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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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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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Elliott Dold, Jr.'s interior art for Amelia Reynolds Long's "Cosmic Fever" in Astounding Stories (February 1937)
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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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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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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...
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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
#scifi #sciencefiction #books
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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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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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 (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
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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
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Diane and Leo Dillon's interior art for H. L. Gold's "Never Come Midnight" in Galaxy Science Fiction (May 1958)
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A face reflected and refracted in a crystal-like shape. There's another aged face behind looking at it. A composite image of many scenes. Around the central figure of a man holding a woman's face there are other human outlines replaying various dramas. It's hard to decode without narrative context.
February 6, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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Perry A. Chapdelaine (1925-2015) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, Dan Adkins, 1969; R, uncredited, 1976
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Cover for the April 1969 issue of Worlds of If. Man waves sword at a departing spacecraft. Cover for Swampworld West. Swamp alien stands on four legs in a swamp. There's an urban structure in the distance.
February 6, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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Consider attending! A very interesting book. For a preview, check out my interview with the author: sciencefictionruminations.com/2025/06/23/e...
February 5, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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For black history month -- and all science fiction fans -- I aim you towards my review of Jesse Miller’s “Pigeon City” (1972), “Catalyst Run” (1974), “Phoenix House” (1975), and “Twilight Lives” (1979) sciencefictionruminations.com/2021/11/06/s...

#scifi #sciencefiction #blackhistorymonth
Short Story Reviews: Jesse Miller’s “Pigeon City” (1972), “Catalyst Run” (1974), “Phoenix House” (1975), and “Twilight Lives” (1979)
Along with Octavia E. Butler (1947-2005), Samuel R. Delany (1942-), John M. Faucette (1943-2003), John A. Williams (1925-2015), and Steven Barnes (1952-), Jesse Miller (1945-) was one of a handful …
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February 5, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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Star Trek The Next Generation scene. We're in engineering with control panels and engineering stuff on the walls and whatnot. We see Picard and Worf, but Picard is a borgs! His whole body is worn in black spandex or rubber or something borgy and he looks to have been transformed into half robot half human, with tubes and wires and mechanics attached to his body and head, including half his face being covered in tech and wires, Phantom of the Opera style. (SING FOR ME, MY ANGEL CHRISTINE!) Picard's whole arm is also now a long metally tool doohickey with sharp smaller tools doohickeys sticking out of the end, and he's holding it to Worf threateningly. Worf, in gold uniform, stands like he's being held at gunpoint. Closed caption reads, "We only wish to raise quality of life." (Editors note, it goes without saying but FUCK ICE)
January 26, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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Gendering Disgust in Medieval Religious Polemic --Cuffel
The Anxieties of Affluence: Critiques of American Consumer Culture, 1939-1979 -- Horowitz
The Twelve Caesars --Suetonius
Vincent de Beauvais et le Grand Miroir du monde -- Duchenne + Paulmier-Foucart
Speculum Historiale --Vincent de Beauvais
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5 Non-Fiction books that have made the most lasting impression?

Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle - Gould
The Origin of Species - Darwin
Conquest of Bread - Kropotkin
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte - Marx
S/Z - Barthes
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Che Guevara - John Lewis Anderson
Trotsky's History of the Russian Revolution
Society of the Spectacle - Debord
The Global Gamble - Gowan
Politics and Letters - Williams
February 4, 2026 at 4:37 PM