Science Fiction Cover Art

[Graham1973]

Artwork (Courtesy of Boardgame Geek) by Charles Hards for the cover and rulebook of the wargame 'Starship & Empire'

 

[Graham1973]

A Chris Foss Tryptich for the 2000AD comic series dating from 1995. Interestingly along with his usual watermark, Foss actually signed this one.

 

[Michel Van]

sadly another great illustrator lost
David Schleinkofer past away 20 April 2025 age 74

His cover for Thomas m. Dish novel 334

 

[Graham1973]

Syd Mead, for an unknown publication.

 

[Graham1973]

A nuclear powered(?) steam engine by Chris Foss, this was created as a poster in 1991.

 

[Graham1973]

Artwork by Gary Meyer for an unknown publication. Possibly dating from the 1980s around the time the film 'On Golden Pond' (1981) was released if what can be seen in the background is anything to go on.

 

[Graham1973]

Artwork by Chris Foss, for the 1980s UK release of the 1972 novel 'We Can Build You' by Philip K. Dick. It's a rare example of the author doing portraiture.

 

[Graham1973]

Courtesy of the ISFDB, the covers for the 1998 UK (Chris Moore), 2005 Spanish (Juan Miguel Aguilera) and 2011 UK (Chris Moore) edition's of Philip K. Dick's 1967 novel 'The Zap Gun'

 

[Sineva]

An anime inspired space battle scene by Syd Mead.

Its looks like its from the long running Gundam franchise.
Syd Mead designed the mecha for the series Turn A Gundam waaay back in 1999.
They were rather striking and unique compared to the previous designs.

 

[jeffb]

Some more from the outstanding Syd Mead


Blade Runner concept art by Syd Mead...

 

[martinbayer]

Its looks like its from the long running Gundam franchise.
Syd Mead designed the mecha for the series Turn A Gundam waaay back in 1999.
They were rather striking and unique compared to the previous designs.
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These utterly silly and preposterous pseudo robot (chicken?) biped monstrosity aberrations look pretty much all like the same regurgitated cheap lazy anime crap to me - I am honestly surprised, shocked, and saddened that a truly classic science fiction art designer like Sydney Mead would have wasted any of his creative talent on childish nonsense like that, but oh well, time marches on and maybe forgives all sins...

 

[Michel Van]

both from Classic artist
Richard Corben cover for Damon Knight collection of Short story.

 

[Justo Miranda]

both from Classic artist
Richard Corben cover for Damon Knight collection of Short story.

I remember this story. "To serve man" was a cookbook for gourmet aliens.

 

[jeffb]

both from Classic artist
Richard Corben cover for Damon Knight collection of Short story.

"It's a cook book!"

 

[Justo Miranda]

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[Graham1973]

Courtesy of the ISFDB. A nicely baroque take on the title by Peter Andrew Jones for the 1975 (UK) edition of Philip K. Dick's 1967 novel 'The Zap Gun'.

 

[Graham1973]

Angus McKie's artwork for the novel Deus Irae (1976), a work started by Philip K. Dick, but completed by Roger Zelzany.