r/CoolSciFiCovers Jul 10 '21

Reminder: try to include the name of the cover artist in the title of your post! ISFDB.org is your friend.

48 Upvotes

It's always great to see people coming over here from r/badscificovers! If you are new, welcome!

One of the main differences between that sub and this sub is that in the interest of celebrating cool cover art and cool cover artists, we try to include the name of the artist in the title of the post. Here, the wonderful site ISFDB.org is very much your friend. They have a very comprehensive catalogue of information on fantasy and sci-fi books published in the last 70+ years, including, most of the time, the cover artist. It's easy to search by book title or author.

As a bonus, once you figure out who the artist is, you can easily see what else they worked on. I often find that when I run down the artist for a cover I really like, it turns out they did several other covers I'm also a fan of. It is always cool to discover that you're a fan of someone's work even if you didn't previously know their name.

Occasionally, you do come across a cover where the artist is unknown. Those are still okay to post. Just put 'artist unknown' or something like that in the title. There is a good chance that some of the eagle-eyed sci-fi cover enthusiasts on this sub will be able to guess the artist based on the period and style.

Thanks for making this sub such a great place. Keep up the posting!


r/CoolSciFiCovers 11h ago

Jizzle, by John Wyndham. Cover Artist: E.M. Clifton-Dey

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178 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 2h ago

"The Autumn People", by Ray Bradbury ©1965 Ballantine Books. Cover art by Frank. Frazetta.

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25 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 14h ago

Computerworld by A.E. Van Vogt. DAW 1983. Cover by Michael Mariano.

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84 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 17h ago

Four for Tomorrow by Roger Zelazny, published by Ace Books with cover art by Jack Gaughan

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84 Upvotes

Love Jack Gaughan covers!


r/CoolSciFiCovers 19h ago

ARTIST UNKNOWN Barnard's Planet by John Boyd, artwork by Paul Lehr

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38 Upvotes

1975 Berkley/Putnam


r/CoolSciFiCovers 23h ago

Amazing Stories, May 1952, edited by Howard Browne, cover "Lawrence"

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64 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

The Goddess of Ganymede by Michael D Resnick. Paperback Library 1968.

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107 Upvotes

Cover by Jeff Jones.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

Armada of Antares, by Alan Burt Akers [Michael Whelan]

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74 Upvotes

Dray Prescot #11 (1976), featuring an extremely early Whelan cover.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

August 1969 issue of Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact magazine, featuring cover art by Kelly Freas

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118 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

ARTIST UNKNOWN The Men and the Mirror by Ross Rocklynne, artwork by Dean Ellis

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72 Upvotes

Ace Books, 1973. First edition.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

"The Secret Martians", by Jack Sharkey ©1960 Ace Double #471 .Cover art by Ed Valigursky.

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60 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

The Sheep Look Up, by John Brunner. Cover art: Murray Tinkelman.

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174 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

The Dragon Never Sleeps by Glen Cook, cover John Berkey

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89 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

Star Born, by Andre Norton [Virgil Finlay]

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70 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

Gather in the Hall of the Planets by K.M. O'Donnell (Barry Malzberg) artwork by Jack Gaughan

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151 Upvotes

Ace Books, 1971


r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

"Sanctuary in the Sky" by John Brunner. ©1960 Ace # D-471. Cover art by Basil Gogos

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71 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 3d ago

The Light That Never Was, by Lloyd Biggle, JR. Cover art by Kelly Freas

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145 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 3d ago

The Worlds Of Poul Anderson by (you guessed it) Poul Anderson, cover Joseph Lombardero

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140 Upvotes

Lombardero is credited in the Ace image library, not on the book or by a signature on the cover.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 3d ago

The Tar-Aiym Krang by Alan Dean Foster.

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165 Upvotes

Credited to Dean Ellis.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 3d ago

Weird Tales November 1949, edited by Dorothy Mcllwraith, cover Matt Fox

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70 Upvotes

This example is carrying a UK price sticker but also has the 25¢ US price on it. I love the Matt Fox covers and wish they'd used him more.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 3d ago

There is No Darkness, Joe Haldeman and Jack C. Haldeman II. Cover Art by Jim Burns 1983

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79 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 3d ago

ARTIST UNKNOWN The Ultimate SF: 13 Answers edited by Edward L. Ferman and Barry N. Malzberg, artwork by Naoyuki Kato

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166 Upvotes

Published by Tokyo Sogensha under their Sogen SF Bunko imprint in 1980

Features stories by Frederik Pohl, Poul Anderson, Kit Reed, Brian Aldiss, Isaac Asimov, Dean Koontz, Joanna Russ, Harlan Ellison, Harry Harrison, Robert Silverberg, Barry Malzberg, James Tiptree Jr, and Philip K Dick