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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 2h

Nicola Griffith sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/griffi... and Sheree Renée Thomas sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/thomas... were born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Annie Lunsford, Sam Wolfe Connelly, Joseph Eze and [couldn't identify]):

Interior magazine artwork for Nicola Griffith's "Princess Fat Grits: Lessons in What Matters, No. 7"

The cover to Nicola Griffith's "Cold Wind"

The cover to Sheree Renée Thomas' "Sleeping Under the Tree of Life"

The cover to Sheree Renée Thomas' "Ring Shout on Saturn"

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 4h

William Hosea Ballou sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ballou... was born on this day, so here are some illustrations to his novel "The Upper Ten: A Novel of the Snobocracy" (1890). Artist: H Clay Coultaus:

An interior illustration from William Hosea Ballou's "The Upper Ten: A Novel of the Snobocracy" (1890)

A couple of interior illustrations from William Hosea Ballou's "The Upper Ten: A Novel of the Snobocracy" (1890)

Another interior illustration from William Hosea Ballou's "The Upper Ten: A Novel of the Snobocracy" (1890)

And another interior illustration from William Hosea Ballou's "The Upper Ten: A Novel of the Snobocracy" (1890)

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 18h

Some covers to 'Colecția Povestiri Stiințifico‑Fantastice' ('The Collection of Scientific-Fantastic Stories'), aka CPSF, a Romanian sf magazine published 1955-1974 (it's mentioned in the SFE Romania entry sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/romania ). Artists identified in alt text:

The cover to 'Colecția Povestiri Stiințifico‑Fantastice', February 1963 (#197) and March 1963 (#199). Artists: Dumitru Ionescu, Nic Nicolaev

The cover to 'Colecția Povestiri Stiințifico‑Fantastice', September 1963 (#212) and November 1963 (#216). Artists: Victor Wegemann (both)

The cover to 'Colecția Povestiri Stiințifico‑Fantastice', January 1964 (#220) and November 1963 (#241). Artists: Dumitru Ionescu and Victor Wegemann

The cover to 'Colecția Povestiri Stiințifico‑Fantastice', December 1964 (#242) and June 1965 (#253). Artists: Victor Wegemann (both)

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 20h

Charles Addams sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/addams... died, whilst Scott Baker sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/baker_... was born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Charles Addams, Charles Addams, Georges Raimondo and [uncredited]):

Charles Addams cover to the New Yorker for 30 October 1954

The cover for Scott Baker's "Symbiote's Crown"

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 21h

Paul Féval sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/feval_... was born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Ladrönn, Mathilde Loisel, Andre Gill and Pascal Moguerou)

The cover to Paul Féval's "Vampire Countess" (2003)

The cover to an adaption of Paul Féval's "La Fée des grèves" by Antoine Lefranc

The cover to 'La Lune' 16th December 1866, featuring Paul Feval

The cover to Paul Féval's "La Fée des grèves" (1999, though cover originally used for a 1993 edition)

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ganpat sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ganpat (a pseudonym) died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artists: 1st seems to have the initials 'CS', 4th's surname seems to be 'Walker'; couldn't identify the others):

The cover to "Fairy Silver" by Ganpat. Not sure what appears to be a musketeer is doing halfway up a cliff in central Asia (aside from falling off it)

Part of the cover to a 1923 edition of Ganpat's "Harilek: A Romance of Modern Central Asia"

The cover to Ganpat's "Mirror of Dreams"

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Winifred Holtby sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/holtby... died and Xiran Jay Zhao sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/zhao_x... was born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: 1&2 Batt, 3&4 [couldn't identify]):

Frontispiece and title page to Winifred Holtby's "The Astonishing Island" (1933)

Interior illustration to Winifred Holtby's "The Astonishing Island" (1933), showing "the only legal form of murder in the island"

Cover to a Japanese edition of Xiran Jay Zhao's "Iron Widow"

Cover to an edition of Xiran Jay Zhao's "Iron Widow"

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Some interior magazine artwork from 'Science Fiction Age', May 1995-May 1996, for authors without a SFE entry: 1. Kandis Elliot, 2. Pete D Manison, 3. Julie A Stevens, 4. Daniel Hood (Artist: Janet Aulisio, David Beck, Bob Eggleton and John Berkey):

