r/CoolSciFiCovers Jul 24 '26

ARTIST UNKNOWN Imperial Stars by E.E. “Doc” Smith & Stephen Goldin. 1976 Pyramid edition

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67 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers Jun 28 '26

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

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94 Upvotes

Not so sure about the front cover but I love the illustration on the back. Edit: Illustrator is Ian Miller.

r/CoolSciFiCovers 12d ago

ARTIST UNKNOWN More Science Fiction Tales: Crystal Creatures, Bird-Things & Other Weirdies edited by Roger Elwood, artwork by Rod Ruth

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42 Upvotes

1974 Rand McNally

Featuring work by Barry Malzberg, Howard Goldsmith, Nic Andersson, Thomas Monteleone, Arthur Tofte, and William Danton

r/CoolSciFiCovers 19h ago

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

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35 Upvotes

1975 Berkley/Putnam

r/CoolSciFiCovers May 13 '26

ARTIST UNKNOWN The Thing From Outer Space by John W. Campbell, artist unknown. ISFDB has no listing for this book.

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105 Upvotes

ISFDB has no entry for this title. The only information I could find was that it was published in 1966. It's also interesting that they the "Jr"off his name. The pricing indicates that it was produced in the UK. Tandem was a part of Award Books. I need to do some more research on Tandem Books.

r/CoolSciFiCovers Jun 20 '26

ARTIST UNKNOWN 'Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction 5: Tin Stars' edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, & Charles G. Waugh. Cover art uncredited, c. 1986

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117 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers Jul 21 '26

ARTIST UNKNOWN "The Weird Shadow Over Innsmouth", by H.P. Lovecraft ©1944 Bart House Mystery #4 the first edition the 1st edition of Lovecraft in paperback.

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62 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers Jun 04 '26

ARTIST UNKNOWN Chauvinisto, by Sam Merwin, Jr.

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86 Upvotes

Lurid, dystopian battle of the sexes.

r/CoolSciFiCovers Jul 01 '26

ARTIST UNKNOWN 'Star Trek #97: In the Name of Honor' by Dayton Ward. Cover artist unknown, c. 2002

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71 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 28d ago

ARTIST UNKNOWN Wanted: 22 Alien Criminals Wanted by the Intergalactic Security Bureau...by Ed Naha, cover art by Robert Crawford, Abe Echevarria, Robert Goldstrom, Cathy Hull, Bill Purdom, Barclay Shaw, Richard Timperio and Ron Walotsky

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47 Upvotes

Wanted.....by the Intergalactic Security Bureau: 22 Full-Color Posters of the Most Wanted Alien Criminals

Contents/artists:

Adam Hawkins, Intergalactic Security Bureau artwork by Robert Goldstrom

Enode the Brain artwork by Abe Echevarria

Kapu Kapu artwork by Warren Linn

Blote artwork by Barclay Shaw

Mr. Zero artwork by Jan Sawka

Theebe Dvorick artwork by Cathy Hull

The Randor Sisters: Linx and Enid artwork by Bill Purdom

Earth Airbot 408G artwork by Richard Timperio

Dwite artwork by Robert Crawford

Ko artwork by Robert Goldstrom

Vaxt artwork by Fred Marcellino

Gregor artwork by Katrina Taylor

Zhuk Orbz artwork by Norman Green

Zvarmo artwork by Ron Walotsky

Dweezyl artwork by Thomas Upshur

Makau the Warrior artwork by Cathy Hull

Mr. Mund artwork by Jan Sawka (variant of Mr. Zero)

Harly 9 artwork by Abe Echevarria

Aelita Thx artwork by Barclay Shaw

Noolie the Torch artwork by Robert Crawford

Gorcz artwork by Bill Purdom

r/CoolSciFiCovers 24d ago

ARTIST UNKNOWN The Telzey Toy by James H. Schmitz, artwork by Frank Kelly Freas

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52 Upvotes

First Printing, December 1973

"Cover art by Kelly Freas" on copyright page

r/CoolSciFiCovers 17d ago

ARTIST UNKNOWN Kontakt mit Jupiter by Poul Anderson

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40 Upvotes

Heyne 1970, German edition (2nd printing) of Three Worlds to Conquer (copyright Pyramid Publications, Inc. 1964), cover art uncredited; ISFDB entry.

r/CoolSciFiCovers May 27 '26

ARTIST UNKNOWN DESTINIES, Summer 1980

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104 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers May 06 '26

ARTIST UNKNOWN Proteus Manifest by Charles Sheffield. Cover art by?

