Science Fiction Cover Art

[Graham1973]

The only Atari 2600 game with a cover by Ralph McQuarrie

 

[Graham1973]

Visions of Armageddon on the Atari 2600 & Atari 400/800

 

[Graham1973]

John Berkey! What have you been up to old chap...!?!

 

[Justo Miranda]

Angelina from “Stainless Steel Rat”

 

[Justo Miranda]

Steam ufos

 

[Graham1973]

Steam ufos

And Kangaroo's

 

[publiusr]

Any photos of the space motorcycle used against the Evil One from Time Bandits?
Warner’s best character ever!

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[Graham1973]

Vision of Tomorrow was an Anglo/Australian science fiction magazine that was published between 1969 & 1970. Focusing on the Action/Adventure side of science fiction for it's entire run, the third issue of the magazine featured an Eddie Jones cover. He also provided illustrations for the first story in the magazine, Kenneth Bulmer's 'Shapers of Men', two of which feature rare (for Jones) illustrations of characters.

 

[Graham1973]

Here are the remaining covers for Vision of Tomorrow, which from the seventh issue listed SF artist Eddie Jones as an 'Art Consultant'. The cover artists who appeared during the magazines 12 issue run were, James Harbottle (August 1969), Gerard Quinn (December 1969 & January 1970), Eddie Jones (November 1969, January, June & August 1970) David A. Hardy (March & April 1970), Ken Cullen (May 1970) & Stanley Pitt (July & September 1970). The magazines place in science fiction history was secured when it featured one of the first stories by Stanislaw Lem to be published in English in the first issue.

 

[Graham1973]

A final interior illustration from Vision of Tomorrow, the banner Eddie Jones created for their review section, which was rather ironically entitled 'Fantasy Review', a glorious pulp concoction that appeared in issues 7, 8 & 9 in full and in a cut down form in issues 10 & 11. The final issue did not feature a review section.

 

[Rhinocrates]

Jim Burns recently shared some polaroids of his time working on Blade Runner. Not much (if any) of his work made it into the film in the end but it's interesting to see. He may have influenced Syd Mead somewhat and isn't jealous.

 

[Rhinocrates]

Some of the spinner designs.

 

[Rhinocrates]

In notes on one of the polaroids, he mentions a vehicle from the book Tour of the Universe that influenced his spinner design. Here's that image.

 

[Graham1973]

Paul Alexander's cover to the 1992 novel 'Path of the Fury' by David Weber. In later years the author would expand the novel to add background in way that didn't work as well as it should. Since then they've written a 'distant prequel' novel, what they've never written is the sequel the ending seems to promise.

 

[publiusr]

Thank you for that.

 

[Graham1973]

John Berkey, on the cover of a 1973 printing of the novel 'S.T.A.R Flight' by E. C. Tubb.

 

[Graham1973]

Chris Moore's cover to the UK Edition of Ben Bova's 1985 novel 'Privateers'.

 

[Michel Van]

In notes on one of the polaroids, he mentions a vehicle from the book Tour of the Universe that influenced his spinner design. Here's that image.

according Jim Burns, Ridley Scott look this picture, then turn it upside down and ...

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[Michel Van]

Chris Foss about his Work

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[Graham1973]

The cover by David Menehan for the 'off brand' Star Trek RPG 'Prime Directive' by Timothy D. Olsen and Mark Costello in 1993

 

[Graham1973]

The cover by artist & author William H. Keith for volume three of the 'Best of the Journal of the Travellers Aid Society' a supplement for the Traveller RPG collecting articles from the magazine published by Game Designers Workshop.

 

[publiusr]

I never got the feeling that Mr. Burns art would slice into me like Syd’s…being softer and more inviting.

 

[Graham1973]

A cityscape by Syd Mead commisioned by US Steel in 1968. The work is entitled 'Innovations'.

 

[starviking]

The cover by artist & author William H. Keith for volume three of the 'Best of the Journal of the Travellers Aid Society' a supplement for the Traveller RPG collecting articles from the magazine published by Game Designers Workshop.

And obviously derived from the foreground craft in this Panther edition of Trader to the Stars

 

[starviking]

A cityscape by Syd Mead commisioned by US Steel in 1968. The work is entitled 'Innovations'.

It’s quite trippy - appropriate to the era.

 

[Graham1973]

And obviously derived from the foreground craft in this Panther edition of Trader to the Stars

Great catch and a nice artwork by Peter Elson.

 

[Graham1973]

The cover by Tony Yates, to Laserburn a science fiction minitures combat game dating from 1980 by Bryan Ansell which is a distant ancestor of Games Workshop's Warhammer 40K setting.

