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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 between 1945-1985. Creator of the fanzine Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/
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Two reviews of Izumi Suzuki's "Terminal Boredom" (1984, trans. by Daniel Joseph 2021) (with @rachelcordasco.bsky.social ). sciencefictionruminations.com/2025/11/15/s...
Covers for Suzuki's Hit Parade of Tears and Terminal Boredom. The left cover shows her sitting on a mattress with red shoes. The second her reaching across a Japanese floor mat.
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L. Sprague de Camp (1907-2000) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, Frank Frazetta, 1969; R, Stephen Hickman, 1979
#scifi #sciencefiction #fantasy #books
Cover for Conan of Cimmeria. Three dudes dresses in "Viking" garb fight on a snowy mountain. A larger mountain looms behind them Cover for The Glory that Was. A greek solder sculpture(with bow and shield) crouches on a pedestal. THe pedestal seems to be a futuristic device.
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Melinda M. Snodgrass (1951-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, uncredited, 1986; R, Jim Warren, 1987
#scifi #sciencefiction #fantasy #books
Cover for Circuit. Shows a large space station above earth. Cover for Runespear. A group of hikers look at a white-haired man holding a huge spear. The man seems to morph into the ice of the distant expanse.
November 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Dave Wallis (1917-1990) was born on this day. He wrote one SF novel: Only Lovers Left Alive (1964).

My review of his underrated post-apocalyptic novel: sciencefictionruminations.com/2021/10/14/b...

#scifi #sciencefiction #books
Book Review: Only Lovers Left Alive, Dave Wallis (1964)
Uncredited cover for the 1965 edition 4/5 (Good) The scene: Early 60s London. Conjure displays of cool style at local discothèques. Youthful insolence and wit. Frivolous consumerism. Into this swir…
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November 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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C. C. MacApp (1917-1971) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, Robert Foster (most likely), 1969; R, Josh Kirby, 1972
#scifi #sciencefiction #books
Cover for Worlds of the Wall. Man in bottom quadrant looks upward a flying lizard in the upper one. Cover for Bumsider. A flying clawed horse creature, two spaceships, and a man with a gun.
November 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Artist Josh Kirby (1928-2001) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, 1964; R, 1963

