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History PhD. Joachim Boaz maps the more esoteric inclines and declines of science fiction between 1945-1985. When SF tackles the greater morass of things and our oblique interiors he is happy. His website Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations charts these movements. https://sciencefictionruminations.com/

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Artist Alex Ebel (1932-2013) was born on this day. List of covers: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?25577

L, 1975; R, 1974

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New purchase!

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R. A. Lafferty (1914-2002) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?36

L, Diane and Leo Dillon, 1969; R, James Gurney, 1983

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Artist Jim Steranko (1938-) was born on this day. List of covers: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?55321

L, 1970; R, 1971

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

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@nyrath it’s a hideous cover. The definition of kitsch ;)

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Would be a fascinating alt-history jonbar point -- if early Christians hadn't interpreted a metaphoric passage about the fall of Satan (which in turn was a reference to the death of Sargon II) literally.

From Eckart Fraham's Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire (2023)

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Ed Emshwiller's terrifying interior art for C. M. Kornbluth and Judith Merril's "Mars Child" in Galaxy Science Fiction (June 1951)

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Fredric Brown (1906-1972) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?10

L, Mitchell Hooks, 1955; R, Paul Lehr, 1978

A surreal cityscape -- Lehr loves his ovaloid figures that cover most of the image

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Mark Clifton (1906-1963) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1083

L, Wallace Wood, 1958; R, Richard Powers, 1963

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Duncan Lunan (1945-) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?607

L, John Schoenherr, 1973; R, Ron Miller, 1974

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Artist Bob Pepper (1938-2019) was born on this day. List of covers: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?26070

L, 1969; R, 1976

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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

Cat, spaceships, and woman's head.

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@Virginicus I don't know.

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Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?37

L, Ruth Robbins, 1968; R, Jack Gaughan, 1969

Two figures wander across an icy expanse. City looms in the distance

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Richard C. Meredith (1937-1979) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1632

L, Eddie Jones, 1987; R, Eddie Jones, 1985

spaceship (I guess) or space station in what looks like swirling gas

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@nyrath Reviewed on my site.

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Artist Don Davis (1952-) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?6126

L, 1981; R, 1972

man with nervous system connected to the planet earth sends a psychic blast across space

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New science fiction purchase!

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Artist Tony Roberts (1950-) was born on this day. List of covers: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?9727

L, 1975; R, 1974

Large spaceship against an array of stars

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Artist Ed Valigursky (1926-2009) was born on this day. List of covers: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?26892

L, 1958; R, 1960

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Artist R. S. Lonati (1924-1990) was born on this day. List of covers: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?135419

L, 1962; R, 1963

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E. C. Tubb (1919-2010) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?113

L, Paul Alexander, 1982; R, uncredited, 1954

two people emerge from a futuristic factory? in suits

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@Virginicus You had to if you wanted to survive on writing -- most other SF writers had second jobs.

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@Virginicus Even critically lauded authors -- John Brunner comes to mind -- periodically had to take second jobs to make a living. It took him too long to write his best work so he had to return to cranking crap out to pay the bills.

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@Virginicus Silverberg is the best example. He invested early profits and made quite a bit of money as a result.

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