La Tercera Fundación

The cover to Fantastic, January 1974, probably illustrating 'The Earth of Nenkunal' by Howard L Myers, which is the issue's lead story

Two pieces of interior magazine art for "The Reluctant Weapon" by Howard L Myers (from 1952)

Cover to the Boy's Own Paper, November 1953, illustrating 'Moon Wreck' by William F Temple

Cover to the Boy's Own Paper, January 1956, illustrating 'Earth Satellite Charlie-One' by William F Temple

Howard L Myers sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/myers_... and William F Temple sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/temple... were born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Esteban Maroto, Ed Emshwiller, Redmill and Redmill):

Scene from 'Code Geass'

Scene from 'Monkey Wrench'

Another scene from 'Monkey Wrench'

Cover to 'Best Comics' #1 (1939)

This week's new SFE entries are here: sf-encyclopedia.com/whatsnew.php with Robin Anne Reid, Robin Roberts, Ralph Steadman and "Weird Al" Yankovic; animated series 'Code Geass' (Japan, 2006-2008) and 'Monkey Wrench' (New Zealand, 2002-ongoing), and the US comic 'Best Comics' (1939-1940):

📕 ¡NUEVO LIBRISIMO!
El #47 está dedicado a Eloy M. Cebrián que viene a hablarnos de LA GUARDIANA, su más reciente novela de #terror cósmico publicada por Dolmen

#literatura
#libros
#novela

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Illustrations for Pat Murphy's "Peter".

More illustrations for Pat Murphy's "Peter".

Book cover for Hannu Rajaniemi's "Kvantumtolvaj"

Book cover for Hannu Rajaniemi's "Suvemaa"

Pat Murphy sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/murphy... and Hannu Rajaniemi sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/rajani... were born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Anita Kunz, Anita Kunz, Sánta Kira [I think] and [couldn't identify] ):

Brom's cover for Dragon Magazine, September 1991

Brom's cover for 'The Cloud People' by Robert B. Kelly

Brom's artwork for the cover of 'The Amber Enchantress' by Troy Denning

Brom's cover for Dragon Magazine, September 1993

Artist and author Brom sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/brom was born on this day, so here's some of his cover art 1991-1993:

Y mañana serán clones, de John Varley Aventura espacial relativamente depurada, con todo lo necesario para olvidar sus debilidades. Sigue leyendo →

Hoy en C escribo sobre Y mañana serán clones, la primera novela de John Varley situada en su universo de los Ocho mundos. No está a la altura de sus mejores relatos pero gustará a los fans del space opera más apegada al sentido de la maravilla de la cf neoclásica #cifituits

Nuevas invitadas al #celsius2025🔥

Interior magazine artwork for “Sister Angel” by Kate Wilhelm

Interior magazine artwork for “The Dragon Seed” by Kate Wilhelm

Cover for Asimov's, August 1985, illustrating “The Gorgon Field” by Kate Wilhelm

Interior magazine artwork for “Forever Yours, Anna” by Kate Wilhelm

Kate Wilhelm sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wilhel... died on this day, so here’s some 1980s magazine artwork for her stories (Artist: Evelyn Taylor, Pierre Lacombe, JK Potter and Gerard Di-Maccio):

Cover for "Zombie" by Wilfred Glassford McNeilly [written as by Errol Lecale]

Cover for "Der Blutkeller" by Wilfred Glassford McNeilly [written as by Errol Lecale]. Same cover art as for UK edition ("Blood of My Blood") but without obstructing text.

Cover for "Manoscritto trovato a Saragozza" by Jan Potocki

Cover for "Manoscrito encontrado en Zaragoza" by Jan Potocki

Wilfred Glassford McNeilly sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mcneil... and Jan Potocki sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/potock... were born on this day, so here are some of their book covers (Artist: Ian Miller, Ray Feibush, [couldn't identify] and [couldn't identify]):

Kate Wilhelm - Alt64-wiki (1928 - 2018)

Hoy, 8 de marzo, es el aniversario de la muerte de Kate Wilhelm (1928 - 2018)

Adolfo Bioy Casares - Alt64-wiki (1914 - 1999)

Hoy, 8 de marzo, es el aniversario de la muerte de Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914 - 1999)

Ocho de marzo, Día de la Mujer.

Analog cover illustrating Stanley Schmidt’s “...And Comfort to the Enemy”

Analog cover illustrating Stanley Schmidt’s “Lost Newton”

Analog cover illustrating Stanley Schmidt’s “The Unreachable Stars”

Interior magazine artwork for “A Flash of Darkness”, Stanley Schmidt’s first published sf story (Analog 1968)

Stanley Schmidt sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/schmid... was born on this day, so here’s some magazine artwork for his stories (Artist: 1-3 Frank Kelly Freas, 4 Leo Summers):

Cover for Elizabeth Moon’s “Remnant Population”

Interior magazine artwork for Elizabeth Moon’s “The Perfect Hero”

Interior magazine artwork for Elizabeth Moon’s “Creative Criticism”

Cover for Elizabeth Moon’s “La Résistante”

Elizabeth Moon sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/moon_e... was born on this day, so here’s some related artwork (Artist: Fred Gambino, Gregg Hinlicky, Annie Lunsford and Antoine Poulain):

Elizabeth Moon - Alt64-wiki (1945)

Hoy, 7 demarzo, es el cumpleaños de Elizabeth Moon.