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Cover for The Sentinel Stars. Man and woman with various long-limbed shapes looming over them. Cover for the Illustrated Man. Man covered with various tattoos, a rocket, a rose, etc.
November 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Uncredited cover art detail for the 1972 edition of Edwin Corley's The Jesus Factor (1970)
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Cover shows what looks like a large nuclear bomb explosion with a circular cloud.
November 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Star Trek The Next Generation scene. The Enterprise D gang is in Ten Forward standing around a beautifully decorated banquet table adorned with exotic flowers and lots of food. Seems like a fancy party is happening, I'm guessing some light chitter chatter is in the background, dishes and flatware tinkling and clanking, maybe some nice soft harpy music, but this is a picture so it's tough to say. Ok, back to the story, so Captain Picard is carving a large round turkey. Bev Crusher, Geordi, Data, and a very very tall Klingon, all in uniform, stand and observe. Closed caption reads, "I shall try some of your burned, replicated bird meat." 🦃
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Frederik Pohl (1919-2013) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, Wayne Barlowe, 1980; R, uncredited, 1968
#scifi #sciencefiction #books
Cover for Beyond the Blue Event Horizon. A group of humans approach a large machine in a glowing room. They are surrounded by a variety of panels. Cover for The Space Merchants. Cover is a simple image of a planet with rings, a spaceship, and various other cosmic spheres.
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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D. C. Poyer (1949-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, Paul Lehr, 1987; R, Tom Barber, 1979
#scifi #sciencefiction #books
Cover for Poyer's Stepfather Bank. Man runs towards viewer. Behind him is a looming building and a crowd. Cover for Galileo magazine. A spaceship I assume emerges from a massive nebula or crowd. A smaller spaceship approaches.
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Artist Victoria Poyser (1949-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, 1984; R, 1985
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Cover for The Pig Plantagenet. There's a pig next two a woman. A fox is on a branch behind them. Cover for Morris' Wind from the Abyss. A woman in white rides a large cat/dog-like winged creature.
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Leonard Tushnet (1908-1973) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, James Roth, 1964; R, Ron Walotsky, 1973
#scifi #sciencefiction
Cover for the August 1964 issue of F&SF. A cathedral is surrounded by dust clouds. A flying air-plane like craft is on the far left. Two figures stumble in the dust. Cover for the November 1973 issue of F&SF. A hand reaches into a cube space with various figures. The hand holds a small sphere.
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Jack Lovejoy (1937-2014) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, Victoria Poyser, 1984; R, Stephen Hickman, 1983
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Cover for A vision of Beasts. Man fights giant crocodile/alligator in what looks like a cave with a bolas and sword. Cover for Magus Rex. A woman (I think) with a crown sits on a throne in front of two other figures with headdresses. The entire vibe is hellish and fiery.
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Amelia Reynolds Long (1904-1978) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, C. C. Senf, 1931; R, Leo Morey, 1932
#scifi #sciencefiction #fantasy #weirdfiction
Cover for Weird Tales. Boy on elephant shoots tiger with bow. Cover for the July 1932 issue of Amazing Stories. A futuristic city with transportation pods levitating on elevated roads.
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Poul Anderson (1926-2001) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, Chris Foss, 1976; R, Fernando Fernandez, 1973
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Cover for Orbit Unlimited. A dull Foss cover with two bulbous spaceships above a planet. Cover for The People of the Wing. Three men fight a winged alien. There are three planets/moons behind them.
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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H. R. Van Dongen's interior art for Randall Garrett and Robert Silverberg's "The Promised Land" in Astounding Science Fiction (August 1956)
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Possible humanoid alien (not sure, have not read story) woman with necklace and high collar holds the head of a thing horse-like creature.
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Ed Emshwiller's interior art for James E. Gunn's "Witches Must Burn" in Astounding Science Fiction (August 1956)
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A man looks forward while a scene of destructions rages behind him -- various people hold guns, clubs, and knives and buildings burn.
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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H. R. Van Dongen's interior art for Randall Garrett and Robert Silverberg's "The Promised Land" in Astounding Science Fiction (August 1956)
#scifi #sciencefiction #art
Possible humanoid alien (not sure, have not read story) woman with necklace and high collar holds the head of a thing horse-like creature.
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Toomorrow (1970) is very far from Val Guest's best work, an abysmal tale of a bland pop group (a pre-fame Olivia Newton-John is the lead singer) being abducted by aliens for reasons too ludicrous to go into here.

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Toomorrow (1970)
By 1970 Val Guest was a long way from the glory days of the Quatermass films or The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961). When he was contacted by producer Harry Saltzman in March that year, Guest beli…
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November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Artist John Alvin (1948-2008) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, 1984; R, 1992
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Cover for Bladerunner. Shows the city, Harrison Ford, levitating car, etc. Cover for Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country. There's a klingon, various bird of prey, the enterprise.
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Spider Robinson (1948-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, James Warhola, 1987; R, Chris Foss, 1986
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Cover for Time PRessure. WOman in a sphere levitates over a wintery scene. Cover for Telempath. A man with an egyptian (almost) headdress seems to be connected to a mech which is shooting.
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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New history purchase! #history #USA #UnitedStates
Photo of A Living Wage: American Workers and the Making of Consumer Society. Cover shows a group of workers in strike
November 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Nelson S. Bond (1908-2006) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, Jack Gaughan, 1965; R, Hubert Rogers, 1941
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Cover for Exiles of Time. Three men are pelted with gunshots or small meteorites. There is a spaceship above them. Cover for the February 1941 issue of Astounding. Man and woman approach the statue of liberty.
November 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Steven Brust (1955-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, Stephen Hickman, 1984; R, Rick Berry, 1992
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Cover for Yendi. Man with small dragon on his soldiers poses imperiously. He has earrings, golden hair, and a scrumptious cloak/coat. Cover for The Phonix Gards. Man with a swords stands in front of a phoenix.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Wilson Tucker (1914-2006) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, Davis Meltzer, 1977; R, Michael Whelan, 1977
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Cover for The Lincoln Hunters. Shows Lincoln bifurcated in two worlds. One of his origins (cabin, cart, etc.) and another of the future. Cover for Tucker's The Year of the Quiet Sun. African American man stands in a column surrounded by skulls on sticks. Behind him are two faces and a nuclear explosion.
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM