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Cover for 'Over the Polar Ice' by Eustace L Adams (couldn't decipher artist's signature]

Cover for 'Del cosmos las quieren vírgenes' by Elena Aldunate

Cover for 'Science Fiction of the Fifties' edited by Martin H Greenberg & Joseph Olander

Cover for 'The Future in Question' edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H Greenberg and Joseph Olander

Eustace L Adams sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/adams_... died, whilst Elena Aldunate sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/alduna... and editor Martin H Greenberg sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/greenb... were born on this day, so here are some of their covers (Artist: 1&2 [???], Stanislaw Fernandes, 4 Richard Powers):

Interior magazine artwork for Eric Frank Russell's story ''

Interior magazine artwork for Eric Frank Russell's story 'The Undecided'

More interior magazine artwork for Eric Frank Russell's story 'The Undecided'

Even more interior magazine artwork for Eric Frank Russell's story 'The Undecided'

Some interior magazine art for Eric Frank Russell stories 1948-1949 (1 Paul Orban, 2-4 Edd Cartier):

Cover for a Dutch edition of 'Wasp' by Eric Frank Russell

Cover for a US edition of 'The Space Willies' by Eric Frank Russell

Cover for a 1963 Italian edition of 'Galassia che vai' by Eric Frank Russell

Cover for a 1973 Italian edition of 'Galassia che vai' by Eric Frank Russell

Eric Frank Russell sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/russel... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Bob van Blommestein, Frank Kelly Freas, Karel Thole and Karel Thole):

Illustration for 'Finalities Besides the Grave' by John Barnes

Cover for Amazing Stories, July 1988, illustrating 'Delicate Stuff' by John Barnes

Illustration for 'Delicate Stuff' by John Barnes

Cover for Asimov's, July 1988, illustrating 'The Limit of Vision' by John Barnes

John Barnes sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/barnes... was born on this day, so here are some 1980s magazine illustrations for his stories (Artist: 1-3 Janet Aulisio, 4 Bob Eggleton):

The cover for Leena Krohn's 'Pereat Mundus'

The cover for Leena Krohn's 'Oofirin Kultaa'

The cover for Wole Talabi's 'Unquiet on the Eastern Front'

The cover for Wole Talabi's 'Convergence Problems'

Leena Krohn sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/krohn_... and Wole Talabi sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/talabi... were born on this day, so here are some of their covers (Artist: 4th by Jim Tierney, couldn't identify the others):

I think this is the cover to 1943 Russian translation of Maurice Renard's "Les Vacances de Monsieur Dupont" ('Морис Ренар' is Renard's name in Russian)

I believe this is the cover to a Russian edition of "Le Singe" by Maurice Renard and Albert-Jean ('Морис Ренар' and 'Альбер Жан' are Renard and Jean's names in Russian)

Cover for Морис Ренар's "Доктор Лерн: Полубог" (1912 Russian translation of 'Le Docteur Lerne: sous-dieu' by Maurice Renard)

Cover to " Le Péril Bleu" by Maurice Renard

Maurice Renard sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/renard... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers: (artist: [couldn't identify], [couldn't identify], Ре-Ми and R Adam):

Illustration for Eden Phillpotts “Boneless Burgler”, from the magazine's Christmas Annual 1883

Illustration for ‘The Magic Pitcher’ by J Ashby Sterry, from the magazine's Christmas Annual 1884

Cartoon: “What I Saw After Eating My Christmas Pudding” by Alfred Crowquill, from the magazine's Christmas Annual 1884

Illustration for “Why New Houses Are Haunted” by Elwyn Keith, from the magazine's Christmas Annual 1886

Some artwork from 'The London Society Monthly Magazine' 1883-1886 (Artist: [couldn't decipher possible signature/initials bottom right], Alfred Crowquill, Alfred Crowquill and [signature seems to read 'DH Christon'):

The cover to Analog, February 1961 by HR Van Dongen

The cover to Analog, April 1961 by HR Van Dongen

HR Van Dongen's 1976 cover for 'Midworld' by Alan Dean Foster

HR Van Dongen's 1976 cover for 'The Best of John W. Campbell'

Artist (Henry Richard) van Dongen sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/van_do... died on this day, so here's some of his 1961-1976 cover art (he took a leave of absence from SF work during 1962-1975):

Cover for Analog, March 2000, illustrating 'Escape Horizon' by Michael A. Burstein

Illustration to 'Replay' by Ken Grimwood (from the Suntup edition of a few years ago)

Illustration to 'Replay' by Ken Grimwood (from the Suntup edition of a few years ago)

Cover to "The Bedsitting Room" by Spike Milligan and John Antrobus

Michael A Burstein sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/burste... and Ken Grimwood sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/grimwo... were born, whilst Spike Milligan sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/millig... died on this day (Artist: Bob Eggleton, Alessandro Sicioldr Bianchi, Alessandro Sicioldr Bianchi and [couldn't identify]):

Cover to the Hank Davis edited anthology "In Space No One Can Hear You Scream"

