SFRuminations

SFRuminations, 4 months ago to random

New history of science fiction purchase.

Carl Abbott’s Imagining Urban Futures: Cities in Science Fiction and What We Might Learn From Them (2016)

SFRuminations, 4 months ago to scifi

Clare Winger Harris (1891-1968) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?965

L, Frank R. Paul, 1928; R, uncredited, 1947
#scifi #sciencefiction #pulp

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SFRuminations, 8 months ago to scifi

Artist Oliviero Berni (1935-) was born on this day. List of covers: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?37870

L, 1978; R, 1980

#scifi #sciencefiction #books #art #artist

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SFRuminations, 7 months ago to fantasy

Suzy McKee Charnas (1939-2023) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?273

L, Gene Szafran, 1974; R, George Barr, 1992

#fantasy #horror #scifi #sciencefiction

Cat, spaceships, and woman's head.

SFRuminations, 7 months ago to scifi

Uncredited cover art detail for the 1976 edition of Andre Norton's Breed to Come (1972)

#scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist #cat #caturday #catsofmastodon

SFRuminations, 11 months ago to scifi

Lou Feck's cover art detail for the 1st edition of Steven E. McDonald's The Janus Syndrome (1981)

#scifi #sciencefiction #art

SFRuminations, 10 months ago to scifi

Robert Sheckley (1928-2005) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?818

L, David Pelham, 1975; R, Paul Lehr, 1968

#scifi #sciencefiction

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SFRuminations, 6 months ago to scifi

I missed a birthday! John Crowley (1942-) (Dec. 1st)

[a favorite of mine]

Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?711

L, John Cayea, 1975; R, uncredited, 1978

#scifi #sciencefiction #fantasy #books

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SFRuminations, 5 months ago to scifi

Stephen Fabian's interior art for Gregory Benford's "The Stars in Shroud" (part 2) in Galaxy (June 1978)
#scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist

SFRuminations, 29 days ago to books

Reading while the cat watches “TV” from his new perch. #books #cat #cats #caturday #catsofmastodon

SFRuminations, 22 days ago to fantasy

Colin Greenland (1954-) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?288

L, Steinar Lund, 1991; R, Steve Weston, 1984
#fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #books

SFRuminations, 13 days ago to scifi

Mordecai Roshwald (1921-2015) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?4833

L, uncredited, 1961; R, Gene Szafran, 1976
#scifi #sciencefiction #books #ColdWar

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SFRuminations, 8 days ago to feminism

"What’s the matter, are you old fashioned? This is the twenty-second century, the enlightened century, remember? There’s nothing a girl can’t do if she sets her mind to it."

From Milton Lesser's "Jungle in the Sky" (1952)

#feminism #scifi #sciencefiction #books

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SFRuminations, 4 days ago to scifi

Artist Sanford Kossin (1926-2023) was born on this day. List of covers: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?96297

L, 1964; R, 1974
#scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist #books

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SFRuminations, 13 days ago to scifi

Omg, I got to use the phrase "exegetical anxiety" in a review! Exciting! Stay tuned.

#scifi #sciencefiction #writing #books

SFRuminations, 17 days ago to scifi

Wallace West (1900-1980) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1140

L, Ed Emshwiller, 1963; R, Milton Luros, 1951
#scifi #sciencefiction #pulp

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SFRuminations, 28 days ago to history

From my Cold War primary source shelves: J. Edgar Hoover’s Masters of Deceit (1958) replete with high school student scholarship contest! #history #ColdWar #books #America #Communism

Contest rules for high school students
Essay question for high school student contest

SFRuminations, 2 months ago to scifi

Wallace Wood's interior art for Robert Sheckley's Time Killer (variant title: Immortality, Inc.) in Galaxy Magazine, ed. H. L. Gold (October 1958) #scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist

SFRuminations, 1 month ago to scifi

Richard McKenna (1913-1964) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?8013

L, Angus McKie, 1976; R, Ed Emshwiller, 1963
#scifi #sciencefiction #literature #books

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SFRuminations, 1 month ago to literature

Anna Kavan (1901-1968) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1372

L, Gene Szafran, 1974; R, Louise Brierley, 1990
#literature #scifi #sciencefiction #books

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SFRuminations, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to scifi

New SF esoterica for the collection! #scifi #sciencefiction #books

SFRuminations, 1 month ago to scifi

John M. Ford (1957-2006) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?226

L, uncredited (Jim Burns?), 1991; R, Howard Koslow, 1983
#scifi #sciencefiction #books

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SFRuminations, 1 month ago to scifi

Charles Moll's cover art for the 1977 edition of John Jakes' Brak the Barbarian (1968)
#scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist

SFRuminations, 1 month ago to scifi

Theodore L. Thomas (1920-2005) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?93

L, Hoot von Zitzewitz, 1965; R, Kelly Freas, 1959
#scifi #sciencefiction #books

SFRuminations, 1 month ago to scifi

Fletcher Pratt (1897-1956) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?532

L, Hannes Bok, 1953; R, Richard Powers, 1953
#scifi #sciencefiction #books #history

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