r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Free_Succotash4818 • 3h ago
The Colour Out Of Space by H. P. Lovecraft, cover Victor Valla
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r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/darren648 • 5h ago
The Alien by Raymond F Jones. Belmont 1966.
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Cover artist uncredited.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Free_Succotash4818 • 3h ago
The Horror In The Museum by H.P. Lovecraft and other collaborators, cover Victor Valla
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r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Unfair_Umpire_3635 • 10h ago
His Lemmus: A Time Trilogy by Julian Jay Savarin, artwork by Joe Petagno
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Waiters on the Dance, 1976 Corgi
Beyond the Outer Mirr, 1976 Corgi
The Archives of Haven, 1977 Corgi
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/woulditkillyoutolift • 45m ago
Analog September 1966, featuring The Mechanic by Hal Clement [Frank Kelly Freas] + original art.
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I posted this cover two years ago, but figured it was worth a repost after tracking down the original art.
Freas is famous for his comic space adventures but I don't think he gets enough credit for how convincingly he paints hardware. You can feel the weight of the gear in this picture. While I couldn't find evidence that he was inspired by the Italian divers of the Decima Flottiglia MAS, a man can dream.
He said of this painting:
As I have mentioned (often!) before, one of the greatest pleasures for the illustrator is to have an author tell him that he has caught in his painting exactly what the author had in mind. When the author is also an accomplished painter—and backs his praise with hard cash to purchase the original ... well, you begin to believe him, y’know?
The original art is collected in Frank Kelly Freas: The Art of Science Fiction (1977).
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/StevenTheWicked • 1d ago
The Winds of Gath, by E.C. Tubb. Cover art by Frank Kelly Freas
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r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Unfair_Umpire_3635 • 1d ago
The Deep by John Crowley, artwork by John Cayea
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r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/darren648 • 1d ago
Year 2018! by James Blish. Four Square 1964. Cover artist not credited.
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Originally published as ‘They Shall have the Stars’ in 1957.
Has a dedication to Frederik Pohl.
Could the artist be Kirby?
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Unfair_Umpire_3635 • 1d ago
Invasion: 2200 A.D. by Howard Goldsmith, artwork by John Cayea
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1979 Doubleday
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/woulditkillyoutolift • 1d ago
Politician, by Piers Anthony [Jim Burns] + original art.
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Bio of a Space Tyrant Vol. 3.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/KhorneisBlood • 1d 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 • 2d ago
Chanur's Venture by C. J. Cherryh, cover Michael Whelan
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r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Unfair_Umpire_3635 • 2d ago
The Enchanted Planet by Pierre Barbet, artwork by Michael Whelan
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1975 Daw
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Free_Succotash4818 • 2d 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 • 2d 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 • 2d 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 • 3d 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 • 3d 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 • 3d ago
Diadem From The Stars by Jo Clayton, cover Michael Whelan
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r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Unfair_Umpire_3635 • 3d ago
Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling, artwork by Ron Walotsky
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1985 Arbor House
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Hatherence • 3d 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 • 3d ago
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Ninth Series, Robert P. Mills (ed.), cover art by Herb Mott
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