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  1. A nostalgic illustration of a cluttered book interior, filled with digital artifacts from a bygone era.

    #cyberpunk #illustration #bookart #digitalmemory #vintage

  2. Died this day: 09/06/1950 (b. 05/10/1886) William Olaf Stapledon was an English SF author. First to describe what are now called Dyson spheres. "Odd John" explores the theme of a man whose supernormal human mentality leads to conflict with normal human society.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_Sta

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

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    Cover art by Eric Fraser

  3. Died this day: 09/06/1950 (b. 05/10/1886) William Olaf Stapledon was an English SF author. First to describe what are now called Dyson spheres. "Odd John" explores the theme of a man whose supernormal human mentality leads to conflict with normal human society.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_Sta

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

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    Cover art by Eric Fraser

  4. Died this day: 09/06/1950 (b. 05/10/1886) William Olaf Stapledon was an English SF author. First to describe what are now called Dyson spheres. "Odd John" explores the theme of a man whose supernormal human mentality leads to conflict with normal human society.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_Sta

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

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    Cover art by Eric Fraser

  5. Died this day: 09/06/1950 (b. 05/10/1886) William Olaf Stapledon was an English SF author. First to describe what are now called Dyson spheres. "Odd John" explores the theme of a man whose supernormal human mentality leads to conflict with normal human society.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_Sta

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

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    Cover art by Eric Fraser

  6. Died this day: 09/05/1992 (b. 12/24/1910) Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction.
    Multiple Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award winner, his first SF novel The Big Time won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1958.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Le

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

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  7. Died this day: 09/05/1992 (b. 12/24/1910) Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction.
    Multiple Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award winner, his first SF novel The Big Time won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1958.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Le

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

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  8. Died this day: 09/05/1992 (b. 12/24/1910) Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction.
    Multiple Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award winner, his first SF novel The Big Time won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1958.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Le

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

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  9. Died this day: 09/05/1992 (b. 12/24/1910) Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction.
    Multiple Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award winner, his first SF novel The Big Time won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1958.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Le

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

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  10. 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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  11. Died this day: 09/02/2013 (b. 11/26/1919) Frederik George Pohl Jr. was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan. His novel Jem (1979) was the winner of the National Book Award and a finalist for the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and sixth place for the Locus Award.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik

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

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  12. Born this day: 09/01/1964
    Martha Wells is an American writer of science fiction. Winner of four Hugo Awards, two Nebula Awards and three Locus Awards for her science fiction series The Murderbot Diaries.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_W

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

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    Cover art by Jaime Jones

  13. Born this day: 09/01/1942
    Carolyn Janice Cherry, better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction, including the Hugo Award–winning novel Downbelow Station (1981).

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._J._Ch

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

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    Art by David Mattingly

  14. Died this day: 08/31/1965 (b. 05/02/1890) Edward Elmer "DOC" Smith was an American science-fiction author, best known for the Lensman series. The Lensman series was a runner-up for the 1966 Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series, losing to the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Sm

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

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    Cover art by Leo Morey

  15. Born this day: 08/30/1797 (d. 02/01/1851) Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_She

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

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    Cover art by Joe Weems

  16. Born this day: 08/28/1916 (d. 05/26/2013) John Holbrook Vance was an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and mysteries. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America made him its 15th Grand Master in 1997. The Dragon Masters won the Hugo Award for Best Short Fiction in 1963.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Van

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

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    Art by Jack Gaughan

  17. Born this day: 08/27/1929 (d. 11/12/2007) Ira Marvin Levin was an American novelist. His works include the novels A Kiss Before Dying (1953), Rosemary's Baby (1967), The Stepford Wives (1972).

