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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):

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):

Interior magazine art for 'The Blue Demon' by Lowell Howard Morrow

Interior magazine art for 'Through the Meteors' by Lowell Howard Morrow

Interior magazine art for 'The Green Splotches' by TS Stribling: from the 1927 reprint in 'Amazing Stories'. Originally published in 'Adventure' in 1920.

Two pieces of interior magazine art for another reprint of 'The Green Splotches' by TS Stribling: from 'Famous Fantastic Mysteries' in 1952

Lowell Howard Morrow sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/morrow... died and TS Stribling sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/stribl... was born on this day, so here's some of the interior magazine art for their stories (Artist: Nutter, Frank R Paul, Gambee and Lawrence).

Cover for ‘The Throne of Scone’ by Patricia Kennealy

Cover for ‘Travels in Nihilon’ by Alan Sillitoe

Dean R Morrissey’s cover for ‘Gameplay’ by Kevin J. Anderson

Dean R Morrissey’s cover artwork for ‘The Illegal Rebirth of Billy the Kid’ by Rebecca Ore

Authors Patricia Kennealy sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/kennea... and Alan Sillitoe sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sillit... were born, whilst artist Dean W Morrissey sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/morris... died on this day (Artist: Thomas Canty, [couldn't identify], Dean W Morrissey and Dean W Morrissey):

Cover to Ryō Hanmura's 戸隠伝説

Cover to Ryō Hanmura's 晴れた空

Frank Utpatel's cover for Whispers, June 1975 issue

Frank Utpatel's cover for 'Poems for Midnight' by Donald Wandrei

Author Ryō Hanmura sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hanmur... died and artist Frank Utpatel sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/utpate... was born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: 1&2 [couldn't identify] and 3&4 Frank Utpatel):

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):

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:

Illustration for 'The Secret of the Locked Laboratory' by Bruce Crandall

Illustration for 'They Die on Mars' by Phyllis L Kaye

Another illustration for 'They Die on Mars' by Phyllis L Kaye

Illustration for 'The Murder Machine' by Phyllis Kaye

Magazine artwork for authors without a SFE entry, from 'Fantastic Science Fiction' (1952): 1 Bruce Crandall, 2-4 Phyllis Kaye (quite possibly pseudonyms). There were only two issues (the SFE calls it an "inferior magazine, whose stories featured formulaic, simplistic and chauvinistic adventure").

Ric Binkley's cover for 'Galactic Patrol' by Edward E Smith

Ric Binkley's cover artwork for 'The Space Egg' by RR Winterbotham [as by Russ Winterbotham]

The cover for 'La Chaussée des Géants' by Pierre Benoit

The cover for 'SF Reprise 3', edited by Kyril Bonfiglioli

Artist Ric Binkley sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/binkle... was born, whilst author Pierre Benoit sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/benoit... and author/editor Kyril Bonfiglioli sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bonfig... died on this day, so here's some related art (Artist: 1&2 Ric Binkley; 3&4 [couldn't identify]):

Cover to William Henry Fleming Bird's "Operation Orbit" (writing as 'Kris Luna')

Interior magazine illustrations for Gregory Feeley's story "The Boulevard of Broken Domes"

Interior magazine illustrations for Gregory Feeley's story "Reversals"

Cover to Tony Russell Wayman's "Dunes of Pradai"

William Henry Fleming Bird sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bird_w... Gregory Feeley sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/feeley... and Tony Russell Wayman sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wayman... were born on this day: some related art (Artist: Gordon C Davies, SMS, Ron Miller, [uncredited]) 'Kris Luna' a Bird pseudonym:

The cover for Daniel Walther's "Ambuscadă pe Ornella"

The cover for Daniel Walther's "Der Tod der Großen Schlange"

The cover for Daniel Walther's "Der Neue Sonnenstaat"

The cover for Daniel Walther's "Kanonenboot "Panik""

Daniel Walther sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/walthe... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: [couldn't identify, though style looks familiar], Marcus Boas, Barclay Shaw and Helmut Wenske):

You're right (and the SFE itself has it so, it was an error on my part): thanks for letting me know.

Apologies: Philip K Dick died on the 2nd (as the SFE states, but a mind blip meant I typed "born" yesterday!).

UK 1964 paperback cover to Arthur Machen's "Tales of Horror and the Supernatural"

UK 1975 paperback cover to Arthur Machen's "Tales of Horror and the Supernatural volume 2"

US 1983 paperback cover to Arthur Machen's "Tales of Horror and the Supernatural"

US 1976 paperback cover to Arthur Machen's "Tales of Horror and the Supernatural"

Arthur Machen sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/machen... was born on this day, so here are some book covers (Artist: Josh Kirby, Bruce Pennington, [couldn't identify] and Robert LoGrippo):

Interior magazine art for 'The Crystal Crypt' by Philip K Dick

Interior magazine art for 'James P Crow' by Philip K Dick

Interior magazine art for 'Small Town' by Philip K. Dick

Interior magazine art for 'The Turning Wheel' by Philip K. Dick

Some interior magazine artwork to for Philip K Dick stories from 1954 (Frank Kelly Freas, Ed Emshwiller, Bernard Krigstein and Frank Kelly Freas):

Diane and Leo Dillon's cover for On Spec, Winter 2002

Diane and Leo Dillon's cover for 'The Abhorsen Trilogy' by Garth Nix

Diane and Leo Dillon's cover for 'The Time Quartet' by Madeleine L'Engle

Diane and Leo Dillon's cover for 'The Porcelain Cat' by Michael Patrick Hearn

Leo Dillon sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/dillon... died on this day, so here's some examples of his artwork (made in collaboration with Diane Dillon).

