Artwork of the Day: Super-Science Fiction (by Frank Kelly Freas)

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Dazzling Erin

by Frank Kelly Freas

This cover is from 1957.

The Astounding Covers of Astounding

Posted on October 21, 2024 by Dazzling Erin

by Paul Orban

First published in 1930 and still going today under the name Analog, Astounding has had many different names of the past 94 years but one thing that has always remained consistent has been the strong covers. Below, for your October pleasure, is just a tiny sampling of the astounding covers of Astounding!

by William Timmins

by Hans W. Wessolowski

by Howard V. Brown

by Hans W. Wessolowski

by Howard V. Brown

by Hans W. Wessolowski

by Frank Kelly Freas

by Paul Orban

The Futuristic Covers of Future Science Fiction

Posted on September 5, 2023 by Dazzling Erin

January, 1954. Artwork by Alex Schomburg

Future Science Fiction was a magazine that started in 1939 and was initially published until 1943. The World War II paper shortage brought the magazine to a temporary end but, in 1950, the magazine was relaunched and ran for another ten years. Future featured stories about aliens, different worlds, and future wars. Writers such as Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson, and Philip K. Dick appeared in the magazine. Today, though, the magazine is best remembered for covers that brought a distinct pulp sensibility to the science fiction genre.

Here are just a few of the covers of Future Science Fiction.

March, 1939. Artwork by Frank R. Paul

August, 1942. Artwork by John Forte, Jr.

October, 1942. Cover by Hannes Bok

August, 1950. Artwork by Earle Bergey

October, 1950. Artwork by Leo Morey

March, 1951. Artwork by Milton Luros

1952, September. Artwork by Peter Poulton

1954, March. Artwork by Alex Schomburg

Summer, 1957. Artwork by Frank Kelly Freas

February, 1959. Artwork by Edmund Emshwiller

June, 1959. Artwork by Virgil Finlay

February, 1960. Artwork by Paul Orban

The Covers of Fantastic Universe

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Dazzling Erin

by Edmund Emshwiller

It’s a new year and I don’t know about you but I feel like looking to the future. From 1953 to 1960, Fantastic Universe did just that. It was one of the many sci-fi magazines to be published in the 50s. While it was never as financially successful as some of the other magazines of the age, it has since been acclaimed for the quality of its writing and for its covers!

Here, to get 2022 off to a good start, are a few of the covers of Fantastic Universe:

by Virgil Finlay

by Alex Schomburg

by Ed Moritz

by Frank Kelly Freas

by Leo Margulies

by Virgil Finlay

Artwork of the Day: Super-Science Fiction (by Frank Kelly Freas)

Posted on November 21, 2021 by Dazzling Erin

This is from 1957. I don’t think that would qualify as a practical space suit.

The Covers of If

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Dazzling Erin

1957, by Edmund Emshwiller

If was science fiction magazine that was published from 1952 to 1974, by Quinn Publications. Though If was never more than a modest success as far as sales went, it still published work from authors like Harlan Ellison, Robert A. Heinlin, and Larry Niven. It also featured some of the best covers in the business. Here are a few of the covers of If magazine:

1952, by Henry Jones

1952, by Martin Key

1952, by Ralph Joiner

1954, by Ken Fagg

1955, by Frank Kelly Freas

1959, by Frank Kelly Freas

1959, by John Pederson

1959, by John Perderson

1962, by Virgil Finlay

1965, by Richard McKenna

Prepare For The Future With The Covers Of Science Fiction Quarterly

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Dazzling Erin

by Edmund Emshwiller

Science Fiction Quarterly began it’s initial run in 1940 and, with the world distracted by war in the present, it ceased publication in 1943. However, once the war was over and people were once again looking to the future, Science Fiction Quarterly was revived in 1951 and ran until 1958. Over the course of its run, it published many of the current and future “big names” in science fiction. Isaac Asimon, Arthur C. Clarke, James Blish, and Donald Wolheim were among the writers whose work appeared in the pages of Science Fiction Quarterly. When Science Fiction Quarterly ceased publication in 1958, it was the last of the science fiction pulp magazines. When there were no more issues of Science Fiction Quarterly, it was the end of the era but, considering the future success of the magazine’s writers, it would also be the beginning of a new age.

With 2020 soon coming to a close, now seems like a good time to look to the future with the covers of Science Fiction Quarterly.