    Rosemary's Baby was the best-selling horror novel of the 1960s, selling over four million copies.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Levin

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

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    Cover art Paul Bacon

  18. Died this day: 08/25/1995 (b. 09/24/1934) John Kilian Houston Brunner was a British author of science fiction novels and stories. His 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar, about an overpopulated world, won the 1969 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel and the BSFA Award the same year.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bru

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

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  19. Born this day: 08/24/1951 - 75th anniversary
    Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. Ender's Game was recognized as "best novel" by the 1985 Nebula Award and the 1986 Hugo Award. The film was number one in North America during its opening weekend.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Sc

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

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  20. Died this day: 08/23/1999 (b. 04/07/1928) James White was a Northern Irish author of science fiction. Second Ending (1961), which White described as "about the last man on Earth" but with "an upbeat ending", was short-listed for a Hugo Award.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wh

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

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    Cover art by Alex Schomburg

  21. Born this day: 08/22/1920 (d. 06/05/2012) Ray Douglas Bradbury was an American author and screenwriter. The Science Fiction Writers of America made him its 10th SFWA Grand Master. The Martian Chronicles was nominated for the 1981 Hugo (4th place)

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Brad

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

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    Art by Arthur Lidov

  22. About the art process behind my book covers…and a question...

    I began abstract painting around 2015–2016 after many years of realistic pen and ink sketching connected to my architectural work. Over time, colour, geometry, and nature shifted my practice toward abstraction.

    In 2022, I gave an artist talk at the Lundt‑Glover Gallery in Chatham, NJ, hosted by the Art League of the Chathams, where I discussed my work at the time, including digital developments in NFTs and my decision not to pursue that direction.

    Later that year, I began the 27‑painting series that my current ecofiction trilogy covers are based on, using four panels from that show as the starting point for the newer work.

    Three good things:
    1. Making art.
    2. Sharing art.
    3. Selling art to pay for more art supplies!!!

    Watch the full 38‑minute talk here: youtu.be/X400L4JI-LQ

    The piece shown, Wellness, was part of the solo show and later became the cover for our ASEI Arts international charity anthology, Anthology House Vol. 2, created to benefit UNICEF.

    A question for my art and book lover peeps here: when you think about art and the art of book covers, what lights you up, what inspires you, and what are you drawn to reach out for?

    #AbstractArt #ArchitectureFiction #ArtSupplies #ArtistTalk #AuthorReading #BookArt #BookTrilogy #CliFi #ClimateFiction #DesignThinking #Ecofiction #HopePunk #MixedMediaArt #NFT #NFTArt #ReikiArt #ScribesAndMakers #SolarPunk #Sustainability #SystemsThinking #WomenInArchitecture #WomenInSTEM #WomenInSTEAM #WritersCoffeeClub @ThreeGoodThings

  23. In May I spent a week in Cheryl Jacobsen's Gothic & Vellum class with Friends of Calligraphy, learning to write and paint directly on parchment. This book seemed to magically come together over the week. The fish just seemed to be calling me through the hole in the parchment. My favorite part of working on skin was turning its “flaws” into features.

    "The Fish" is finished and available for purchase — contact me, if you're interested.

    I've also got a second skin in the studio waiting to become the next book. Just need the time.

    #calligraphy #handlettering #bookart #parchment #manuscriptbook

  24. Born this Day:
    John Wyndham 7/10/1903 (d. 3/11/1969) was an English science fiction writer. Some of his works were set in post-apocalyptic landscapes. His best known work was The Day of the Triffids (1951), filmed in 1962.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wyn

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

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    Poster Artist: Joseph Smith

  25. Weird Tales — February 1925 issue (Volume V — Number 2). "The Unique Magazine." Cover story: "Whispering Tunnels" by Stephen Bagby, subtitled "A Devil Tale of Verdun."

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

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    Art by Andrew Brosnatch

  26. I really like art and I would like to share with you one of my #bookfoldings. It is a completely handmade work with any book (writers, please don't kill me). I make art from a read book that has been gathering dust on a shelf and I turn it into an eternal book and a very original gift.

    #art #books #handmade #hechoamano #regalosoriginales #originalgift #Marvel #ironman #CapitanAmerica #artist #artistas #manualidades #bookart

  27. Me gusta mucho el arte y me gustaría dejaros aquí uno de mis #bookfoldings. Se trata de un trabajo totalmente artesanal con cualquier libro (escritores, por favor no me matéis). Hago arte a partir de un libro leído que ha ido acumulando polvo en una estantería y lo convierto en un libro eterno y un regalo de lo mas original ❤️

    #art #books #handmade #hechoamano #regalosoriginales #originalgift #Marvel #ironman #CapitanAmerica #artist #artistas #manualidades #bookart