El 23 de abril de 1521 los comuneros de la Santa Junta derrotan a las tropas imperiales de Carlos I en la batalla de Villalar, dando paso a la ucronía de Alba de tinieblas (Eduardo Vaquerizo, 2018)
Nuevo relato: "Bajo el diafragma, las mismísimas entrañas", de Robert Shearman. Leedlo hoy mismo porque es perfecto para el Día del Libro. Os garantizo que va a ser lo más original y divertido que leáis hoy. Si no es así, os devolvemos el dinero. cuentosparaalgernon.wordpress.com/2026/04/23/b...
Hoy en C, @marioamadas.bsky.social recomienda El corcel. La novela de Carol Emshwiller que mira de frente los mecanismos del poder, la dominación y el sometimiento voluntario. Merece la pena acercarse a ella cuanto todavía es posible, década y media después de su traducción #cifituits
Día del Libro 2026.
A cover to Chuck Wendig's "The Staircase in the Woods"
The cover to "Death & Honey" containing novellas by Lila Bowen, Kevin Hearne, Chuck Wendig
The cover to Chuck Wendig's "I Vagabondi"
The cover to "Gangrel Savage and Macabre" by Chuck Wendig and Russell Bailey
Chuck Wendig sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wendig... was born on this day, so here are some of his covers (Artist: Elora Sperber/Guillaume Tavernier, Galen Dara, [couldn't identify] and Russell Bailey):
The cover to The Blue Book Magazine, February 1937, illustrating James Francis Dwyer's "The Treasure of Vanished Men"
The cover to The Argosy, December 1914, illustrating James Francis Dwyer's "The Golden Octopus"
Interior magazine art, from The Blue Book Magazine, April 1939, illustrating James Francis Dwyer's "The Cave of the Invisible"
More interior magazine art, from The Blue Book Magazine, April 1939, illustrating James Francis Dwyer's "The Cave of the Invisible"
James Francis Dwyer sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/dwyer_... was born on this day, so here's some magazine artwork for his stories 1914-1939 (Artist: Herbert Morton Stoops, FW Small, John Richard Flanagan and John Richard Flanagan):
Cover for Mircea Eliade's "Myth and Reality"
Cover for Mircea Eliade's "Fräulein Christine"
Cover for Louise Glück's "Faithful And Virtuous Night"
Cover for Louise Glück's "Vita Nova"
Mircea Eliade sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/eliade... died and Louise Glück sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gluck_... was born on this day, so here are some of their book covers (Artist: 2nd possibly by Hans-Jörg Brehm, couldn't identify the others). Not necessarily their most genre-heavy works:
The cover for William Hjortsberg's "Matieres Grisis"
The cover for William Hjortsberg's "Alp"
The cover for James Corbett's "The Hound of Death"
The cover for James Corbett's "The Air Killer"
William Hjortsberg sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hjorts... died and James Corbett sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/corbet... was born on this day, so here's some of their cover art (Artist: Wojtek Siudmak, Paul Bacon, [couldn't identify] and E Sears):
Y el cuarto Gótico que saldrá para mayo-junio es nuestro querido Jan Potocki... De paso, os recuerdo que mañana 23 de abril es el día del libro y que hay un montón de Valdemares por las librerías esperando a que los adoptéis y les deis una larga vida ❤
An illustration from Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer Abroad by Huck Finn Edited by Mark Twain" (1894)
An illustration from Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer Abroad by Huck Finn Edited by Mark Twain" (1894)
An illustration from Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer Abroad by Huck Finn Edited by Mark Twain" (1894)
An illustration from Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer Abroad by Huck Finn Edited by Mark Twain" (1894)
Mark Twain sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/twain_... died on this day, so here are some illustrations from his "Tom Sawyer Abroad by Huck Finn Edited by Mark Twain" (1894) (Artist: Dan Beard):
The cover for John Lymington's "A Sword Above the Night"
The cover for John Lymington's "The Sleep Eaters"
The cover for John Lymington's "The Giant Stumbles"
Another cover for John Lymington's "The Sleep Eaters"
John Lymington sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/lyming... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (artist: Josh Kirby, [uncredited], [uncredited] and Jack Faragasso):
The cover art for カフェ・コッペリア by Hiroe Suga
The cover art for 柊の僧兵 by Hiroe Suga
The cover art for 鬼女の都 by Hiroe Suga
The cover art for "Log Out" by Hiroe Suga
Hiroe Suga sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/suga_h... was born on this day, so here are some of her book covers (Artists: 1st by Yukyo Nakagawa, couldn't identify the others):
Estamos probando nuevas formas que que nos veáis todos los posts en Bluesky y a esta técnica la llamaremos: La Matrioshka🪆
Más reimpresiones góticas mayo-junio (3)
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Y para los que se están quedando afónicos... "Mares tenebrosos" pasado el verano, en septiembre 😈
Interior magazine artwork (from Omni, December 1982) for Ian Watson's 'Returning Home'
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1985. ‘White Socks’ by Ian Watson
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1987. ‘Salvage Rights’ by Ian Watson
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1988. ‘The Mole Field’ by Ian Watson
Ian Watson sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/watson... who sadly died a week ago, was born on this day; here's magazine artwork for some of his stories 1982-88: 'Returning Home' ‘White Socks’ ‘Salvage Rights' & ‘The Mole Field’ (Artist: Jean-Marie Poumeyrol, RJ Krupowicz, David A Hardy & Stephen Gervais):
Frontispiece to Frank R Stockton's ‘The Great War Syndicate, etc.’ (1900 edition)
An illustration to Frank R Stockton's novel "The Great Stone of Sardis" (1897)
An illustration to Frank R Stockton's novel "The Great Stone of Sardis" (1897)
An illustration from 'The Queen's Museum, and Other Fanciful Tales' by Frank R Stockton
Frank R Stockton sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/stockt... died on this day, so here are some of illustrations to his works (Artist: Walter Russell, Peter Newell, Peter Newell and Frederick Richardson):
Cover to Bram Stoker's 'The Jewel of Seven Stars'
Artwork for a 2017 album "Bram Stoker Read By Tony & The Bleak December Players – Dracula"
Another cover to Bram Stoker's 'The Jewel of Seven Stars'
Bram Stoker sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/stoker... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Henri Lievens, John Cayea, Dylan Garrett Smith and Paul Slater):
The cover to 'The Phantom Stranger' #1 by Carmine Infantino, Sy Barry and Ira Schnapp
Panels from 'The Phantom Shadow' #2; pencils by Carmine Infantino
A one page strip by Mort Drucker from 'The Phantom Stranger' #5, about demons.