Interior magazine artwork for "The Androgyne Murders" by Kandis Elliot

Interior magazine artwork for "VR Marsbase 1" by Pete D. Manison

Interior magazine artwork for "Redux" by Julie A Stevens

Interior magazine artwork for "On the Golcondar Run" by Daniel Hood

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Michael G Coney sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/coney_... was born on this day, so here's some magazine artwork for his stories 1970-1995 (Artist: Jones, David A Hardy, Larry Blamire and Gary A Lippincott):

Interior magazine art for Michael G Coney's "A Judge of Men"

The cover to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1974, illustrating "The Initiation of Akasa" by Michael G. Coney

Interior magazine art for "Penny on a Skyhorse" by Michael G Coney

The cover to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1995, illustrating "Tea and Hamsters" by Michael G. Coney

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This week's new SFE entries can be found here: sf-encyclopedia.com/whatsnew.php with films 'Star Trek Beyond' (2016); 'Self/less' (2015); 'Passengers' (2016); 'Mortal Engines' (2018); 'Justice League' (2017); 'Independence Day: Resurgence' (2016); 'The 5th Wave' (2016); '400 Days' (2015) ... [tbc]

Poster for the film 'Mortal Engines' (2018)

Promotional material for the anime tv series 'Macross Delta' (2016)

Still from the online animated series 'Pretty Pretty Please I Don't Want to be a Magical Girl' (2025 onwards)

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Jack Sharkey sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sharke... died on this day, so here's a German book cover and some magazine cover art for his stories (Artist: RS Lonati, Lloyd Birmingham, Jacquelyn Blair and Alex Schomburg).

The cover to "Die 15 Geiseln" by Jack Sharkey

The cover to 'Fantastic Stories of Imagination', March 1962, illustrating "Robotum Delenda Est!" by Jack Sharkey

The cover to Fantastic Stories of Imagination, July 1963, illustrating "The Trouble with Tweenity" by Jack Sharkey

The cover to Fantastic Stories of Imagination, November 1963, illustrating "The Aftertime" by Jack Sharkey

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Artist and author Larry S Todd sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/todd_l... died on this day, so here's some examples of his work:

Larry Todd's cover for the comic 'Paranoia' (1972)

Title page for Larry Todd's "Tales from the Ogre's Tower" strip from 'Paranoia' (1972)

Larry Todd's back cover for the comic 'Monolith' (1972)

A page from Larry Todd's "The Amazing Liver" strip in his comic 'Tales Of The Armorkins' (1971)

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A miscellany of illustrations, from: 1: French magazine "Futurs" #1, June 1978; 2: US fanzine "New Frontiers", August 1960; 3: US fanzine "Thrust" #28 (Fall 1987); 4: Yugoslavian magazine "Alef" #5, December 1987 (Artist: Enki Bilal, Tom Walker, Lori Walls and Dobrosav Bob Zivkovik):

Interior illustration for “Le temps des grandes solitudes” by Jean-Pierre Andrevon

Illustration to an article "Sherlock Holmes and Science Fiction" by Anthony Boucher

Illustration to "Cyber Yes, Punk No" by Lawrence Watt-Evans

Illustration to "Da vodis Brigu O Njemu!" by Isak Asimov

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Artist and author Charles Burns sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/burns_... was born on this day, so here's some examples of his artwork:

The cover to Charles Burns' "X-ed Out" (here with a different title)

Charles Burns' "Animal Self-Portrait! (1992)

Charles burns' cover for Iggy Pop's album "Brick by Brick"

Charles Burns' cover for the The Yo-Yo's "Time Of Your Life" single on Sub-Pop (2000)

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Editor Sheila Williams sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/willia... was born on this day, so here are some of the covers for issues of Asimov's she edited: these from the period 2007-2009 (Artist: Michael Whelan, Tomasz Maroński, John Picacio and Donato Giancola):

The cover to Asimov's, January 2007, edited by Sheila Williams (apparently an image from a 1993 Michael Whelan collection)

The cover to Asimov's, March 2008, edited by Sheila Williams

The cover to Asimov's, September 2008, edited by Sheila Williams

The cover to Asimov's, March 2009, edited by Sheila Williams

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

John Marsden sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/marsde... was born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Shaun Tan, Shaun Tan, Helen Halliday and [couldn't identify]). 1&2 are from "The Rabbits":

Illustration from John Marsden's "The Rabbits", titled "The Wall"

Illustration from John Marsden's "The Rabbits", titled "They ate our grass"

The cover to John Marsden's "Tomorrow, When the War Began"

