Science Fiction Cover Art

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Just looked that one up, apparently there's a copy at the Internet Archive.
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Many Spaniards of my generation were forced to use a Seat 600 car for their love life, because of the repression of the religious caste. Any of us can give information on the most appropriate techniques, using all kinds of straps and support points.
 

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From the era of 'Commando Comics' when neither artist, nor author were credited comes the cover of 'Spaceman In A Spitfire', published as Commando Comics Nº. 1855. From memory this was my first encounter with Science Fiction in this comics series.
 

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Graham1973 said:
From the era of 'Commando Comics' when neither artist, nor author were credited comes the cover of 'Spaceman In A Spitfire', published as Commando Comics Nº. 1855. From memory this was my first encounter with Science Fiction in this comics series.
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Artist Ian Kennedy, as a kid i found it a rather nice story too almost as good as 'Space Pilot' :)
 
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The cover art by Angus McKie for the 1976 anthology 'The Year's Best Science Fiction Nº. 8', edited by Brian Aldiss and Harry Harrison. A scene of journey's end that has become iconic since it's creation.
 

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robunos said:
Nahh, it's Arnie in disguise as Jon Bon Jovi . . . he's using the Bon Jovi gig as cover for his mission . . .

cheers,
Robin.
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ChatGPT gave me the lyrics for that gig.


"I’m a cyborg on a steel horse I ride,
Get to da choppaaa—Dead or Alive!
I’ve seen things you people wouldn't believe,
Explosions, catchphrases, biceps up my sleeve.

Laser sights and leather boots,
I pump iron while I shoot.
And though I play da good or bad,
My one-liners always make you glad!

[Chorus – with dramatic accent]
I’m WANTED! (Ugh!) Dead or Alive!
Hasta la vista, I survive!
I’m WANTED! Yeah! Dead or Alive!

[Verse 2 – deeper voice, more action]
Sometimes I sleep, but only with one eye,
'Cause predators don’t die—they multiply.
I ain’t no cowboy, but I still wear black,
If you cross me, I’ll be back!

I lift the world, I crush the pain,
Even Skynet knows my name.
I walk these streets, a lonely man,
But I flex my arms—because I can.

[Chorus – epic flex]
I’m WANTED! Dead or Alive!
You can't stop me—no one can survive!
I’m WANTED! (Come on!) Dead or Alive!"

Altough I hate AI, it's not that bad.
 
The Eddie Jones covers to 1976's 'Star Trek: The New Voyages' and 1978's 'Star Trek: The New Voyages 2' edited by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath.
 

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A David A. Hardy artwork I've seen in several publications, supposedly it was used as a poster for a Science Fiction convention but information is sketchy.
 

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Bonnie Dalzell's illustrations of various species from Larry Niven's Known Space stories. Some of the files are tiny, others distorted and uncorrected - they're on the web, not from my shelves.

These appeared as interior cover illustrations for the paperback editions shown. Circa 1975.
 

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nice cover by Philippe Caza
for the novel Le Naguen by Jean Hougron, french edition in 1995.
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The cover art by Chris Foss, here operating in 'The Joys of Sex/Diary of a Spaceperson' mode for the 1972 edition by Cornet Books of the 1970 novel 'Kronk' by Edmund Cooper. This one flirts with NSFW, but I think falls under that bar. And another rare example of portraiture from this artist.
 

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Graham1973 said:
A David A. Hardy artwork I've seen in several publications, supposedly it was used as a poster for a Science Fiction convention but information is sketchy.
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Now thats one I`ve always remembered ever since seeing it in the late 70s sf art book Spacewar.
I always thought what would the sailors in those old wooden ships have thought seeing something huge like that flying across the sky and vanishing over the horizon?.
 
Artist Les Edwards take on 'The Time Machine' by H. G. Wells like the Tony Roberts 'Illustrated Man' artwork featured in Post #149 of this thread it was comissioned for the 1998 book 'The Immortals of Science Fiction' published by Mayflower Books.
 

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Courtesy of the Internet Archive, a selection of the 'Safe for Work' artwork from the 1990 volume 'Diary of a Spaceperson' by Chris Foss, who also supplied the artwork, both reprints of past images and greyscale artwork that seems to have been created specifically for the volume. It also contains rather a lot of portrature of a kind that is a clear reminder that amongst the works Foss illustrated was the 1970s tome 'The Joys of Sex'...!
 

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Artwork by Derek Meddings, a man more well known for his model work for Gerry Anderson, this appears to be a production artwork for the 1970s series 'UFO'.
 

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Sineva said:
Heres a good looking one from the mid 80s,and with some very catchy titles.
The guy looks a bit like nick cage if he was on steroids.
He looks to be holding the gun "gangster style",but it has so many grips on it that its actually hard to tell.
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Tony Roberts I think.
 
The cover by an artist using the pseudonym 'Buccheri' for the cover of 'Space Pilot' published as 'Commando Comics Nº. 217' in 1966 and republished in 1974 as 'Commando Comics Nº. 863' and again in 2016 as 'Commando Comics Nº. 4924'. This one has a more enigmatic plotline than 'Spaceman In A Spitfire'.
 

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Graham1973 said:
The cover by an artist using the pseudonym 'Buccheri' for the cover of 'Space Pilot' published as 'Commando Comics Nº. 217' in 1966 and republished in 1974 as 'Commando Comics Nº. 863' and again in 2016 as 'Commando Comics Nº. 4924'. This one has a more enigmatic plotline than 'Spaceman In A Spitfire'.
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I`m pretty sure I read that one,it was memorable both for the sf content and the fact that it was also the oldest [pre 1000 #] I`d come across.This was back in the very early 80s,82 I think.
 
Graham1973 said:
The cover by Paul Alexander to 'Mutineers Moon' (1991) by David Weber, the first part of a series the author abandoned after the publication of the third novel.
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Was that the one where the moon was basically an alien death star marooned in orbit around earth following a mutiny?
I liked his Armageddon Reef series that was set on an earth colony where technological development was frozen at a pre industrial level and the hero had to basically get the ball rolling again by essentially touching off a huge religious war.
 
Sineva said:
Was that the one where the moon was basically an alien death star marooned in orbit around earth following a mutiny?
I liked his Armageddon Reef series that was set on an earth colony where technological development was frozen at a pre industrial level and the hero had to basically get the ball rolling again by essentially touching off a huge religious war.
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Yes, the Armageddon Reef series is actually based off what he used as the 'B' plot for the final book in the series started by 'Mutineers Moon' (1991).

I'm probably one of many who read what Baen Books dubs the 'Empire from the Ashes' series who wish the author had finished it with a final confontation with what one of the characters referred to as '...mister master computer...' rather than a cliffhanger.
 
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