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.

50 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 2h ago

Big Planet, by Jack Vance [Ed Emshwiller]

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r/CoolSciFiCovers 16h ago

Fritz Leiber - A Pail of Air - Ballantine 1964 - cover by Richard Powers

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86 Upvotes

Elvira?


r/CoolSciFiCovers 14h ago

The Best of Murray Leinster, edited by J. J. Pierce [H. R. Van Dongen]

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r/CoolSciFiCovers 20h ago

Basilisk edited by Ellen Kushner. Ace 1980. Cover artist Rowena Morrill.

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r/CoolSciFiCovers 23h ago

The Mad King ER Burroughs cover by Frank Frazetta

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98 Upvotes

Print date not specified.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 18h ago

"The Old Gods Waken (The Silver John Novel)", by Manly Wade Wellman ©1979 Doubleday . Cover art by Michael Flanagan.

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r/CoolSciFiCovers 22h ago

Étoile sur Mentha, by Jan Gabriel [Jim Burns] + original art.

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37 Upvotes

Gabriel was a prolific French writer who worked as a postman while publishing dozens of SF, fantasy, and horror novels.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

Long Arm of Gil Hamilton, The, by Larry Niven. Cover art by George Bush, c. 1977.

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r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

Earthworks, by Brian Aldiss. Cover artist: Bruce Pennington

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78 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

Rogue Moon, by Algis Budrys [Dominic Harman]

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r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

Necropolis by Basil Copper, cover Stephen Fabian

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115 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers, cover Jean-Fracois Podevin

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74 Upvotes

Tim Powers is the greatest living fantasy author and this is one of my favorites of his books.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison. Futura 1984. Cover by Alan Craddock.

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141 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

ARTIST UNKNOWN "The Weird Shadow Over Innsmouth", by H.P. Lovecraft ©1944 Bart House Mystery #4 the first edition the 1st edition of Lovecraft in paperback.

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57 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 1d ago

Catchworld, by Chris Boyce [Don Maitz] + original art.

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r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

Dragonquest, by Anne McCaffrey [Chris Achilleos] + original art "The Sentinel" (1979).

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90 Upvotes

The second novel in the Dragonriders of Pern series.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

Amazons! edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, cover Michael Whelan

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177 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

Atlan by Jane Gaskell, cover Frank Frazetta

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107 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

Shadow Dawn by Chris Claremont (Japanese Cover)

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r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

Shadow Moon by Chris Claremont (Japanese Cover)

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34 Upvotes

r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

Vijf weken in een luchtballon (Five weeks in a balloon) by Jules Verne [artist???]

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55 Upvotes

Clocked this in a second hand bookshop last week. Didn't buy it as I can't read Dutch! Couldn't find the edition on ISFDB so unsure who the cover artist is.


r/CoolSciFiCovers 2d ago

The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber, Ballantine 1976, cover by Dean Ellis

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56 Upvotes