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Remy de Gourmont sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/de_gou... died on this day, so here are some early 1920's frontispieces to his works and a more modern cover (Artist: 2nd by Henry Chapront, 3rd "MAVD"?; couldn't identify the others):

Frontispiece to Remy de Gourmont's "Le livret de l'imaginier" (1920)

Frontispiece to Remy de Gourmont's "Les chevaux de Diomède" (1921)

Frontispiece to Remy de Gourmont's "Le latin mystique : les poètes de l'antiphonaire et la symbolique au moyen âge" (1922)

A cover for Remy de Gourmont's "From a Faraway Land"

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Artwork from the Polish magazine 'Fantastyka', from 1984 (couldn't identify the artists):

Illustration for Leszek Kraskowski's "Inspekcja" from Fantastyka 16 (March 1984)

Illustration for Siergiej Sniegow's "W Jadrze Galaktyki" from Fantastyka 16 (March 1984)

Illustration for Marek Car's "Poszukiwacze Planet" from Fantastyka 19 (April 1984)

Illustration for Leon Gomolicki's "Arka" from Fantastyka 19 (April 1984)

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Artist Winsor McCay sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mccay_... was born on this day, so here's some examples of his 'Little Nemo in Slumberland' strip from early(ish) last century. Reposted with new 4th image (as I'd posted the previous one before):

An example of Winsor McCay's 'Little Nemo in Slumberland' comic strip, featuring a giant bird

An example of Winsor McCay's 'Little Nemo in Slumberland' comic strip: Nemo watching the New Year arrive

An example of Winsor McCay's 'Little Nemo in Slumberland' comic strip: an attempt to meet Jack Frost

An example of Winsor McCay's 'Little Nemo in Slumberland' comic strip, featuring a dragon

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Douglas R Mason sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mason_... - who also wrote as John Rankine - and Robert J Szmidt sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/szmidt... were born on this day, so here are some of their covers (Artist: Dean Ellis, Keith Roberts, [couldn't identify] and [couldn't identify]):

The cover to 'Operation Umanaq' by Douglas R Mason [as by John Rankine]

The cover to SF Impulse, May 1966, presumably illustrating 'Seventh Moon' by Douglas R Mason [as by John Rankine]

The cover to Robert J Szmidt's "Samotność Anioła Zagłady. Adam"

The cover to Robert J Szmidt's "Szczury Wroclawia Szpital"

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Roger MacBride Allen sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/allen_... Tanya Huff sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/huff_t... and Ian Whates sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/whates... were born on this day, so here are some of their covers (Artist: David Hardy, Boris Vallejo, Paul Youll and Ben Baldwin):

The cover to Analog, April 1987, illustrating Roger MacBride Allen's "A Hole in the Sun"

The cover to Roger MacBride Allen's "Ring of Charon"

The cover to Tanya Huff's "The Truth of Valor"

The cover for "Now We Are Ten" edited by Ian Whates

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Alvah Milton Kerr sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/kerr_a... died and Will Self sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/self_w... was born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: G W Picknell, G W Picknell, [couldn't identify] and [couldn't identify]):

The cover to Alvah Milton Kerr's "Two Young Inventors: The Story of a Flying Boat" (1904)

Interior art for Alvah Milton Kerr's "Two Young Inventors: The Story of a Flying Boat" (1904)

The cover for Will Self's "Les grandes singes"

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Artwork from the Polish magazine 'Fantastyka', from 1983/1984 (Artist: Ryszard Wojtyinski, Robert Lechowitz, Korga and [couldn't identify]):

Interior illustration from Fantastyka #2 (1983). I think it's a standalone piece.

Interior illustration from Fantastyka #16 (1984). Possibly illustrating an article "Weird fiction czy science creation?", or a standalone piece.

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hideyuki Kikuchi sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/kikuch... was born on this day, so here are some of his covers (Artist: 1st by 天野喜孝 [i.e. Yoshitaka Amano], couldn't identify the others):

The cover for Hideyuki Kikuchi's "Vampire Hunter D: Omnibus book 4"

The cover for Hideyuki Kikuchi'sトレジャー・ハンター八頭大（8）

The cover for Hideyuki Kikuchi's 魔界都市ブルース３

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Joan Hunter Holly sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/holly_... and Tianxia Bachang sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/tianxi... were born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: 2nd by Karel Thole, couldn't identify the others):