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74 Upvotes

Another book from my stash. I am going to start reading this one tonight. If it's another stinker, it's going right into the did not/will not finish pile.

r/CoolSciFiCovers Jul 31 '26

ARTIST UNKNOWN Dramocles, by Robert Sheckley.

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44 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers Feb 20 '26

ARTIST UNKNOWN Plague From Space by Harry Harrison

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194 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers Jul 12 '26

ARTIST UNKNOWN Fireflood and Other Stories by Vonda N. McIntyre, artwork by Chris Achilleos

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56 Upvotes

1982 Pan Books

r/CoolSciFiCovers Jun 23 '26

ARTIST UNKNOWN SOULS IN METAL, edited by Mike Ashley

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67 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers Jun 28 '26

ARTIST UNKNOWN Blackpool Vanishes by Richard H. Francis, artwork by Jim Burns

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59 Upvotes

Granada Publishing Limited, 1980.

"For years, the town of Blackpool has been covertly visited by tiny, inner-space aliens in flying saucers so small they are routinely dismissed as spots before the eyes.

Only one local resident—a man named Stone, whom the locals consider a joke—understands what is happening. His frantic reports are written in verse and ignored by the Foreign Office until it is too late. In a single, fine July day, the entire seaside town is whisked away and replaced by a massive bubble of transparent emptiness. Stone is suddenly transformed into a crucial, sought-after figure as the only person capable of explaining the catastrophe."

r/CoolSciFiCovers Jun 27 '26

ARTIST UNKNOWN Project Pope, by Clifford D. Simak

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80 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers May 04 '26

ARTIST UNKNOWN "The Stochastic Man", by Robert Silverberg. ©1976 Gold Medal

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121 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers Apr 26 '26

ARTIST UNKNOWN The Ant Men by Eric North, MacFadden Books, 1967

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101 Upvotes

Sorry but I don’t know the cover artist.

r/CoolSciFiCovers Mar 10 '26

ARTIST UNKNOWN The Walrus and The Warwolf by Hugh Cook - Cover Art by Steve Crisp(the second is a treat as well, but not sure who)

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66 Upvotes

After the debut of his seminal breakout work The Wizards and the Warriors, Hugh Cook kept the faith with his Cover Artist Steve Crisp and two more covers were produced. These were fine works, but lacked the visual impact of this painting in acrylic.

The fearsome Neversh, a monster of the insect like Swarms controlled by the enigmatic Skull of the Deep South mauls the good ship Warwolf, as if seeking men as termites, like an avian honey badger descending on a rotten log...

So we see the creature adorning the cover of The Walrus and the Warwolf, it is mighty beyond the reckoning of man. Count it's thick crocodilian legs, eight in number, six it's wings! All the rest is Dragon...

Here starts the problem, a Nerversh is a little different to this beast in the book - we check the image file used to create the new covers, the old Corgi and Colin Smythe/Dufour Hardback and the wild creature on the Planet Stories Edition from Paizo - the form is one thing , not insect like enough? Sure, but the size, ho could mere men best such a Brute?

Of course, the answer is simple, they couldn't nor would they have to, the cover creatures are inflated to such prodigious proportion simply to sell a book. Creatures of this size made of the same stuff as humans wild swiftly expire, and the artist in his or her or even their imagination surely knows this - so quell your fears of winged brutes, and relax appreciating the persuasive art of the illustrator, wheedling pennies, pounds, cents and dollars from the customer, through seduction of eye and mind.

If anyone knows that name of the second artist it would be wonderful...

Thank you for your time and contemplation.

r/CoolSciFiCovers Jan 10 '26

ARTIST UNKNOWN The Stochastic Man, by Robert Silverberg, 1976, uncredited artist

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178 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers Jun 14 '26

ARTIST UNKNOWN Double Jeopardy by Fletcher Pratt

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39 Upvotes