Cover to one of the Ace Double editions of 'Dr Futurity' by Philip K. Dick

Cover to a UK paperback edition of 'Dr Futurity' by Philip K. Dick

Cover to an Italian paperback edition of 'Dr Futurity' by Philip K. Dick

Cover to another UK paperback edition of 'Dr Futurity' by Philip K. Dick

Philip K Dick sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/dick_p... was born on this day, so here are four covers for his "Dr Futurity", originally published in 1960 (artist: Ed Emshwiller, [uncredited], Marco Patrito and Chris Moore):

This month's Ansible mentions the discovery of "George Méliès’s long-lost sf film Gugusse et l’Automate (1897)", "arguably the first ever robot film". It can be viewed here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8jG... (other YouTube posters have put it up too).

From the opening credits of the 2025 anime tv series 'Sanda'

Image from the 2025 anime tv series 'Sanda'

Cover to Whiz Comics #41

This week's new SFE entries are here: sf-encyclopedia.com/whatsnew.php - Lokenath Bhattacharya, D Donnell, Phillip Fracassi, Maja Lidia Kossakowska, Tom Lehrer, Marius and John S Marr; live action tv series "Flight" (1958-1959); anime tv series "Sanda" (2025) and US comic "Whiz Comics" (1940-1953):

The cover to Ann Leckie's 'Ancillary Mercy'

The cover to - I think - the Thailand edition of Ann Leckie's 'Ancillary Justice'.

The cover to Hiroyuki Morioka's ささやかな戦い

The cover to Hiroyuki Morioka's 星界の紋章

Ann Leckie sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/leckie... and Hiroyuki Morioka sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/moriok... were born on this day, so here are some of their covers (Artist: John Harris, [couldn't identify], 赤井孝美 and [couldn't identify]):

A cover for Peter F Hamilton's "The Naked God"

A cover for Peter F Hamilton's "Pandore Menacée"

A cover for Peter F Hamilton's "The Naked God"

A cover for Peter F Hamilton's "Great North Road"

Peter F Hamilton sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hamilt... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Jim Burns, Manchu, Tomislav Tikulin and Philip Straub):

Illustration for the poem "The Strange Harper" by William Stigand, from the May 1868 issue

Illustration for "The Lady and the Lobster" by Alfred Thompson, from the January 1869 issue.

the poem "The Lorelei" by William Sawyer, also from the January 1869 issue.

Illustration for "The Spectre Ship: A Tale of the Polar Regions" by Percy B St John, from the February 1876 issue:

Illustrations from the Victorian magazine 'Belgravia' 1868-1876 (Artists: Alfred Thompson/Pannemaker, Alfred Thompson/WL Thomas, Thomas Gray/F Kemplin and [couldn't read]/WA Cranston). I think the 1st name of each pair is the actual artist and the 2nd the engraver:

Cover to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1988, illustrating 'The Country Store' by Ronald Anthony Cross

Cover to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1989, illustrating 'Hermes and the Magic Helmet' by Ronald Anthony Cross

Dorian Vallejo's cover art for 'Lurid Dreams' by Charles L. Harness

Dorian Vallejo's cover art for 'Blades of Mars' by Michael Moorcock

Author Ronald Anthony Cross sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cross_... died and artist Dorian Vallejo sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/vallej... was born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: David Shannon, Bryan Leister, Dorian Vallejo and Dorian Vallejo):

The cover to Interzone #29 May-June 1989, edited by Simon Ounsley & David Pringle

The cover to Interzone #35 May 1990, edited by Simon Ounsley & David Pringle

The cover to Interzone #49 July 1991, edited by Simon Ounsley & David Pringle

The cover to Interzone #52 October 1991, edited by Lee Montgomerie & David Pringle

David Pringle sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pringl... was born on this day: he edited or co-edited the first 193 issues of Interzone (1982-2004) [save for occasional guest editor issues], so here are some covers from 1989-1991 (Artist: Peter Gudynas, David A Hardy, Tim White and SMS):

Cover to Steven Barnes' "Gorgon Child"

Cover to Steven Barnes' "The Barsoom Project"

Cover to Jim Crace's "Continent"

Cover to Jim Crace's "Eden"

Steven Barnes sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/barnes... and Jim Crace sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/crace_... were born on this day, so here are some of their book covers (Artist: Luis Royo, Chris Moore, [couldn't identify] and [couldn't identify]):

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):