The cover to "The Time Twisters" by J Hunter Holly

The cover to "L'altra faccia di Mister Kiel " by J Hunter Holly

A cover or poster for "Tientsin Mystic", a Chinese tv series based on Tianxia Bachang's novel "He Shen"

The cover for (or possibly a poster for a film/tv series based on) "Candle in the Tomb: The Wrath of Time" [aka "Gui Chui Deng") by Tianxia Bachang

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Charles R Maturin sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/maturi... was born and Mary H Schaub sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/schaub... died on this day, so here’s some related artwork (Artist: Felix Zakar, [couldn’t identify], Frank Kelly Freas and Frank Kelly Freas):

The cover for Charles R Maturin’s “Melmoth El Errabundo”

The cover for a Folio Society edition of Charles R Maturin’s “Melmoth the Wanderer”

The cover to Galileo, September 1979, illustrating “The Court of the Timesifters” by Mary H Schaub

Interior magazine artwork for “The Court of the Timesifters” by Mary H Schaub

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

William M Sloane sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sloane... and Robert E Weinberg sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/weinbe... died on this day, so here’s some related artwork (Artist: Jean-Claude Forest, CW Bacon, Alex Nino/Frank Magsino/Orvy Jundis and Alex Nino/Orvy Jundis):

The cover to “La Rive incertaine” by William M Sloane

The cover to “The Edge of Running Water” by William M Sloane

The cover to “The Weird Tales Story” by Robert E Weinberg

Interior artwork to “The Weird Tales Story” by Robert E Weinberg

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

John Brunner sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/brunne... was born on this day, so here's interior magazine artwork for some of his stories 1963-1964 (Artist: Virgil Finlay, Ed Emshwiller, Lutjens and Lutjens :

Interior magazine artwork for John Brunner's "A Better Mousetrap"

Interior magazine artwork for John Brunner's "Enigma from Tantalus"

Interior magazine artwork for John Brunner's "The Bridge to Azrael"

Mote interior magazine artwork for John Brunner's "The Bridge to Azrael"

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Artist Jack Gaughan sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gaugha... was born on this day, so here's some of his cover artwork from 1963:

Jack Gaughan's cover for "The Dragon Masters" by Jack Vance

Jack Gaughan's cover artwork for "Slave Planet" by Laurence M. Janifer

Jack Gaughan's cover for "Captives of the Flame" by Samuel R. Delany

Jack Gaughan's cover artwork for "The Rebellers" by Jane Roberts

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yasutaka Tsutsui sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/tsutsu... and Howard Wandrei sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wandre... were born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: [couldn't identify], [couldn't identify], HR Hammond and Elliott Dold Jr):

Interior magazine artwork from 1934 for Howard Wandrei's "Vine Terror"

Interior magazine artwork from 1934 for Howard Wandrei's "The Other"

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

John Kessel sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/kessel... was born and Kit Reed sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/reed_kit died on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Patrick Arrasmith, Bob Eggleton, Laurie Harden and Peter Jones):

Interior magazine artwork for John Kessel's "The President's Channel"

Interior magazine artwork for John Kessel's "The Juniper Tree"

Cover to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1998, illustrating Kit Reed's "On the Penal Colony"

The cover to Kit Reed's "The Killer Mice"

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Artist Bruce Jensen sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/jensen... and author Richard Morgan sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/morgan... were born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Bruce Jensen, Bruce Jensen, Igor Kordej and Tomas Almeida):

Bruce Jensen’s cover artwork for “Archangel Protocol” by Lyda Morehouse

From Bruce Jensen’s ‘Alien Menagerie’: “enigma 1”

The cover to “Digitalni ugljik” by Richard Morgan

The cover to “No Man's Land” by Richard Morgan

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Artist Romas B Kukalis sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/kukali... was born on this day, so here's some of his cover art:

Romas B Kukalis' artwork for 'Tarzan, Conqueror of Mars' by Will Murray

Romas B Kukalis' artwork for 'The Saga of the Renunciates' by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Romas B Kukalis' artwork for 'David Starr, Space Ranger & Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids' by Isaac Asimov [as by Paul French]

Romas B Kukalis' artwork for 'Sword of the Deceiver' by Sarah Zettel

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Robert Bloch sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bloch_... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: first by Ronald Clyne, couldn't identify the others, though 4th might be using pre-existing artwork):):

The cover for Robert Bloch's "The Opener of the Way" (1945)

The cover for Robert Bloch's "Psycho" (1960)

The cover for Robert Bloch's "Pleasant Dreams/Nightmares" (1967)

