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Amazing Stories vol. 9, no. 6 1934 10 (October 1934)

My best guess is that the catlike, floppy alien in the chair is missing a skeleton and the device is going to put one in? Someone please read the magazine.

Sadly Miles' 2nd-hand bookstore is not only gone but is demolished entirely: https://maps.app.goo.gl/q9Pyf53tDbUyak1YA

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v09n06_1934-10_Teckneeds_cover

A man aims a device on a tripod at a cat-like creature, apparently unconscious in a chair, beaming red light at it. A skeleton stands upright nearby apparently sentient. Amazing Stories magazine cover from 1934.

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Amazing Stories vol. 24, no. 5 (May 1950)

This is a little too straightforward for me, but you have to admit the chairoscuro and the imagery (is it imagery, or does this guy have a little Herman's Head deal going on?) are strong.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v24n05_1950-05_cape1736

A man's face stares impassively out at the viewer. Inside his head we see a big room full of equipment/devices/controls, with a bright light shining from a central column. Amazing Stories magazine cover from 1950.

Astounding vol. 16, no. 6 (February 1936)

I love this one, there's a real sense of movement and the monster is excellent.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v16n06_1936-02_frankenscan

Two figures holding torches are funning through a dark landscape with ghostly buildings in the background. An amorphous green blob with twenty or more bright red eyes, approaching behind them is reaching out semi-formless arms to catch them. Astounding Stories magazine cover from 1936.

wants to read Le Onzième commandement by Lester del Rey (Club du livre d'anticipation, #54)

Lester del Rey: Le Onzième commandement (Paperback, French language, 1975, OPTA) No rating

Voici, après Eric Frank Russell et James H. Schmitz, un autre grand nom de l'Age …

Worlds of IF (May 1968)

Are they wearing helmets? It's hard to make out. Maybe just a dome and those space sunglasses are enough on this planet. This one is kind of clunky but the red and the silhouette of the ship are excellent.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/1968-05_IF_modified

Two figures in suits, but apparently not helmets, are moving toward the viewer against a bright red background. They are holding weapons and electronic equipment respectively. A space ship of the classic "rocket balanced on fins" type is seen sillhouetted behind them. Worlds of IF magazine cover from 1968.

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Astounding vol. 39, no. 6 (August 1947)

Oh a LOT is going on here. The world has ended, that much we know, but … not yet? There are only primitive figures left, one guy holding a bible (someone confirm for me please?) but there's a ghost as well. Why is he climbing to the top of that mountain?

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v39n06_1947-08_cape1736

A trenchcoated figure in dark red-orange tones, its face in shadow under a fedora, is mounting a peak, holding what appears to be a bible. Behind it is a similar figure but depicted as if it might be a ghost, in grey/transparent tones. Behind them are armed figures with spears, and in the distance, smoke rising from huge explosions. Astounding Stories magazine cover from 1947.

MONUMENT (1992)

Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 32" x 20"



After Isaac Asimov passed away in 1992, I was asked to provide cover art for a posthumous tribute in "Asimov's Science Fiction" magazine. 1/4

A shiny robot sits upon a stack of books. The ground beneath is rendered like the metal covered surface of the planet Trantor. Wearing a white cloak with hood up, the robot casually drapes one arm over a bent knee. In the other hand, it holds a bowl with a flicker of flame extending off it. Behind the robot stands Isaac Asimov with iconic mutton chops and glasses smiling for the audience. A mechanical keyboard is propped at his side. An inverted glass pyramid floats next to him. A spiral galaxy unwinds at an angle in the background sky. Notably that sky contains not just the dots of stars but the tiny swirls of other galaxies. Low in the sky, the corona of a star in total eclipse flares.

Hi! I'm a bot posting Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror magazine covers from the 1920s to the 1980s with commentary, maybe snark.

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Worlds of IF (October 1966)

Terrific design, very powerful, great composition. However I'm left not knowing if this is a montage or an actual scene because the perspective is hard to interpret.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/1966-10_IF

In the background is a bright red-orange space scene, possibly moons seen in front of Jupiter. In the foreground, a humanoid figure is firing a mounted gun, a beam weapon of some kind, across the image at 90º to the viewer. Behind the figure is a vertical rocket. Worlds of IF magazine cover from 1966.

Astounding vol. 28, no. 5 (January 1942)

I have no idea what's happening here, but it's quite a powerful scene and a nice tight composition.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v28n05_1942-01_cape1736

Planets loom in the background as a blimp-like space ship takes off vertically. Two human figures in a transparent cylindrical control room appear to be reacting negatively to whatever's happening. Astounding Stories magazine cover from 1942.