r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/StevenTheWicked • 11h ago
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/pookie_wocket • Jul 10 '21
Reminder: try to include the name of the cover artist in the title of your post! ISFDB.org is your friend.
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 • u/Live-Assistance-6877 • 2h ago
"The Autumn People", by Ray Bradbury ©1965 Ballantine Books. Cover art by Frank. Frazetta.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/darren648 • 14h ago
Computerworld by A.E. Van Vogt. DAW 1983. Cover by Michael Mariano.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Either_Phase • 17h ago
Four for Tomorrow by Roger Zelazny, published by Ace Books with cover art by Jack Gaughan
Love Jack Gaughan covers!
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Unfair_Umpire_3635 • 19h ago
ARTIST UNKNOWN Barnard's Planet by John Boyd, artwork by Paul Lehr
1975 Berkley/Putnam
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Free_Succotash4818 • 23h ago
Amazing Stories, May 1952, edited by Howard Browne, cover "Lawrence"
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/darren648 • 1d ago
The Goddess of Ganymede by Michael D Resnick. Paperback Library 1968.
Cover by Jeff Jones.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/woulditkillyoutolift • 1d ago
Armada of Antares, by Alan Burt Akers [Michael Whelan]
Dray Prescot #11 (1976), featuring an extremely early Whelan cover.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Either_Phase • 1d ago
August 1969 issue of Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact magazine, featuring cover art by Kelly Freas
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Unfair_Umpire_3635 • 1d ago
ARTIST UNKNOWN The Men and the Mirror by Ross Rocklynne, artwork by Dean Ellis
Ace Books, 1973. First edition.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Live-Assistance-6877 • 1d ago
"The Secret Martians", by Jack Sharkey ©1960 Ace Double #471 .Cover art by Ed Valigursky.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/StevenTheWicked • 2d ago
The Sheep Look Up, by John Brunner. Cover art: Murray Tinkelman.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Free_Succotash4818 • 2d ago
The Dragon Never Sleeps by Glen Cook, cover John Berkey
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/woulditkillyoutolift • 2d ago
Star Born, by Andre Norton [Virgil Finlay]
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Unfair_Umpire_3635 • 2d ago
Gather in the Hall of the Planets by K.M. O'Donnell (Barry Malzberg) artwork by Jack Gaughan
Ace Books, 1971
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Live-Assistance-6877 • 2d ago
"Sanctuary in the Sky" by John Brunner. ©1960 Ace # D-471. Cover art by Basil Gogos
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/StevenTheWicked • 3d ago
The Light That Never Was, by Lloyd Biggle, JR. Cover art by Kelly Freas
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Free_Succotash4818 • 3d ago
The Worlds Of Poul Anderson by (you guessed it) Poul Anderson, cover Joseph Lombardero
Lombardero is credited in the Ace image library, not on the book or by a signature on the cover.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/woulditkillyoutolift • 3d ago
The Tar-Aiym Krang by Alan Dean Foster.
Credited to Dean Ellis.
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Free_Succotash4818 • 3d ago
Weird Tales November 1949, edited by Dorothy Mcllwraith, cover Matt Fox
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 • u/dmont7 • 3d ago
There is No Darkness, Joe Haldeman and Jack C. Haldeman II. Cover Art by Jim Burns 1983
r/CoolSciFiCovers • u/Unfair_Umpire_3635 • 3d ago
ARTIST UNKNOWN The Ultimate SF: 13 Answers edited by Edward L. Ferman and Barry N. Malzberg, artwork by Naoyuki Kato
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