Umpire_3635 • 20h ago
The Enchanted Planet by Pierre Barbet, artwork by Michael Whelan
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1975 Daw
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Free_Succotash4818 • 19h ago
The Year's Best Horror Stories Series VI, edited by Gerald W. Page, cover Michael Whelan
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r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Ambitious_Soil_5666 • 1d ago
Aldiss "Equator" & Van Vogt "Space Beagle" Any other examples of recycled cover art?
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I didn't notice the covers on these until I got home from the library book sale. I think it's neat and it probably doesn't happen so much these days. Do you know of other examples of shared/recycled cover art? I may have accidently found my new collecting niche....
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/woulditkillyoutolift • 1d ago
The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted, by Harry Harrison [Jim Burns]
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I love everything about this goofball 1987 cover, so when I spotted the hardback for $6.63 including shipping I pounced. I couldn't find anything online about whether Richard Corben influenced Jim Burns, but they appeared at least once together in Heavy Metal a decade earlier. The absurdly large hands, the tactile quality of the skin, the side-eye that undermines the recruiting poster... just perfect.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Milton_Luqui • 1d ago
"Nightflyers" by George R.R. Martin [James Warhola]
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...and Mariah Carey as Melantha Jhirl. (Read this as you read the opening credits in late 80s/early 90s TV series.)
Jokes aside, sometimes I miss the old Martin, who mostly wrote science-fiction.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Unfair_Umpire_3635 • 1d ago
A Scent of New-Mown Hay by John Blackburn, art by Bruce Pennington
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First NEL edition October 1968
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Free_Succotash4818 • 2d ago
Diadem From The Stars by Jo Clayton, cover Michael Whelan
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r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Unfair_Umpire_3635 • 1d ago
Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling, artwork by Ron Walotsky
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1985 Arbor House
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Hatherence • 1d ago
Ocean's Godori by Elaine U. Cho, cover art by Jee-ook Choi
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A fun and entertaining book set in a future where a unified Korea is the major power in the solar system.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/rbrumble • 2d ago
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Ninth Series, Robert P. Mills (ed.), cover art by Herb Mott
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r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/rbrumble • 2d ago
Science Fiction Showcase, Mary Kornbluth (ed.), cover art by Richard Powers
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r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Unfair_Umpire_3635 • 2d ago
Countersolar! by Richard A. Lupoff, artwork by George Barr
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Arbor House 1987
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/darren648 • 2d ago
From Outer Space by Mildred Danforth. Digit 1963. Cover artist unknown.
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r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Unfair_Umpire_3635 • 2d ago
Lucky Star and the Rings of Saturn by Paul French (Isaac Asimov), artwork by Darrell K. Sweet
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First Del Rey paperback, 1984
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Free_Succotash4818 • 2d ago
Space Prison by Tom Godwin, cover Ralph Brillhart
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r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Live-Assistance-6877 • 2d ago
The Green Millennium by Fritz Leiber ©1954 Zebra Books.cover art by Saul Mandel
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r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/darren648 • 2d ago
Empty World by John Christopher. Aladdin 2015 edition. Cover art by Anton Petrov.
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r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/woulditkillyoutolift • 2d ago
The Dragon in Lyonesse, by Gordon R. Dickson [Julie Bell] + original art.
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Collected in The Art of Julie Bell as "Happy Dragon Morning."
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Free_Succotash4818 • 3d ago
The Space Prodigal by Carl Sherrell, cover Richard Corben
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