Cover to the Hank Davis edited anthology "The Baen Big Book of Monsters"

Cover to a South American edition of Lawrence Durrell's "Nunquam"

Cover for Charles Foley's "L'Esploratore Tenebroso" (might not be genre):

Hank Davis sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/davis_... and Lawrence Durrell sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/durrel... were born, whilst Charles Foleÿ sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/foley_... died on this day (Artist: Bob Eggleton, Bob Eggleton, [couldn't identify] and [signature looks something like 'R Salvadoy']):

The cover to Stephen Leigh's 'The Crystal Memory'

Interior magazine artwork for Stephen Leigh's 'A Rain of Pebbles'

The cover to 'Rhyme's Rooms' by Brad Leithauser

The cover to 'Seaward' by Brad Leithauser

Stephen Leigh sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/leigh_... and Brad Leithauser sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/leitha... were born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: AC Farley, Jack Gaughan, [couldn't identify] and Mark Leithauser):

Interior magazine art for 'The Incubi of Parallel X' by Theodore Sturgeon

Interior magazine art for 'The Sex Opposite' by Theodore Sturgeon

Interior magazine art for 'Saucer of Loneliness' by Theodore Sturgeon

Interior magazine art for 'The World Well Lost' by Theodore Sturgeon

Some interior magazine artwork for Theodore Sturgeon stories from 1951-1953 (Herman Vestal, David Stone, Tom Beecham and Gredna Mahasm):

A cover for 'A Way Home' by Theodore Sturgeon

A Spanish cover for 'Regreso' (i.e. 'A Way Home') by Theodore Sturgeon

A cover for 'A Way Home' by Theodore Sturgeon

A cover for 'The Cosmic Rape' by Theodore Sturgeon

Theodore Sturgeon sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sturge... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Mel Hunter, [couldn't identify], Robert Engle and Paul Lehr). The 2nd looks very Ian Miller in style, so might be re-used artwork:

UK paperback cover for 'Cold Hand in Mine' by Robert Aickman

US paperback cover for 'Cold Hand in Mine' by Robert Aickman

Interior magazine artwork for "Woewater" by Liz Williams

Interior magazine artwork for "Honeydark" by Liz Williams

Robert Aickman sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/aickma... died and Liz Williams sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/willia... was born on this day, so here are two book covers for the former and two pieces of interior magazine art for the latter (Artist: Ian Miller, Wayne Barlowe, Lori Koefoed and Melissa Ferreira):

Ronald Clyne's cover for the fanzine "The Fantasite", February 1944

Ronald Clyne's cover for "Something Near" by August Derleth

John Jude Palencar's cover for "The Wall at the Edge of the World" by Jim Aikin

John Jude Palencar's cover for "Earthsong" by Suzette Haden Elgin

Artist Ronald Clyne sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/clyne_... died and artist John Jude Palencar sf-encyclop edia.com/entry/palencar_john_jude was born on this day, so here's some of their cover art (1&2 Clyne, 3&4 Palencar):

Interior magazine art for Phyllis Eisenstein's stoey "The Demon Queen"

Cover for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1998' illustrating Phyllis Eisenstein's story "The Island in the Lake"

Cover for "A Song for No Man's Land" by Andy Remic

Cover for "Toxicity" by Andy Remic

Phyllis Eisenstein sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/eisens... was born and Andy Remic sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/remic_... died on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Jack Gaughan, Ron Walotsky, Jeffrey Alan Love and Marek Okoń):

Interior magazine art for Philip Jose Farmer's "Riverworld"

Interior magazine art for Philip Jose Farmer's "Riverworld"

Interior magazine art for Philip Jose Farmer's "The Suicide Express" (which, reworked, became part of "To Your Scattered Bodies Go"

Interior magazine art for Philip Jose Farmer's "Down in the Black Gang"

Some interior magazine art for Philip Jose Farmer stories 1966-1969 (all artwork by Jack Gaughan):

UK cover to Philip José Farmer's "A Private Cosmos"

UK cover to Philip José Farmer's "Keepers of the Secrets"

US cover to Philip José Farmer's "The Stone God Awakens"

UK cover to Philip José Farmer's "The Stone God Awakens"

Philip José Farmer sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/farmer... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (artist: [uncredited], [uncredited], JH Breslow and Bruce Pennington):

Cover for a US paperback of Anthony Burgess' "A Clockwork Orange"

Album cover for an album of Anthony Burgess reading "A Clockwork Orange"

Cover for Rex Gordon's "First to the Stars"

Cover for Rex Gordon's "I mondi di Eklos"

Anthony Burgess sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/burges... and Rex Gordon sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gordon... were born on this day, so here are some of their book and album covers (Artist: Wilson McLean, Diane & Leo Dillon, Ed Emshwiller and Karel Thole):

