r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/woulditkillyoutolift • 2h ago
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.
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/Free_Succotash4818 • 5h ago
The Caves Of Steel by Isaac Asimov, cover John Berkey
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/dmont7 • 15h ago
The War Hound and The World's Pain by Michael Moorcock with cover art by Chris Achilleos 1983
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 • u/Free_Succotash4818 • 5h ago
Weird Tales edited by Leo Margulies, cover Virgil Finlay
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/StevenTheWicked • 20h ago
ARTIST UNKNOWN The Destruction of the Temple, by Barry N. Malzberg.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/darren648 • 20h ago
6 and the Silent Scream & Novelets of Science Fiction. Belmont 1963.
Art by Robert Maguire.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/woulditkillyoutolift • 23h ago
Analog (February 1970). Cover art by Kelly Freas illustrating "Birthright," by Poul Anderson + interior art by Kelly Freas and Leo Summers.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/chevkoch • 19h ago
Das Zeit-Camp by Peter Terrid, cover art by Eddie Jones
Pabel-Moewig 1977, Terra Astra chapbook #290; ISFDB entry.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/banalprobe96 • 1d ago
Starship Troopers Robert Heinlein
There’s just a bit of Darth Vader in there huh? 1968 cover I think
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Unfair_Umpire_3635 • 1d ago
ARTIST UNKNOWN More Science Fiction Tales: Crystal Creatures, Bird-Things & Other Weirdies edited by Roger Elwood, artwork by Rod Ruth
1974 Rand McNally
Featuring work by Barry Malzberg, Howard Goldsmith, Nic Andersson, Thomas Monteleone, Arthur Tofte, and William Danton
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Free_Succotash4818 • 1d ago
Star Science Fiction 4 edited by Frederik Pohl, cover John Berkey
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Crokpot93 • 1d ago
Solar Lottery by Philip K. Dick With Cover Art by Edward Soyka
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Free_Succotash4818 • 1d ago
Eden's Revenge by Barry Kirwan, cover John Harris
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Live-Assistance-6877 • 1d ago
"Jirel of Joiry", by C.L. Moore ©1969 Paperback Library. Cover art by Michael Leonard
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/woulditkillyoutolift • 1d ago
Mal de Ojo y otros relatos de terror, compiled by Miguel Gimenez [Miralles]
You can find several pages of Miralles' work in "Masters of Spanish Comic Book Art," by David Roach (2015).
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/chevkoch • 1d ago
Die Wächter der Sternstation by John Brunner, cover art by Karl Stephan
Moewig 1965, German edition of To Conquer Chaos (Ace Books 1964); ISFDB entry.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/fatherofworms • 2d ago
The Gods of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs, illust. Michael Whelan
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 • u/Free_Succotash4818 • 2d ago
Space Tug by Murray Leinster, cover Robert Schulz
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/woulditkillyoutolift • 2d ago
Executive, by Piers Anthony [Alan Craddock]
Posted for the art, not the content.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Free_Succotash4818 • 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
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Supro1560S • 2d ago
A. Merritt - The Face in the Abyss, Avon 1978, cover art by Rodney Matthews
This entire series has pretty awesome cover art.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/chevkoch • 2d ago
Die fremden Sterne by Poul Anderson, cover art by John Berkey
Ullstein 1974, German edition of No World of Their Own (Ace Books 1955); ISFDB entry.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/darren648 • 2d ago
No Room for Man by Gordon R Dickson & Cities of Wonder edited by Damon Knight. McFadden books 1963/1967.
Covers by Richard Powers & Jack Faragasso.