The cover for Robert Bloch's "Drager og mareritt" (1974)

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Filmmaker Alex Proyas sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/proyas... was born on this day, so here's some artwork for his films 'Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds' (1989) and 'Dark City' (1998) [couldn't identify artists]:

The cover for the blu-ray of Alex Proyas' 'Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds' (1989)

The cover for the video of Alex Proyas' 'Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds' (1989)

Not sure if this is a poster, DVD or something else, but it relates to Alex Proyas' 'Dark City' (1998)

The video cover for Alex Proyas' 'Dark City' (1998)

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Douglas V Duff sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/duff_d... died, whilst Justine Larbalestier sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/larbal... and Baroness Orczy sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/orczy_... were born on this day: some related artwork (Artist: 1 Robert Hodgson, 2 Les Edwards, 3&4 Baroness Orczy/Montagu Barstow):

The cover to Douglas V Duff's "Sea-Serpent Island" (1957)

The cover to "The Magic of Reason" by Justine Larbalestier

The cover to "Uletka and the White Lizard" by Baroness Orczy (1895). A retelling of a Hungarian folktale

Frontispiece and title page to "Uletka and the White Lizard" by Baroness Orczy (1895).

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Some interior magazine artwork from 'Science Fiction Age', January-May 1995, for authors without a SFE entry: 1. Daniel Hood, 2. Mark Rich, 3. Dana William Paxson, 4. Mark Rich (Artist: Gary Yealdhall, Michael Dubisch, Bob Eggleton and Ken Graning,

Interior magazine art for "Things Fall Apart" by Daniel Hood

Interior magazine art for "Idiosyncrasies" by Mark Rich

Interior magazine art for "Trizark" by Dana William Paxson

Interior magazine art for "Forever Down the Ringing Grooves" by Mark Rich

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Paul-Jean Hérault sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/heraul... Herbert Lieberman sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/lieber... & Don Myrus sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/myrus_... born; Louise Jordan Miln sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/miln_l... died this day. Art: Patrice Sanahujas, Mark Burkhardt, Larry Kresek, Chas K Stevens

Herbert Lieberman "Sandman, Sleep" cover

Cover to "Das Beste aus Omni 3" edited by Ben Bova and Don Myrus

Louise Jordan Miln "The Green Goddess" cover

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Elizabeth Bear sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bear_e... was born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Richard Anderson, Tiziano Cremonini, Dave Leri and Stephen Youll):

The cover for Elizabeth Bear's "Folded Sky"

The cover for Elizabeth Bear's "Nella casa di Aryaman"

The interior magazine artwork for Elizabeth Bear's "Hobnoblin Blues"

The cover for Elizabeth Bear's "The Folded Sky"

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Edward A Byers sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/byers_... Jack Danvers sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/danver... and Joe McKinney sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mckinn... were born, whilst Hilary Mantel sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mantel... died on this day (Artist: 1 Wayne Barlowe, 2 Karel Thole; couldn't identify3&4)

Interior magazine art for Edward A Byers "Misfits"

The cover for Jack Danvers' "La lunga ombra della fine"

The cover for "The Forsaken: Stories of Abandoned Places" edited by Joe McKinney and Mark Onspaug

The cover to Hilary Mantel's "The Giant, O'Brien"

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Jerry B Oltion sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/oltion... and Fay Weldon sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/weldon... were born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Randy Asplund, Richard Crist, [couldn't identify] and [couldn't identify]):

Cover to Analog, October 1988, presumably illustrating "Sunstat" by Stephen L. Gillett, Ph.D. and Jerry Oltion [as by Lee Goodloe and Jerry Oltion]

Interior magazine artwork for "Much Ado About Nothing" by Jerry B Oltion

The cover to "Oben bei den Maennern" by Fay Weldon

The cover to "En Hun-Djævels Bekendelser" by Fay Weldon

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

HG Wells sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wells_... was born on this day, so here's some of the cover art for "The Time Machine" (Artist: Paul Lehr, Alan Lee, [couldn't decipher signature on right hand image] and [couldn't identify]):

The cover to a 1968 omnibus of HG Wells' "The Time Machine" and "The War of the Worlds"

The cover to a 1978 edition of HG Wells' "The Time Machine"

The cover to HG Wells' "La macchina del tempo e le altre avventure di fantascienza" from 1980 (though seems to illustrate The War of the Worlds)

The cover to the 1924 Italian magazine 'Il Romanzo d'avventure' featuring HG Wells' "La macchina del tempo", plus an interior illustration.

