Vintage sci fi book covers

The Far-Out Worlds of A. E. Van Vogt A. E. Van Vogt First published in the United States by Ace Books 1973 First published in Great Britain by Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1973 FIRST NEL PAPERBACK EDITION FEBRUARY 1974 This New Edition May 1975 From the back cover: Here is a superb collection of short stories from the acknowledged master of the full-length science fiction novel. And each of these stories further proves he is as masterly in this new field. Included are the first tales of…

Science fiction. It fills countless library shelves, holds its own in Hollywood and sometimes even feels like we’re living it. (Researchers found what? They discovered what in the ocean? Elon Musk wants to build a what?) It can be fun and scary, even downright alluring. Even so, in the world of art and design, sci-fi book covers aren’t always viewed as the most objectively beautiful works of art. Which is to say, you might look at a cover and recognize that it looks the way i

Ray Bradbury died today. He was 91. A ripe old age. A good run. All those things. And yet it feels very sudden and strange and sad to contemplate the fact that he’s not in his house typing so…

(Dean Ellis’ cover for the 1970 edition of Eight Against Utopia (1967), Douglas R. Mason) Part II of my sci-fi art series on domed cities of the future (perhaps doomed as well) — part I…

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Science fiction

The science fiction book cover is a hard one to get right. Go too far and it risks descending into cliché and general ridiculousness; too subtle and no one...

Isaac Asimov

Karel Thole (1914 – 2000)

I often think that I should be more systematic in presenting my cover scans, but then again, because I’m always buying new stuff, I think it might be easier for you simply to remember to chec…