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Edwy Searles Brooks sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/brooks... was born on this day, so here are illustrations to stories he wrote for The Nelson Lee Library in Aug/Sept 1922 (couldn't identify the artist): 1-3's black and white images are the main interior art for the stories on the accompanying cover:
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Edwy Searles Brooks sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/brooks... was born on this day, so here are illustrations to stories he wrote for The Nelson Lee Library in Aug/Sept 1922 (couldn't identify the artist): 1-3's black and white images are the main interior art for the stories on the accompanying cover:
Jack Williamson sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/willia... died on this day, so here are some covers for books first published (in novel form at least) in the early 1960s (Artist: Ed Emshwiller, Jacques Wyrs, Frank Frazetta and Ed Emshwiller):
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Jack Williamson sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/willia... died on this day, so here are some covers for books first published (in novel form at least) in the early 1960s (Artist: Ed Emshwiller, Jacques Wyrs, Frank Frazetta and Ed Emshwiller):
This day: André Ruellan aka Kurt Steiner sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ruella... died; John T Phillifent aka John Rackham sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/philli... & Władysław Umiński sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/uminsk... born (Wojtek Siudmak, Manchu, Jack Gaughan, ?) 2 for Steiner's 'Les Enfants de l'Histoire'
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This day: André Ruellan aka Kurt Steiner sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ruella... died; John T Phillifent aka John Rackham sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/philli... & Władysław Umiński sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/uminsk... born (Wojtek Siudmak, Manchu, Jack Gaughan, ?) 2 for Steiner's 'Les Enfants de l'Histoire'
This week's new SFE entries can be found here: sf-encyclopedia.com/whatsnew.php - with authors Robert Aickman, Aja Gabel, Olive Gundran, qntm and Grace Walker; bands Antares and Griot Galaxy; 2025 anime tv series Your Forma; small press Kurodahan Press, and US comic The Flame (1940-1942):
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This week's new SFE entries can be found here: sf-encyclopedia.com/whatsnew.php - with authors Robert Aickman, Aja Gabel, Olive Gundran, qntm and Grace Walker; bands Antares and Griot Galaxy; 2025 anime tv series Your Forma; small press Kurodahan Press, and US comic The Flame (1940-1942):
Aliette de Bodard sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/de_bod... was born on this day, so here are some of her book covers (Artist: Tithi Luadthong, Alyssa Winans, Maurizio Manzieri and [couldn't identify]):
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Aliette de Bodard sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/de_bod... was born on this day, so here are some of her book covers (Artist: Tithi Luadthong, Alyssa Winans, Maurizio Manzieri and [couldn't identify]):
Ashton Hilliers sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hillie... and Dennis Wheatley sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wheatl... died on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: 1&2 Arthur H Buckland, 3 Frank C. Papé, 4 [couldn't identify]). 1&2 from Hillier's "The Master-Girl" (1910):
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Ashton Hilliers sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hillie... and Dennis Wheatley sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wheatl... died on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: 1&2 Arthur H Buckland, 3 Frank C. Papé, 4 [couldn't identify]). 1&2 from Hillier's "The Master-Girl" (1910):
Reposted by SF Encyclopedia
This really isn't what THE NAKED SUN is about.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This really isn't what THE NAKED SUN is about.
Alfred Coppel sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/coppel... was born on this day, so here's some interior magazine art for his stories, from 1950/1951 (Artist: Robert Gibson Jones, Earl Mayan, Vincent Napoli and Henry Sharp):
November 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Alfred Coppel sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/coppel... was born on this day, so here's some interior magazine art for his stories, from 1950/1951 (Artist: Robert Gibson Jones, Earl Mayan, Vincent Napoli and Henry Sharp):
Artist Stanley Meltzoff sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/meltzo... died on this day, so here's two examples of his cover art (2nd uses French edition rather than US original as that's the best version of the image I could find). 3&4 is some of his other art which look like they could be SF illustrations:
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Artist Stanley Meltzoff sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/meltzo... died on this day, so here's two examples of his cover art (2nd uses French edition rather than US original as that's the best version of the image I could find). 3&4 is some of his other art which look like they could be SF illustrations:
Repost without AI cover: Alix E Harrow sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/harrow... Tahereh Mafi sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mafi_t... Burton Stevenson sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/steven... born this day (David Curtis, Tristan Elwell, Iacopo Bruno, Henry Reuterdahl) 2nd for Harrow's 'Spindle Splintered' ltd ed.
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Repost without AI cover: Alix E Harrow sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/harrow... Tahereh Mafi sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mafi_t... Burton Stevenson sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/steven... born this day (David Curtis, Tristan Elwell, Iacopo Bruno, Henry Reuterdahl) 2nd for Harrow's 'Spindle Splintered' ltd ed.
