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Next Stop the Stars
Author Robert Silverberg

First edition cover art by Ed Valigursky and Ed Emshwiller.

This artwork by Norm Saunders was created for the 1962 Mars Attacks trading card series from Topps. Based on sketches by Wally Wood and Bob Powell, Saunders painted the final image in oil for Card #17, “Beast And The Beauty”.

An earlier version featured a man in bed, but the published card replaced him with a woman, a common pulp convention of the time to heighten drama and appeal. The series, conceived by Len Brown and Woody Gelman, became infamous for its lurid sci-fi violence and was briefly pulled from stores before gaining cult status.

1962 Mars Attacks series cards

There's a joke here for the observant.

Cover Artist Virgil Finlay

From Fantastic Universe Science Fiction June 1957

Contents

• "World in the Balance" novelette by Harry Harrison
• "Holiday" novelette by Marcia Kamien
• "Ape's Eye View" short story by Robert F. Young
• "Day of Reckoning" short story by Morton Klass
• "Commuter's Problem" short story by Harlan Ellison
• "First Landing" short story by Roger Dee
• "Terror Over Hollywood" novelette by Robert Bloch
• "God of the Mist" short story by Evelyn Goldstein
• "Versus" short story by Edward D. Hoch
• "Snakes Alive" short story by Henry D. Billings
• "Rock and Roll on Pluto" short story by Hans Stefan Santesson [as by Stephen Bond]
• "My Martian Cousin" short story by Mark Reinsberg

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The Space Egg
Author: Russ Winterbotham
Cover Art: Ric Binkley

Trullion: Alastor 2262 (Alastor Series #1)
Author: Jack Vance
Cover Illustration: David B. Mattingly

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Illustration by William Llewellyn

Couldn't find much more than that, so not sure about accuracy. Enjoy.

Artwork of Hari Seldon from the foundation series

Foundation #1
Author: Issac Asimov Artwork: Michael Whelan

I had no good ideas, but this green alien is ridiculous.

Green guy from...

D-99
Written by H.B. Fyfe
Cover Artist Ralph Brillhart

Post about the cover

Original Artwork:

I, Robot
Written by Isaac Asimov

Én, a robot
Baranyai Gyula (Translator), Vámosi Pál (Translator)
Cover Artist János Jantner

Space Family Robinson: Lost in Space #41
Cover Artist George Wilson
Written by Gaylord Du Bois
Published 1974

Artist Luis Dominguez

February 1975 Issue of 'UFO Flying Saucers'

Stories included: 'Giants From the Unknown' 'Invisible Creatures', 'The Drama That Launched Nationwide Hysteria'

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More Than Human Theodore Sturgeon Richard M. Powers (Illustrator)

Original:

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Nightmare Blue’ by Justin Todd 1975

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/37681958

Original Artist: Michael Whelan

Link

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