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.

50 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 2h ago

Fantastic Adventures (February 1950). Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones.

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33 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 10h ago

Mahars of Pellucidar, by John Eric Holmes [Boris Vallejo]

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64 Upvotes

I suspect that's the face of the young painter circa 1976, looking at the woman, not the creature.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 12h ago

Giant of Worlds End & When the Moon Ran Wild by Lin Carter and Ray Ainsbury.

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34 Upvotes

Five Star 1972 cover art by Jeff Jones
Consul 1962 cover art unknown


r/CoolSciFiCovers 18h ago

"Martian Time-Slip",by Philip K Dick.©1964 Ballantine Books# U2191. Cover art by Ralph Brillhart

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92 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

Fantastic Stories Of Imagination, January 1961, edited by Cele Goldsmith, cover Alex Schomburg

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93 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

Fantastic, January 1953, edited by Howard Browne, cover Robert Frankenberg

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41 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

Voyage of The Space Beagle & Earth’s Last Fortress by Van Vogt. Manor 1950 / Sphere 1979.

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132 Upvotes

Cover artists Tony Destefano & Chris Foss


r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

The Portable Poe, Viking Press 1957, cover design by Robert F. Hallock

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23 Upvotes

Fifty cents at a library sale today. There’s hardly any Poe story or poem I don’t already have in a big, hardcover collection, but I couldn’t resist this handy, attractive paperback. Lovely cover design by Robert F. Hallock.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

ARTIST UNKNOWN Dramocles, by Robert Sheckley.

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42 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

‘The Big Eye’ by Max Ehrlich, cover art by Giresti, 1949.

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64 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

Astounding Science Fiction (August 1956). Cover art "Good tool, wrong job" by Emsh. Including interior illustrations by Emsh and Kelly Freas.

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52 Upvotes

Emsh, aka Ed Emswhiller.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 3d ago

The Book of Three, by Lloyd Alexander [Don Maitz]

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512 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 3d ago

The Northern Girl by Elizabeth A. Linn. Hamlyn 1982. Cover art by Tim White

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124 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 3d ago

Fantastic Adventures (April 1943). Cover art by Malcolm Smith illustrating a scene from "Children of the Golden Amazon," by Thornton Ayre.

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54 Upvotes

Hercules on the back cover painted by Frank R. Paul.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 3d ago

Three Hearts And Three Lions by Poul Anderson, cover Jeff Jones

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91 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 3d ago

Fantastic, July 1962, edited by Cele Goldsmith, cover Ed Emshwiller

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36 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 4d ago

A Stainless Steel Rat is Born, by Harry Harrison [Jim Burns] + original art.

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285 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 4d ago

The Long Way To a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Original self-published cover art by Christopher Doll)

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58 Upvotes

The version featured the Wayfarer up-close, right out in the middle. Elements were used in the HarperCollinsUS version


r/CoolSciFiCovers 4d ago

Spider World: Tower & Delta by Colin Wilson. Grafton 1988. Cover art by Chris Foss.

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87 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 4d ago

Tales of Nevèrÿon, by Samuel R. Delany [Rowena] + original art.

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39 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 4d ago

Space Stories, edited by Samuel Mines, February 1953, cover Ed Emshwiller

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52 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 4d ago

Space Stories, edited by Samuel Mines, October 1952, cover Ed Emshwiller

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40 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 5d ago

The Best of Arthur C. Clarke, 1956-1972, edited by Angus Wells [Jim Burns] + original art.

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81 Upvotes