Alan Caillou sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/caillo... was born; whilst Lilith Lorraine sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/lorrai... Sterling Noel sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/noel_s... and Paul Tabori sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/tabori... died on this day (Artist: JR, Stuart Raymond Scouler, ??? and Jeff Jones):
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Alan Caillou sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/caillo... was born; whilst Lilith Lorraine sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/lorrai... Sterling Noel sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/noel_s... and Paul Tabori sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/tabori... died on this day (Artist: JR, Stuart Raymond Scouler, ??? and Jeff Jones):
Architectural designer, builder and artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pirane... died on this day, so here are some of his etchings:
November 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Architectural designer, builder and artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pirane... died on this day, so here are some of his etchings:
Raymond E Banks sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/banks_... was born on this day, so here's some of the interior magazine artwork for his stories 1957-1960 (Artist: Virgil Finlay, Ed Emshwiller, Dick Francis and Dick Francis) 1 for “Double Dome”; 2 "Hunt and Strike"; 3&4 "Transstar":
November 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Raymond E Banks sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/banks_... was born on this day, so here's some of the interior magazine artwork for his stories 1957-1960 (Artist: Virgil Finlay, Ed Emshwiller, Dick Francis and Dick Francis) 1 for “Double Dome”; 2 "Hunt and Strike"; 3&4 "Transstar":
Ben Bova sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bova_ben was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Jack Faragasso, Chris Moore, Chris Moore and David Mattingly):
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Ben Bova sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bova_ben was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Jack Faragasso, Chris Moore, Chris Moore and David Mattingly):
Bram Stoker sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/stoker... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Handforth, [couldn't identify], Danielle Scarpa-Kos and [couldn't identify]):
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Bram Stoker sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/stoker... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Handforth, [couldn't identify], Danielle Scarpa-Kos and [couldn't identify]):
Kazuo Ishiguro was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (couldn't identify artists). Not all are genre.
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Kazuo Ishiguro was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (couldn't identify artists). Not all are genre.
Ernest Elmore sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/elmore... died, whilst Jeffrey Ford sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ford_j... and Samantha Shannon sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/shanno... were born on this day: some book covers (Artist: 4th Ivan Belikov, couldn't identify others, but 3rd might be John Jude Palencar):
November 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Ernest Elmore sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/elmore... died, whilst Jeffrey Ford sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ford_j... and Samantha Shannon sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/shanno... were born on this day: some book covers (Artist: 4th Ivan Belikov, couldn't identify others, but 3rd might be John Jude Palencar):
Paul Ernst sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ernst_... was born & Kevin O'Donnell Jr sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/odonne... died on this day (7th): some interior magazine art (Artist: Vincent Napoli, Gene Fawcette, Larry Blamire & Gerard Di-Maccio) 2nd for "He Didn't Want Soup". From 1935, 1940, 1978, 1980:
November 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Paul Ernst sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ernst_... was born & Kevin O'Donnell Jr sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/odonne... died on this day (7th): some interior magazine art (Artist: Vincent Napoli, Gene Fawcette, Larry Blamire & Gerard Di-Maccio) 2nd for "He Didn't Want Soup". From 1935, 1940, 1978, 1980:
Edwin Corley sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/corley... & Florence Dixie sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/dixie_... died, Linda Nagata sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/corley... was born on this day (Paul Alexander, ?, Stephen Youll, David Bowers) 1 for Corley's "Sargasso", 2 Dixie's "Aniwee or the Warrior Queen" (1890)
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Edwin Corley sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/corley... & Florence Dixie sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/dixie_... died, Linda Nagata sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/corley... was born on this day (Paul Alexander, ?, Stephen Youll, David Bowers) 1 for Corley's "Sargasso", 2 Dixie's "Aniwee or the Warrior Queen" (1890)
RA Lafferty sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/laffer... was born on this day: here are some of his book covers (Artist: Diane & Leo Dillon, [couldn't identify], [uncredited] and Tithi Luadthong). 1st is part of the artwork for the Ace Special edition of "Past Master" (where it's barely postage stamp sized):
November 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
RA Lafferty sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/laffer... was born on this day: here are some of his book covers (Artist: Diane & Leo Dillon, [couldn't identify], [uncredited] and Tithi Luadthong). 1st is part of the artwork for the Ace Special edition of "Past Master" (where it's barely postage stamp sized):
Takachiho Haruka sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/takach... was born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: 3rd by 安彦良和, couldn't identify the others, though first's style looks familiar). "The Dirty Pair" so named due to the considerable collateral damage they incur.
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Takachiho Haruka sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/takach... was born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: 3rd by 安彦良和, couldn't identify the others, though first's style looks familiar). "The Dirty Pair" so named due to the considerable collateral damage they incur.
Villiers De L'isle-Adam sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/villie... was born on this day, so here are some of the illustrations to a 1925 edition of his "L'Eve Future" (Artist: Drouart):
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Villiers De L'isle-Adam sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/villie... was born on this day, so here are some of the illustrations to a 1925 edition of his "L'Eve Future" (Artist: Drouart):
L Sprague de Camp sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/de_cam... died on this day: some covers (artists: Ed Emshwiller, [uncredited], Paul Alexander & [uncredited - isfdb: "Charles Mikolaycak???"]. Wife & frequent collaborator Catherine Crook de Camp sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/de_cam... was also born this day:
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
L Sprague de Camp sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/de_cam... died on this day: some covers (artists: Ed Emshwiller, [uncredited], Paul Alexander & [uncredited - isfdb: "Charles Mikolaycak???"]. Wife & frequent collaborator Catherine Crook de Camp sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/de_cam... was also born this day:
Author Catherine Asaro sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ruddel... and artist Gary Ruddell sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ruddel... were born on this day, so here are two Asaro book covers (by Joe Bergeron and Jean-François Pénichoux), then two covers by Ruddell:
November 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Author Catherine Asaro sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ruddel... and artist Gary Ruddell sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ruddel... were born on this day, so here are two Asaro book covers (by Joe Bergeron and Jean-François Pénichoux), then two covers by Ruddell:
Richard Jefferies sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/jeffer... Sandra Newman sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/newman... and Sarban sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sarban were born on this day, so here are some of their book covers (Artist: 3rd by Moebius, couldn't identify the others):
November 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Richard Jefferies sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/jeffer... Sandra Newman sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/newman... and Sarban sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sarban were born on this day, so here are some of their book covers (Artist: 3rd by Moebius, couldn't identify the others):