Science Fiction Cover Art

a old classic from Bob Layzell
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John Berkey's cover for the 1976 issue of 'Modern Medicine', the doctor on the left of the picture is based on a picture by Norman Rockwell dating from the 1920s.
 

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A Robert McCall artwork with an interesting backstory, in the wake of 'Star Wars' (1977) the Caesar's Palace casino in Las Vegas planned to add a science fiction themed dining room. It never happened and this art is all that is left.
 

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Oliver Frey was most well known for the cover art he did for the computer gaming magazine 'Zzap64', though he also did book cover work, I've posted one of those earlier in the thread (See: Post #188). It's not known what this space construction scene was intended for.
 

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The cover of the 1978 Sphere edtion of Jack Vance's 'To Live Forever' (1956) featuring artwork by Peter Elson.

Later:When first posted I mistakenly credited the cover to Peter Andrew Jones. Thanks to Michael Van for the correction.
 

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The cover by Michael Herring to the 1979 science fiction police procedural novel 'The Doppelganger Gambit' by Lee Killough. Apparently the cover is an accurate depiction of the characters, their relationship in the book and their dress.... Apparently the future is LOUD...
 

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Graham1973 said:
David B. Mattingly artwork for an unknown publication, for which the title 'Born To Be Wild' seems to be the most likely fit.
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I don't know the publication details of this particular artwork, but I'm pretty sure it illustrates a short story by Samuel R Delany, 'We, In Some Strange Power's Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line.' It can be found in his anthology, Driftglass. It's a great collection and he dedicated this story to Roger Zelazny (it certainly has the feel of Zelazny).

Review of the collection here:

https://bookforager.wordpress.com/2020/01/05/driftglass-by-samuel-r-delany/
“We, in Some Strange Power’s Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line” is a different beast. Dedicated to Roger Zelazny, this tells the story of Global Power Commission employees Mabel, Blacky, Scott and Susan (known as demons and devils depending on rank). The live and work in their Gila Monster vehicle, and have come to a remote part of Canada to lay the cable that connects most of the world (this was written before the internet). However, there is resistance from the residents of the derelict house High Haven – where a group of futuristic Hells Angels who ride flying bikes known as pteracycles and are led by the one-shoe-only Roger (a further nod to Zelazny?) – have made their home. The story deals with power and permission on both a small scale and a large without dumbing that discussion down. There is no exclusively right or wrong way to do things. Yes, people have a right to choose how they live, even if it appears barbaric or backwards. However, some of the people within a group may not have had the choice, may simply not have the power to remove themselves from the situation. If you don’t have power, are you able to deny permission? And how to get and hold onto power?
 
Michael Herring's cover to 'Dragon's Teeth' (1990), third and last in author Lee Killough's 'Brill and Maxwell' series of science fiction police procedurals. The spacecraft interior seems to be modelled on a mix of Skylab and the shuttle-era Spacelab. As previously it's believed the artwork is an accurate depiction of the characters and their dress, clearly this future is LOUD. I've yet to find a good scan of the cover of the second book in the series 'Spider Play' (1986).
 

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Eddie Jones artwork that appeared in the 'Space Warriors' anthology, but which probably started as one of the cover images he did for German science fiction magazines.
 

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Graham1973 said:
Eddie Jones artwork that appeared in the 'Space Warriors' anthology, but which probably started as one of the cover images he did for German science fiction magazines.
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Likely a rip from Peter Andrew Jones’s cover for the Orbit edition of Zelazny’s “Today We Choose Faces”.

And as an aside, the above likely inspired by Western ‘Gunslinger’ cover art.
 
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And as an aside, the above likely inspired by Western ‘Gunslinger’ cover art.
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I'd say that's probably the case for the Eddie Jones artwork as well.

'Venture SF' was an action/adventure line of science fiction books launched by Hamlyn and continued by Arrow. Published between 1985 and 1989 the series featured artwork licenced from Eddie Jones's backcatalog of cover art for German SF magazines, making it collectable for that reason alone. Running to 25 books, the final books in the series featured full page, rather than partial page artwork on the covers.

The artwork has mostly being sourced from the ISFDB, the cover for 'Rogue Powers' came from another site that had a better scan of the cover.
 

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T. A. Gardner said:
Holly fucking shit! That series sells for insane amounts! I should put mine up for sale!
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Arthur C. Clark and Paul Preuss Venus Prime
based on short story by Clark, Preuss wrote six books with central plot around heroine.
all covers were made by Jim Burns

Breaking Strain - November 1987 ISBN 0-380-75344-8
Maelstrom - September 1988 ISBN 0-380-75345-6
Hide and Seek - June 1989 ISBN 0-380-75346-4
The Medusa Encounter - March 1990 ISBN 0-380-75348-0
The Diamond Moon - November 1990 ISBN 0-380-75349-9
The Shining Ones - August 1991ISBN 0-380-75350-2

I read the German edition and enjoyed it allot.
 

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