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This week's new SFE entries: sf-encyclopedia.com/whatsnew.php - Elin Margrethe Brodin, Albert Einstein, Eirik Ildahl, Cato Pellegrini and Willy Ustad; a theme entry on Spiders; films Tomorrowland (2015) and The Crimson Stain Mystery (1916, serial); the US comic Steel, the Indestructible Man (1978).

Lobby card or poster for the 1916 serial film 'The Crimson Stain Mystery'

The cover to 'Steel, the Indestructible Man' #2 (artist: Don Heck)

The cover to 'Steel, the Indestructible Man' #5 (artist: Don Heck)

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Cassandra Rose Clarke sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/clarke... and Charles-Georges-Thomas Garnier sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/garnie... were born, whilst Kenji Miyazawa sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/miyaza... died on this day: related artwork (Artist: 1, 3 & 4 [couldn't identify], 2 Clément Pierre Marillier):

The cover to 'The Mad Scientist's Daughter' by Cassandra Rose Clarke

An illustration to "Cabinet des fées ..." [41 volumes, 1785-1789], edited by Charles-Georges-Thomas Garnier and Charles J de Mayer [image from volume 27].

A cover for an edition of Kenji Miyazawa's 銀河鉄道の夜 (or a collection that includes it)

A cover for an edition of Kenji Miyazawa's 注文の多い料理店

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Andy Duncan sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/duncan... and Stephen King sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/king_s... were born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: John Berkey, Scott Brundage, Matthieu Blanchin and Éric Scala):

Interior magazine artwork for Andy Duncan's "Fortitude"

Illustration for Andy Duncan's "On 20468 Petercook"

A French cover for Stephen King's "ÇA 3"

A french cover for Stephen King's "Carrie"

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

George RR Martin sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/martin... was born on this day (20th), so here's some mid-1970s magazine art for his stories (Artist: John Schoenherr, Frank Kelly Freas, Jack Gaughan and Frank Kelly Freas):

The cover to Analog July 1975 illustrating “And Seven Times Never Kill Man” by George RR Martin

Interior magazine art for "The Second Kind of Loneliness" by George RR Martin

Interior magazine art for "With Morning Comes Mistfall" by George RR Martin

Interior magazine art for "fta" by George RR Martin

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Charles L Harness sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/harnes... died on this day, so here's some magazine covers and interior art for his work (Artist: Mike Hinge, David A Hardy, Val Lakey Lindahn and Steve Brodner):

The cover to Amazing December 1974, illustrating "The Araqnid Window" by Charles L Harness

The cover to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1977 illustrating "Wolfhead" by Charles L Harness

The cover to Analog June 1984 illustrating "Summer Solstice" by Charles L Harness

Interior magazine artwork for one of Charles L. Harness' later stories (from 2000) "A Boost in Time"

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

James P Blaylock sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/blaylo... and Keith Roberts sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/robert... were born on this day, so here are some of their book covers (Artist: [couldn't identify], Oscar Chichoni, Peter Knifton and Richard Powers):

The cover for "La Tierra de los sueños" by James P Blaylock

The cover for "La macchina di Lord Kelvin" by James P Blaylock

The cover for "Die Revolution der Windmühlen" by Keith Roberts

The cover for "The Chalk Giants" by Keith Roberts

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Cody Goodfellow sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/goodfe... was born on this day, so here are some of his covers (Artist: Mark E Rogers, Mike Dubisch, Marcelo Gallegos and Mike Dubisch):

The cover to "Deepest, Darkest Eden" edited by Cody Goodfellow

The cover to "Repo Shark" by Cody Goodfellow

The cover to "New Maps of Dream" edited by Cody Goodfellow and Joseph S Pulver, Sr

The cover to Forbidden Futures, Winter 2018, edited by Cody Goodfellow

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

AA Attanasio sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/attana... and Upton Sinclair sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sincla... were born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: 1 "likely to be Michael Embden" [isfdb], 2 Gary Freeman, 3 [couldn't identify], 4 Art Young). 4th book not genre, but its cover is:

Interior magazine artwork for AA Attanasio's "Remains of Adam"

The cover for Upton Sinclair's "Prince Hagen" (1903)

A cover for Upton Sinclair's "The Goose-Step" (1923). It's non-fiction about US colleges, but its cover has goose people goose-stepping.

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