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Joachim Boaz
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History PhD. Defender of Liberal Arts. History of Leftist Thought. Joachim Boaz (he/him) maps the topography of science fiction before 1985. Creator of the fanzine Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/
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The isfdb.org listing for the book: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.c...
The Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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February 13, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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It's always worth tracking down the citation.

Here it is: Jim Burns' cover art for Colin Greenland's Mother of Plenty (1998)
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art by Jim Burns
retro sci-fi art of a woman in a spacesuit beside some wading bonds with a metal bird
February 13, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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Elliott Dold, Jr.'s interior art for Otto Binder's "Life Disinherited" in Astounding Stories (March 1937)
#scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist
Two men drive a car through the wreck remains of a city. It's covered with dead people. A car crashes through a furniture store window. Even their rearview mirror shows the dead.
February 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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@70sscifiart.bsky.social Have you seen this one? :)
February 13, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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Elliott Dold, Jr.'s interior art for Amelia Reynolds Long's "Cosmic Fever" in Astounding Stories (February 1937)
#scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist
Spaceman leans over in agony from the heat inside of a spaceship with all types of dials and gauges etc.
February 13, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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THE TROUBLE WITH TYCHO (1976)
Acrylic on Illustration Board

While excavating on the Moon, an astronaut bites the dust (I couldn’t resist) and another fights vainly against a malevolent alien energy. 1/3

#booksky #art
A man in spacesuit with bubble helm throws up his arms as he’s swarmed by blue lights. The fuzzy dots of light leave a trail back to the horizon, obscuring some of the star field. In front of man, face down in the regolith lies the remains of another astronaut whose helm is cracked. All that remains of his head are the bones of his skull.
February 11, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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Coming in November! Black Ink: Pulp Stories from Black Newspapers, 1929-55. Stories of daring rogues, alien encounters, zombies, future technologies, and punching racists. Co-edited by Timothy R. Granger (aka Timaeus Bloom) and Mike Phillips.

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Black Ink: Pulp Stories from Black Newspapers, 1929-55. Edited by Timothy R. Granger and Michael W. Phillips Jr. Volume 1: The Black Stockings by William Thomas Smith + Tales of Black Robin by H.L. Faggett Introduction by Cauleen Smith, cover art by Daimon Hampton A Black guerrilla group fights against a racist presidential candidates, plus an undercover avenger rights racist wrongs one punch in the jaw at a time. Volume 2: The Creeping Thing by Cora Jean Moten + The Baron of Harlem by Nick Lewis Introduction by Charlotte Carter, cover art by Julie Anderson One of the first zombie stories in English, and one of the best. Plus a white gangster changes places and skin color with a scheming Black musician. Volume 3: From Outer Space & Orbit of Doom + short stories about Jacques Lenglet and Jiggs Bennett by James H. Hill Introduction by Ytasha L. Womack, cover art by Maurice Buckley Aliens visit Earth with a dire warning about humanity's nuclear ambitions, plus stories about a Black WW1 ace and a reporter who punches racists in the face. November 2026.
February 10, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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Ludovico De Luigi's cover art detail for the 1972 Italian edition of World's Best Science Fiction: 1968, ed. Terry Carr and Donald A. Wollheim (1968)

Italian title: Il computer sotto il mondo
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Man with jousting equipment on a motorcycle. He is dressed as a medieval knight.
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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Book Review: William Tenn's Time in Advance (1958) sciencefictionruminations.com/2026/02/08/b...
#scifi #sciencefiction #books
Mitchell Hooks’ cover for the 1st edition. A dense group of human figures below a looming facade. It's a bit surreal and unclear exactly what you're looking at.
February 8, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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Today's black history month + science fiction post!

