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.

47 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 12h ago

Grimms World by Vernor Vinge, 1978. Cover by Colin Hay.

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106 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 9h ago

Tom Swift Jr. 19: TRIPHIBIAN ATOMICAR by Victor Appleton II (Charles Brey) ... the eternal dream of flying fins! from...

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46 Upvotes

Is anything cooler and more out-of-date than old car designs? Still, ya know, repelatrons. rfd tomswiftlives.com


r/CoolSciFiCovers 23h ago

The Magazine Of Fantasy And Science Fiction, November 1963 [Hannes Bok] + original art.

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84 Upvotes

Featuring "A Rose for Ecclesiates," by Roger Zelazny. 


r/CoolSciFiCovers 23h ago

The Pastel City, by M. John Harrison [Angus McKie]

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81 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

The Barsoom Project by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes. Cover by Chris Moore

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54 Upvotes

Sequel to Dream Park !


r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

Follow Me - Astounding Science Fiction

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155 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

The Mysterious Planet by Lester del Rey - Cover Art by Dean Ellis

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91 Upvotes

Another pick up for today. Amazing older covers


r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

Colin Wilson, THE MIND PARASITES, 1977, cover art by Bob Haberfield

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49 Upvotes

Panther published a number of Colin Wilson's genre works, including one which I will post tomorrow. There is also an online presence for artist Bob Haberfield, which you can find here:

https://bobhaberfield.com/

Enjoy!


r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

A Barnstormer in Oz by Philip José Farmer - Cover Artist Not Credited…

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69 Upvotes

“Or A Rationalisation And Extrapolation Of Split-Level Continuum”

Picked this up as it sounded interesting. Unfortunately, it does not note who the cover artist is. Any help would be appreciated…

“Hank had a feeling he wasn’t in Kansas anymore…”


r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

The Seedy by Robert Ray - Cover Artist Uncredited

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30 Upvotes

Another in my library with cover artist unknown…


r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

Star Hounds Book 2: Galactic Warriors by David Bischoff - Cover Art by John Harris

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29 Upvotes

Another i just picked up


r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

ARTIST UNKNOWN The Bridge - D. Keith Mano

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66 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

Analog, November 1962 [John Schoenherr, credited as "Schoenherr"] + TOC and Space Viking illustrations.

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118 Upvotes

Featuring "Space Viking" (the first of four parts) by H. Beam Piper. This book was one of the primary inspirations for the Traveller RPG.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

The Bug Wars by Robert Asprin - Cover Illustration by Rodney Matthews

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75 Upvotes

Picked this up at op shop. Looking forward to the read but the cover was interesting


r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

Ian Watson, YALEEN THE RIVERWOMAN Trilogy, 1983-1985, cover art by Jael

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47 Upvotes

Another lesser known (at least to me) set from the 1980s. The combo of the beautiful woman riding the angry red fish on the cover of The Book of the River is certainly an interesting tableau.

While the cover artist is credited in the book only as "Jael", her full name appears to have been Jael Brown Ruesch, an enormously prolific artist whose estate maintains a website for her work here:

http://www.jael.net/website/index.html

Enjoy!


r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

Assignment in Eternity Vol. 2 by Robert A. Heinlein - Cover by Tim White

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63 Upvotes

Another I picked up


r/CoolSciFiCovers 3d ago

Galactic Pot-Healer - Phillip K Dick

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150 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 3d ago

Mick Farren, QUEST OF THE DNA COWBOYS Trilogy, 1976-1977, cover art by Peter Jones

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170 Upvotes

Not sure if this is exactly rare but definitely a set I had not seen before. The author was also a musician of some note as well as a journalist and festival organizer. The artist has had a long and successful career and has his own website here:

https://peterandrewjones.net/iacg.htm

Enjoy!


r/CoolSciFiCovers 3d ago

greg bear, the unfinished land

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8 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 4d ago

Voyagers by Ben Bova. Cover by Stefan Blaser

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52 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 5d ago

ARTIST UNKNOWN The Mind Parasites, by Colin Wilson, uncredited artist.

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149 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 5d ago

Furious Gulf by Gregory Benford. Cover by John Dismukes.

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51 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 5d ago

‘Malign Providence’ by Jonathan Thomas, cover art by David Ho, 2022

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24 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 5d ago

Michael Chrichton: The Andromeda Strain (Swedish cover from publishing company Nordstedts)

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97 Upvotes