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  1. Born this day: 09/09/1900 (d. 12/20/1954) James Hilton was a British-American novelist and screenwriter, best remembered for his novels Lost Horizon & Goodbye, Mr. Chips. Lost Horizon was the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamasery located high in the mountains of Tibet.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hi

    #Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
    #JamesHilton @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

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  2. Died this day: 09/08/2017 (b. 08/07/1933) Jerry Eugene Pournelle's hard science fiction writing received multiple awards. "The Mote in God's Eye" was Nominated for the Nebula, Hugo and Locus Awards.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Po

    #Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
    #JerryPournelle @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

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    Cover artwork by Robert Anthony

  3. Died this day: 09/08/2017 (b. 08/07/1933) Jerry Eugene Pournelle's hard science fiction writing received multiple awards. "The Mote in God's Eye" was Nominated for the Nebula, Hugo and Locus Awards.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Po

    #Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
    #JerryPournelle @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

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    Cover artwork by Robert Anthony

  4. Died this day: 09/08/2017 (b. 08/07/1933) Jerry Eugene Pournelle's hard science fiction writing received multiple awards. "The Mote in God's Eye" was Nominated for the Nebula, Hugo and Locus Awards.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Po

    #Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
    #JerryPournelle @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

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    Cover artwork by Robert Anthony

  5. Died this day: 09/08/2017 (b. 08/07/1933) Jerry Eugene Pournelle's hard science fiction writing received multiple awards. "The Mote in God's Eye" was Nominated for the Nebula, Hugo and Locus Awards.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Po

    #Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
    #JerryPournelle @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

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    Cover artwork by Robert Anthony

  6. Died this day: 09/08/2017 (b. 08/07/1933) Larry Niven is an American hard SF writer. His novel Ringworld (1970), a vast artificial habitat circling a distant sun and set in his Known Space future history, swept the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Ni

    #Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
    @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction #LarryNiven @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

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    Art by Dean Ellis

  7. Died this day: 09/07/1976 (b. 02/11/1920) - 50th anniversary. Daniel Francis Galouye was an American science fiction writer. During the 1950s and 1960s, he contributed novelettes and short stories to various digest size science fiction magazines.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_F

    #Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
    #DanielFGalouye @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

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    Art by Malcolm Smith

  8. Died this day: 09/07/1976 (b. 02/11/1920) - 50th anniversary. Daniel Francis Galouye was an American science fiction writer. During the 1950s and 1960s, he contributed novelettes and short stories to various digest size science fiction magazines.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_F

    #Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
    #DanielFGalouye @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

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    Art by Malcolm Smith

  9. Died this day: 09/07/1976 (b. 02/11/1920) - 50th anniversary. Daniel Francis Galouye was an American science fiction writer. During the 1950s and 1960s, he contributed novelettes and short stories to various digest size science fiction magazines.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_F

    #Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
    #DanielFGalouye @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

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    Art by Malcolm Smith

  10. Died this day: 09/07/1976 (b. 02/11/1920) - 50th anniversary. Daniel Francis Galouye was an American science fiction writer. During the 1950s and 1960s, he contributed novelettes and short stories to various digest size science fiction magazines.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_F

    #Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
    #DanielFGalouye @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

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    Art by Malcolm Smith

  11. Died this day: 09/02/1973 (b. 01/03/1892) John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer and academic philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955).

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R.

    #Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
    #JRRTolkien @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

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  12. Died this day: 06/11/1936 (b. 01/22/1906) Robert Ervin Howard was an American writer who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. The main outlet for his stories was Weird Tales, where Howard introduced Conan the Barbarian in the December 1932 issue.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E

    #Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
    #RobertEHoward @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

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  13. I scored this rad #hardcover #book for free, today 😀

    Poison Flowers & Pandemonium - A #RichardSala #Omnibus. It's a collection of his last four books in one gorgeous hardcover. It was published & released just months before his death in May 2020.

    I'm looking forward to diving into this book, tonight, after work. It was a fantastic free find👍

    #GraphicNovels #CartoonArtists #ComicArt #CartoonArt #GraphicBooks #BookLovers #ReadingRainbow #ReadMoreBooks #ShareBooks #FreeBook #UsedBooks #Fantagraphics #BookArt #bookstodon

  14. Down All Your Streets

    Original cover painting by James Avati for Leonard Bishop's paperback novel "Down All Your Streets" from Signet Books

    Avati was known for his paperback book covers

    #jamesavati #downallyourstreets #leonardbishop #paperback #paperbacknovel #signetbooks #bookcover #bookart #art #artists #book #books #artworld