Cover by Robert Bonfils for 'Orgy of the Dead' by Edward D Wood Jr

Cover by Robert Bonfils for 'Queen of Blood' by Charles Nuetzel

Cover by Robert Bonfils for 'Roburta the Conqueress' by Clyde Allison

Cover by Robert Bonfils for 'The Ice Maiden' by Clyde Allison

Artist Robert Bonfils sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bonfil... was born on this day, so here's some of his 1966-1967 cover art:

The cover to AM Dellamonica's "Among the Silvering Herd"

The cover to AM Dellamonica's (writing as LX Beckett) "Dealbreaker"

The cover to AM Dellamonica's "The Cage"

The cover to AM Dellamonica's "The Color of Paradox"

AM Dellamonica sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/dellam... was born on this day, so here are some of their book covers (Artist: Richard Anderson, Stephan Martiniere, Jeffrey Alan Love). 'LX Beckett' a pseudonym:

Interior magazine art for 'The Transposed Man' by Dwight V Swain

Interior magazine art for 'Planet of Dread' by Dwight V Swain

Interior magazine art for 'The Terror Out of Space ' by Dwight V Swain

Interior magazine art for 'Terror Station' by Dwight V Swain

Dwight V Swain sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/swain_... died on this day (24th), so here's some interior magazine art for his 1953-1955 stories (Artist: Virgil Finlay, WE Terry, WE Terry and Lloyd Rognan):

Richard M Powers' cover for 'Dark Dominion' by David Duncan

Richard M Powers' cover for 'Hero's Walk' by Robert Crane

Richard M Powers' cover for 'Messiah' by Gore Vidal

Richard M Powers' cover for 'No Time Like the Future' by Nelson S. Bond

Artist Richard M Powers sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/powers... was born on this day, so here's some examples of his early cover art (from 1954):

Poster for an opera based on Octavia E. Butler's 'Parable of the Sower'

Cover for a Spanish edition of Octavia E Butler's "Imago"

Cover for another Spanish edition of Octavia E Butler's "Imago"

Interior magazine art for Octavia E Butler's "Bloodchild"

Octavia E Butler sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/butler... died on this day, so here's an opera poster, two of her book covers and a piece of interior magazine art (artist: Paul Lewin, [couldn't identify], [couldn't identify] and Nicholas Jainschigg):

Cover for "New Worlds for Old" edited by August Derleth

Cover for "Worlds of Tomorrow" edited by August Derleth

Interior magazine art for 'Here, Daemos!' by August Derleth

Interior magazine art for ''A Wig for Miss DeVore" by August Derleth

Editor and author August Derleth sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/derlet... was born on this day, so here are some 1963 book covers for his anthologies and 1943/1943 interior magazine artwork for his stories (Artist: [uncredited], Edward Mortelmans, G Roller and Matt Fox):

The cover to Brian M Stableford's "Rhapsody in Black"

The cover to Brian M Stableford's "Promised Land"

The cover to Brian M Stableford's "The Paradise Game"

The back cover to Brian M Stableford's "Le Fenris" (the front cover used the same image, but less of it)

Brian M Stableford sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/stable... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: 1-3 Frank Kelly Freas, 4 Alain Stéphane Drouet):

Apologies, there's a typo in the previous post: 'Cosmic Princess Kaguya!' is from 2026 not 2016!

"Tales from Dreamland - the Visionary Viking" by May Cumberland (1894)

'A Human Vivisection' by Arabella Kenealy (1896)

“Some Experiences of Lord Syfret - In a Terrible Grip” by Arabella Kenealy (1896)

"The Golden Scarab" by JD Breslin (1898)

Some artwork from the Ludgate magazine 1894-1898 for stories by May Cumberland, Arabella Kenealy, Arabella Kenealy & JD Breslin (Artist: Frank Watkins, W Bayes, R Savage & MB Salmon). Skimming through the 3rd's story the devise might be deemed advanced technology, being a new type of dentist chair.

Illustration from the 2013 graphic novel edition of Alexei Tolstoy's 1923 novel "Aelita"

Illustration from the 2013 graphic novel edition of Alexei Tolstoy's 1923 novel "Aelita"

Illustration from the 2013 graphic novel edition of Alexei Tolstoy's 1923 novel "Aelita"

Illustration from the 2013 graphic novel edition of Alexei Tolstoy's 1923 novel "Aelita"

Alexei Tolstoy sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/tolsto... died on this day: his 1923 novel "Aelita" had graphic novel edition in 2013, illustrated by Igor Oleynikov:

Cover to Thun'da #3 (artist Bob Powell)

Page from "Terror of the Tusks" in Thun'da #5 (artist Bob Powell)

Cover to Cave Girl #13 and a page from "The Man Who Conquered Death" in Cave Girl #14 (artist Bob Powell)

Image from the 2026 anime 'Cosmic Princess Kaguya!'

... the rest of this week's SFE entries are: the French film 'Evolution' (2015); Japanese animated film 'Cosmic Princess Kaguya!' (2016); Japanese animated tv series 'Lost Universe' (1998); US tv series 'Expanse' (2015-2022) and US comic 'Thun'da' (1952/53) [which also covers 'Cave Girl' (1953/54)]: