Vintage scifi book covers

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...

(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…

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…

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Description This sat on my bookshelf for decades, and I finally bought a hardcover to read this story. Oh well, I always loved the way this was painted.

The Unexpected Dimension is a 1960 paperback anthology of science fiction short stories by Algis Budrys. It only merits 3 out of 5 stars on Goodreads, and even this 5-star…

(Paul Lehr’s cover for the 1968 edition of Conquerors from the Darkness (1965), Robert Silverberg) A cornucopia of underwater sci-fi cover art images! As always, Paul Lehr’s covers are…

Triton by Samuel R. Delany. Bantam Science Fiction, 1976. No cover art credit.

Fantasy & Science Fiction books from my collection, published in the period 1970-1979.