Two Italian covers for Samuel R. Delany's Triton (1976) and The Einstein Intersection (1967)

L, Giuseppe Festino, 1978; R, Ludovico De Luigi, 1971
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A planetary scene with craters, various green swirls, and rock-like uplifts A Tower of Babel like arcology. The arches and pillars are duplicated and duplicated and layered.
February 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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Artist Frank Frazetta (1928-2010) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, 1966; R, 1968
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Cover for Conan the Adventurer. Conan stand with sword on a pile of dead. Various skulls behind him. And a woman at his feet. Cover for Danger World. Man and woman stand on a craggy outcrop with gun. There are two planetary objects behind them.
February 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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Infamous hack author R. L. Fanthorpe (1935-) was born on this day. Co-wrote with his wife Patricia. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, Eddie Jones, 1959; R, reused Ed Emshwiller art, 1960
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Cover for Space-Borne. Buff hairless man stands in garish pants in front of a rocket, the cosmos, and earth. Cover for Juggernaut. Various men look at a creature ripping the world like a sheet of paper. Buildings crumble and buckle as if the world is being torn.
February 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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Artist Gary Viskupic (1944-2024) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, 1978; R, 1979
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Cover for Carver's Star Rigger's Way. Man and cat person. Behind them is a spaceship. Cover for Simak's City. Various robots and dogs above and around a city.
February 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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Yeah, definitely not a collection of Tenn's best (or worst). Feel free to join the community on the site. That's my primary forum for SF conversation.
February 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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Star Trek Voyager scene. We've got Tuvok standing next to Seven of Nine (Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01). She's looking and him, and he's doing a smouldering, eyebrow popping look off into the distance thing. Closed caption reads, "I share your discomfort with social gatherings."
February 8, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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Cover art citations: Mitchell Hooks’ cover for the 1st edition
February 8, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Book Review: William Tenn's Time in Advance (1958) sciencefictionruminations.com/2026/02/08/b...
#scifi #sciencefiction #books
Mitchell Hooks’ cover for the 1st edition. A dense group of human figures below a looming facade. It's a bit surreal and unclear exactly what you're looking at.
February 8, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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Today’s Black History Month post: two fascinating histories of the American South from my collection

#history #books #Blackhistorymonth
Harold’s New Negro Politics and Anderson’s The Education of Blacks in the South
February 8, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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Jules Verne (1828-1905) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, film stills, 1961; R, uncredited, 1905
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Film stills serve as the cover for Verne's Master of the World (including Robur the Conquerer). A scene of a man in the steering room of his craft Cover for Invasions from the Sea. A large steam ship leaves a pier. There's a fantastical map in the background.
February 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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A selection of science fiction histories that touch on African American visions from my shelves.

#history #scifi #sciencefiction #blackhistorymonth
From L to R: Foertsch's Reckoning Day, Kilgore's Astrofuturism, Lavender's Black and Brown Planets, Zamalin's Black Utopia, Nyong's Black Apocalypse, and Canavan's Butler.
February 7, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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John B. Michel is the fifth from the left -- photo of the majority of attendees at the first science fiction convention in 1936.

Check alt text for the names of the rest.
The majority of the attendees of the world's first science fiction convention in 1936, from left: Oswald Train, Donald A. Wollheim, Milton A. Rothman, Frederik Pohl, John B. Michel, William S. Sykora (holding the NYB-ISA flag), David A. Kyle, and Robert Madle. They're standing in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Photo by Herbert E. Goudket.
February 7, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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Jerome Winter's "The Michelist Revolution: Technocracy, the Cultural Front, and the Futurian Movement'" (2013) is a good source for his views.
February 7, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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An important Futurian, Communist, and a proponent of Michelism: "science-fiction should by nature stand for all forces working for a more unified world, a more Utopian existence, the application of science to human happiness, and a saner outlook on life."
February 7, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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John B. Michel (1917-1968) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, Hannes Bok, 1941; R, John R. Forte, Jr., 1942
#scifi #sciencefiction
Cover for the June 1941 issue of Stirring Science Stories. Person with large head runs. There are various asteroids and what looks like an explosion of a cosmic body. Cover for the April 1942 issue of Future combined with Science Fiction. Man and woman look at a strange scene in front of them -- there seem to be various humanoid aliens with three figures, a spacecraft or rover, and a large circle of color in which a figure is held.
February 7, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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Artist Jean-Michel Nicollet (1944-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, 1979; R, 1979
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Cover for Farmer's Comme une bete. Man with gas mask sees a scene involving a tentacle, blood, and a woman. Cover for Farmer's La jungle nue. Tarzan holds a knife in his teeth and climbs a ropes.
February 7, 2026 at 1:59 PM