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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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Bowman's interior art for Dean McLaughlin's "Welcome Home" in Infinity Science Fiction (October 1957)

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"Jimmy Miller is a profoundly funny writer, and the first woman, as far as I know, who has found a voice wholly appropriate for today." -- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

There are cringe back cover blurbs and then there are cringe back cover blurbs….

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Editor Mort Weisinger (1915-1978) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1243

L, Earle Bergey, 1940; R, Howard V. Brown, 1939

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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

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Jack Gaughan's inspiration?

The Mount Nemrut royal tomb complex for the kings and queens of the Hellenistic Greco-Iranian Kingdom of Commagene

L, Jack Gaughan, 1978

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Avram Davidson (1923-1993) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?501

L, Jack Gaughan, 1965; R, Richard Powers, 1966

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Paul J. McAuley (1955-) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?220

L, Don Dixon, 1989; R, Tim Jacobus, 1994

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Artist Hans Arnold (1925-2010) was born on this day. List of covers: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?41591

L, 1974; R, 1974

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Damien Broderick (1944-) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?515

L, Carl Lundgren, 1980; R, R. Michael Payne, 1978

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Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) was born on this day. Yes, he wrote SF(ish) things! Speculative fiction bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?15974

L, uncredited, 1947; R, uncredited, 1970

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Ivan Yefremov (1908-1972) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?362

L, uncredited, 1980; R, uncredited, 1962

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Jim Harmon (1933-2010) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1270

L, Ed Emshwiller, 1957; R, John Pederson, Jr., 1959

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@nyrath Read any of the author's work?

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John Lymington (1911-1983) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?3397

L, Emanuel Schongut, 1967; R, George F. Pollock, 1965

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Leigh Richmond (1911-1995) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1631

L, Karl Stephan, 1969; R, uncredited, 1977

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There are many examples of European publishers cribbing entire American SF covers. Here's a great German example.

L, John Berkey's 1972 canvas for Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth's The Space Merchants (1952); R, Eddie Jones' 1st ed. cover for Kurt Mahr's 2 x Mister Beeches? (1977)

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Eddie Jones' cover for the 1973 German edition of E. C. Tubb's Technos (1972)

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Eddie Jones' cover art detail for the 1974 German edition of Alan E. Nourse's The Counterfeit Man: More Science Fiction Stories (1963)

German title: Die Waffe des Friedens

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Artist Joan Miro (1893-1983) was born on this day. His art has been used on a variety of SFF covers: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?25287

L, 1974; R, 1973

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Artist Terry Maloney (1917-2008) was born on this day. List of covers: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?102269

L, 1965; R, 1957

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Artist Chris Yates (1948-) was born on this day. List of covers: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?108096

L, 1973; R, 1973

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@jhavok Farewell, Earth's Bliss (1966) is a personal favorite: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2012/09/16/book-review-farewell-earths-bliss-d-g-compton-1966/

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@jhavok For more recent reviews and review projects, check out my last two year in reviews!

2023: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2024/01/01/my-2023-in-review-best-sf-novels-best-sf-short-fiction-and-bonus-categories/

2022: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2023/01/01/updates-my-2022-in-review-best-sf-novels-best-sf-short-fiction-and-bonus-categories/

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@jhavok I'm a child of the very late 80s -- and a historian. I am definitely interested SF as a window into a particular historical moment! And of course, I find some great books along the way... I spell out my purpose and lens a bit more here: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/about/

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@jhavok I read stories from all those magazines. I have hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of reviews here: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/science-fiction-book-reviews-by-author/

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@jhavok Yeah, I have no interest in interacting with most authors to be honest. Ellison and SIlverberg have both stopped by my site and gotten angry at people in the comments.. I dunno... Interacting with authors isn't really my thing. James E. Gunn (before his passing) and Alan Dean Foster (him especially) interact very kindly in the comment section.

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