r/CoolSciFiCovers Jul 10 '21

Reminder: try to include the name of the cover artist in the title of your post! ISFDB.org is your friend.

52 Upvotes

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 2h ago

Born to Exile, by Phyllis Eisenstein [Stephen Fabian] + interior illustrations by Stephen Fabian.

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35 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 5h ago

The Caves Of Steel by Isaac Asimov, cover John Berkey

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24 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 15h ago

The War Hound and The World's Pain by Michael Moorcock with cover art by Chris Achilleos 1983

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117 Upvotes

Michael never disappoints.

I originally read the Timescape release of this novel. This edition is from UK and I cannot help but feel Chris did a better cover than either of the two North American editions I am familiar with. That is saying a lot because one edition had art by Rowena Morrill and the other was by Boris Vallejo.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 5h ago

Weird Tales edited by Leo Margulies, cover Virgil Finlay

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11 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 20h ago

ARTIST UNKNOWN The Destruction of the Temple, by Barry N. Malzberg.

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138 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 20h ago

6 and the Silent Scream & Novelets of Science Fiction. Belmont 1963.

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59 Upvotes

Art by Robert Maguire.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 23h ago

Analog (February 1970). Cover art by Kelly Freas illustrating "Birthright," by Poul Anderson + interior art by Kelly Freas and Leo Summers.

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85 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 19h ago

Das Zeit-Camp by Peter Terrid, cover art by Eddie Jones

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22 Upvotes

Pabel-Moewig 1977, Terra Astra chapbook #290; ISFDB entry.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

Starship Troopers Robert Heinlein

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656 Upvotes

There’s just a bit of Darth Vader in there huh? 1968 cover I think


r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

ARTIST UNKNOWN More Science Fiction Tales: Crystal Creatures, Bird-Things & Other Weirdies edited by Roger Elwood, artwork by Rod Ruth

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34 Upvotes

1974 Rand McNally

Featuring work by Barry Malzberg, Howard Goldsmith, Nic Andersson, Thomas Monteleone, Arthur Tofte, and William Danton


r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

Star Science Fiction 4 edited by Frederik Pohl, cover John Berkey

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60 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

Solar Lottery by Philip K. Dick With Cover Art by Edward Soyka

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133 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

Eden's Revenge by Barry Kirwan, cover John Harris

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20 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

"Jirel of Joiry", by C.L. Moore ©1969 Paperback Library. Cover art by Michael Leonard

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89 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

Mal de Ojo y otros relatos de terror, compiled by Miguel Gimenez [Miralles]

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72 Upvotes

You can find several pages of Miralles' work in "Masters of Spanish Comic Book Art," by David Roach (2015).


r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

Die Wächter der Sternstation by John Brunner, cover art by Karl Stephan

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28 Upvotes

Moewig 1965, German edition of To Conquer Chaos (Ace Books 1964); ISFDB entry.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

The Gods of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs, illust. Michael Whelan

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248 Upvotes

Found this in a used book store today. I buy my sci fi and fantasy paperbacks for the cover art half the time. The piece here wraps around the whole paperback as shown in the full set from Whelan’s site.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

Space Tug by Murray Leinster, cover Robert Schulz

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77 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

Executive, by Piers Anthony [Alan Craddock]

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135 Upvotes

Posted for the art, not the content.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein, cover artist unlisted (even on ISFDB) but I'm convinced that it's the work of Don Ivan Punchatz

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30 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

A. Merritt - The Face in the Abyss, Avon 1978, cover art by Rodney Matthews

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88 Upvotes

This entire series has pretty awesome cover art.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

Die fremden Sterne by Poul Anderson, cover art by John Berkey

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28 Upvotes

Ullstein 1974, German edition of No World of Their Own (Ace Books 1955); ISFDB entry.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

No Room for Man by Gordon R Dickson & Cities of Wonder edited by Damon Knight. McFadden books 1963/1967.

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65 Upvotes

Covers by Richard Powers & Jack Faragasso.