 

[Graham1973]

'Before The Golden Age' was an anthology edited by Isaac Asimov containing what he regarded as the best of the science fiction written before John W. Campbell Jr became editor of what later became Analog Magazine.

While the US editon comprised a single book, in the UK it was published as a multi-volume set by Futura in 1975 with republications by other UK publishers in later years. The attached image from my collection is of the cover of the third volume of the edition released by Orbit in 1978. According to the ISFDB (Where the full wraparound cover can be viewed.) the cover is by Colin Hay and was repurposed for the TTA series in the 1980s

 

[southwestforests]

According to the ISFDB (Where the full wraparound cover can be viewed.) the cover is by Colin Hay and was repurposed for the TTA series in the 1980s

ISFDB has incorrect date, was 1978, not the 1980s.

 

[Graham1973]

The cover by Paul Alexander for 'Isaac Azimov's Wonderful Worlds Of Science Fiction 2: The Science Fictional Olympics' a 1984 anthology edited by Isaac Azimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh. The cover is depicting the start of the solar sailing race in Arthur C. Clarke's short story 'The Wind From The Sun'.

I also have a small correction to make, the cover to the first volume in the series 'Intergalactic Empires' is the image that I showed in post 11 of this thread where I stated it appeared on the cover of one of the 'Best of Trek' anthologies. Paul Alexander did indeed do illustrations for the covers of the 'Best of Trek' series, but not the image I posted earlier in this thread.

 

[Graham1973]

Courtesy of the Internet Archive, here are the covers for 'The Best of Trek' volumes 6, 8, 9 & 11, all of which were done by Paul Alexander. The cover to issue 11 features a 'The Black Hole' derived spacecraft that is a cousin to the ship that appears on the front cover of 'Isaac Azimov's Wonderful Worlds Of Science Fiction 1: Intergalactic Empires', that I posted earlier in this thread misidentifying it as a 'Best of Trek' cover

 

[publiusr]

I never got to see no. 11

What did the original TREK magazine covers look like.

 

[Graham1973]

I never got to see no. 11

What did the original TREK magazine covers look like.

I never saw them either. Some quick web searching did however uncover a Star Trek fan-story I read parts of when I was much younger.

The backstory is interesting. The third issue of a Sci-Fi Fanzine called 'Warped Space' featured an altered history 'Star Trek' tale entitled 'The Sixth Year' by Ed Zdrojewski.

This inspired author/artist Leslie Fish to write a sequel. A full blown fan-fiction epic entitled 'The Weight' which was published between 1976 - 1979 in various issues of 'Warped Space'.

In 1988 'The Weight' and other pieces of fan-fiction related to it were published in a volume entitled 'The Weight Collected & Other Stories', the cover attached was by Leslie Fish, who indicated that 'The Weight' was to have been part one of a trilogy, but the other portions never materialized.

 

[Graham1973]

The Paul Alexander cover to 'The Best of Trek' volume 10.

 

[Graham1973]

Here are the covers by British SF artist Eddie Jones for 'The Best of Trek' volumes 1-5 & 7. He was succeeded by Paul Alexander who's covers for volumes 6, 8-11 have been posted earlier in the thread.

 

[publiusr]

Jack Palance was in that IIRC.

Over at the Trekbbs, some folks have tried ship art based on those covers—Warped9 is a member who did some—my Google-fu is weak.

Some examples of his work

Unseen TOS....

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[Graham1973]

Two covers by Boris Vallejo for the Pocket Books 'Star Trek' series. Both stories are by authors known for their work outside 'Star Trek'.

Greg Bear's 'Corona' reputedly originated in a script the author had written for the failed 1970s 'Star Trek' revival.

Barbara Hambley's 'Ishmael' has an interesting backstory as well. Around the time the original series of 'Star Trek' was airing, another channel had a western set series called 'Here Come The Brides', several of the cast appeared on 'Star Trek' as Klingons, the series villain was played by Marc Lenard...

 

[Graham1973]

The cover by Peter Andrew Jones, to the fourth gamebook in the 'Fighting Fantasy' series 'Starship Traveller', the first science-fiction scenario in the series.

 

[Graham1973]

The cover by British SF cover artist Terry Oakes for 'The Rings of Kether' the 15th 'Fighting Fantasy' gamebook and a later Sci-Fi scenario than 'Starship Traveller'

 

[Graham1973]

The cover by Peter Ellson for 'Welcome To Mars' by James Blish, the British author who novelized the original series of Star Trek. The spacecraft depicted on the cover may have been partial inspiration for one of the ships on the cover of 'The Best of Trek, Volume 7'.