Cover to "Other Worlds" by Cyrano de Bergerac (a 1976 edition)

From “The Comical History of the States and Empires Of The Worlds of the Moon and Sun. Written in French by Cyrano Bergerac. And newly Englished by A. Lovell", a 1687 edition

From "L'autre monde ou Les états et empires de la Lune et du Soleil" by Cyrano de Bergerac, a 1947 edition

From "L'Autre Monde" by Cyrano de Bergerac, a 1944 edition

Cyrano de Bergerac sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cyrano... was born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Tim White, [possibly FH van Hove], Jacqueline Charmot and Maurice de Becque):

Cover for "Avatars Inc" edited by Ann Vandermeer

Cover for "Irmãs da revolução: antologia de ficção especulativa feminist" edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer

Cover for "Mennyms Under Siege" by Sylvia Waugh

Cover for "Earthborn" by Sylvia Waugh

Ann VanderMeer sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/vander... was born and Sylvia Waugh sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/waugh_... died on this day, so here's some of their book covers (Artist: [couldn't identify], [couldn't identify], Patrick Benson and Martin Matje):

Guillem Sánchez - Alt64-wiki (1963)

Hoy, 6 de marzo, es el cumpleaños de Guillem Sánchez.

Recomendamos, este mes de la comunicación especialmente, su relato con Eduardo Gallego "Dar de comer al sediento" (1997), anticipación del desproposito comunicativo que es la IA.

Presentación de la reedición de un clásico de la moderna ciencia ficción vasca: 'Si Sabino viviría', de Iban Zaldua. Una obra satírica que cumple 20 años y vuelve a estar disponible gracias a esta tercera edición. No se lo pierdan

Sábado 7 de marzo 12:30h en Zapateneo (Vitoria)

✨Cuentos completos de Saki.

🎨Ilustración de cubierta de Javier Olivares, como siempre en la colección Valdemar/Selecta.

📖En abril en las mejores librerías.

Dan Simmons, In Memorian Recuerdo de un escritor con una obra enormemente coherente en la diversidad de historias que forman su legado. Sigue leyendo →

Hoy en C recuerdo a Dan Simmons a partir de dos motivos: la inclusión del elemento fantástico en El Terror y los cuentos de terror con los que, sobre todo, se dio a conocer a lo largo de los años 80. Dos cuestiones por las cuales merece la pena volver a leerlo, aparte de Los cantos de Hyperion.

Illustration from Aboriginal Science Fiction, May-June 1988 for ‘The Last Impression of Linda Vista’ by Howard V Hendrix

Another illustration from Aboriginal Science Fiction, May-June 1988 for ‘The Last Impression of Linda Vista’ by Howard V Hendrix

Illustration from Aboriginal Science Fiction, January-February 1991, for Singing the Mountain to the Stars by Howard V. Hendrix

Another illustration from Aboriginal Science Fiction, January-February 1991, for Singing the Mountain to the Stars by Howard V. Hendrix

Howard V Hendrix sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hendri... was born on this day, so here's some interior magazine art for his stories (Artist: 1&2 Cortney Skinner, 3&4 Wendy Snow-Lang):

Asimov's over illustrating 'A Touch of Lavender' by Robin Hobb [as by Megan Lindholm]

Cover for "O Assassino do Rei" by Robin Hobb

Cover for "L'Assassin Royal - deuxième époque 2" by Robin Hobb

Cover for "La Conquête de la liberté" by Robin Hobb

Robin Hobb sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hobb_r... also known as Megan Lindholm, was born on this day, so here's some related artwork: (Artist: Wayne Barlowe, Marc Simonetti, [couldn't identify] and Mathias Bonnard):

The cover for Mike Resnick's "The Goddess of Ganymede"

The cover for Mike Resnick's "Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future"

The covers for Mike Resnick's "Santiago"

The cover for Mike Resnick's "Stalking the Unicorn"

Mike Resnick sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/resnic... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Jeff Jones, Michael Whelan, Philippe Gauckler and Boris Vallejo):

Mike Resnick - Alt64-wiki (1942 - 2020)

Hoy, 5 de marzo, es el aniversario del nacimiento de Mike Resnick (1942 - 2020)

alt64.org/wiki/index.p...

Ha muerto Joseba Paulorena, escritor, editor y miembro de la Terbi (Tertulia Literaria de Ciencia Ficción de Bilbao)

Dentro hilo

Cover to Analog, September 1976, illustrating 'Weather War' by William E Cochrane

Interior magazine artwork for 'A Little Edge' by William E Cochrane [writing as S Kye Boult]. As so often happens the two-page illustrations don't match up!

The cover for 'Atomic Energy in Cosmic and Human Life' by George Gamow

Interior illustration to 'Mr Tompkins Learns the Facts of Life' by George Gamow

William E Cochrane sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cochra... died and George Gamow sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gamow_... was born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Frank Kelly Freas, Vincent Di Fate, [couldn't identify] and Charles Lehman). 'S Kye Boult' a Cochrane pseudonym:

Cover for Jon Hartridge's "Binary Divide"

Cover for Jon Hartridge's "Earth Jacket"

Cover for "How Britain Won the Space Race" by Desmond Leslie and Patrick Moore

Cover for "Killer Comet" by Patrick Moore

Jon Hartridge sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hartri... and Patrick Moore sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/moore_... were born on this day, so here are some related book covers (Artist: Paul Davis, [couldn't identify], Alan Cracknell and Peter Elson):

Issue 61 Coming Fairly Soon... A blog about ghost stories, weird fiction, quiet horror, and related matters.

Supernatural Tales 61 is out, including my new short story "The Miniaturist." suptales.blogspot.com/2026/02/issu...