I don't own these, I just like them.

A cover gallery for Vintage Sci-Fi

Richard Powers pioneered a very different style of science fiction art in the 50s. No aliens mating with human women unfortunately, but some...

Night of Light by Philip José Farmer   David Pelham was art director for Penguin Books during the 1970s and was responsible for a great many arresting and distinctive covers for many of the sci-fi novels Penguin put out during that time, which is one of the great periods for sci-fi writing in general. Many of the images on this page come from a series that came out in 1972-73 that used (as Penguin often did and still does) visual cues to signal that books belong together. In this case the series had in common white text and a black...

Will Fox - Der Weltraumpirat / Leihbuch-Reihe K. Merten (Hanns Kurth) / Das Gift der Unsichtbaren Cover: Rolf Wansart Reihenbuch-Verlag (Frankfurt/deutschland; 1953) ex libris MTP www.sf-leihbuch.de/static/buch1151.htm

Hadon of Ancient Opar - Philip Jose Farmer, cover by Clyde Caldwell

A "color trend timeline" breaks down 1984, Cat's Cradle, and more.

I've decided to showcase some of the books in my collection as a weekly feature to the blog. I have many older books with cool covers that fans of Sci-Fi would

Hi ! Here is a selection of Science fiction book covers that I have illustrated these past two years, most of these are published by Pocket in france.

The science fiction book cover is a hard one to get right. Go too far and it risks descending into cliché and general ridiculousness; too subtle and no one...

Writer/graphic designer Nicolas Beaujouan designed these minimalist book covers for his "Ultimate Geek Selection," aka his choices for essential geek literature. Because I'm curious: How many of the 23 books have you read? My number's a less-than-respectable seven. Sigh. To the library. (via: Geek-Art)

Cover Design for a Sci-Fi Paperback Series.

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(Paul Lehr's cover for the 1973 edition) 3.25/5 (Average) Nominated for the 1972 Hugo Award for Best Novel Clifford D. Simak's A Choice of Gods (1971) is a flawed but intriguing novel.  Simak's renowned for his original anti-technology pastoral visions.  His science fiction (replete with unusual aliens) is more likely to intersect our future world in…

They just don’t make book covers the way they used to. That is: epically weird, like this series of science fiction books published by Norwegian imprint Lanterne in the ’60s and ’70s and spotted by Caustic Cover Critic. Designed by Peter Haars, the…

Midcentury Sci-Fi pulp was brimming with fantastic cover art

Good Show Sir! Awful, terrible and simply the worst Science Fiction & Fantasy book covers for your enjoyment! Send us your terrible covers so we can document the carnage to our eyes!

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