DVD cover for the anime 'Id: Invaded'
This week's new SFE entries are here: sf-encyclopedia.com/whatsnew.php - with Bernardine Evaristo; the Japanese anime tv series 'Id: Invaded' (2020); US tv animated series 'Thundarr the Barbarian' (1980/1981) and the US comic 'The Phantom Stranger' (1952/1953):
📕 LIBRISIMO #53 con David Roas para presentar TERRITORIOS, su más reciente antología de agrohorror publicada por Páginas de Espuma
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Hoy, 20 de abril, Ian Watson hubiera cumplido 83 años.
El Celsius ha quedado un poco huérfano sin él.
Hoy en C recuerdo a Ian Watson a partir de Pájaros lentos. Uno de los grandes cuentos de la historia de la ciencia ficción, ejemplo de su manera de enfocar la escritura. Vertiginoso, poliédrico, puro sentido de la maravilla construido a partir de la evocación de lo sublime #cifituits
Illustration used by Pierre Versins in his 'Encyclopédie de l'Utopie et de la sf': from H Lanos Une exploitation agricole en 1950, «Je Sais Tout» II: 191 (15 3 1905).
Illustration used by Pierre Versins in his 'Encyclopédie de l'Utopie et de la sf': from H. Lanos, bandeau pour L'automobile, reine du monde, par le Marquis de DION, « Je Sais Tout» XIV: 217 (1531906). N.B.: la date de 1905, dans le texte, est erronée.
Illustration used by Pierre Versins in his 'Encyclopédie de l'Utopie et de la sf': from Image pour les chocolats allemands Hildebrand, vers 1905.
Illustration used by Pierre Versins in his 'Encyclopédie de l'Utopie et de la sf': from SIEGL, dessin, « Neujahrs-Merkur » 1969-70
Pierre Versins sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/versin... died on this day - he wrote the 'Encyclopédie de l'Utopie et de la sf' (1972; rev 1984): "An invaluable if idiosyncratic volume ... one of the finest reference books on sf; it has not been translated". Here's some of the illustrations it reprints:
A UK cover to 'A Torrent of Faces' by James Blish and Norman L Knight
A US cover to 'A Torrent of Faces' by James Blish and Norman L Knight
A German cover to 'Tausend Milliarden glückliche Menschen' by James Blish and Norman L Knight Tausend Milliarden glückliche Menschen
The cover to Analog, April 1967, illustrating 'To Love Another' by James Blish and Norman L Knight
Norman L Knight sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/knight... died on this day, so here's some of his book and magazine covers (Artist: Chris Foss, [uncredited], Karel Thole and John Schoenherr):
Hoy, 19 de abril, es el aniversario de la muerte de Jesús de Aragón (1893 - 1973)
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Hoy, 19 de abril, es el aniversario de la muerte de James Graham Ballard (1930 - 2009)
Uno de los escritores más interesantes de finales del siglo XX y uno de nuestros favoritos.
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Interior magazine art for KD Wentworth's "In the Land of the Bears"
Interior magazine art for KD Wentworth's "True North"
Interior magazine art for Janet Kagen's "The Return of the Kangaroo Rex"
More interior magazine art for Janet Kagen's "The Return of the Kangaroo Rex"
KD Wentworth sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wentwo... died and Janet Kagan sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/kagan_... was born on this day, so here's some interior magazine art for their stories (Artist: David Martin, Peter Ferguson, Janet Aulisio and Janet Aulisio):
Jacques Sternberg's cover for 'Fiction n° 5' (1954)
The cover to Jacques Sternberg's "Entre deux mondes incertains"
The cover to Jacques Sternberg's "Kitsch"
The cover to Jacques Sternberg's "La Sortie est au fond de l'espace"
Jacques Sternberg sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sternb... was born on this day, so here are some of his works - a cover by him and three covers to his books (artist: Jacques Sternberg [a collage/montage], Dominique Gustin de Chambure, [couldn't identify] and Jimminy):
The cover for Isak Dinesen's "Seven Gothic Tales "
The cover for Isak Dinesen's "Winter's Tales"
The cover for William Sarabande's "Beyond the Sea of Ice"
The cover for William Sarabande's "Forbidden Land"
Isak Dinesen sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/dinese... and William Sarabande sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/saraba... were born on this day, so here are a pair of book covers for each (Artist: [couldn't identify], [couldn't identify], Jerry LoFaro and Jerry LoFaro):
Criminal Blurbs from the grave.
Olé tus webs, Editorial Maeva
Le tengo mucho cariño a la inmensa mayoría de libreros que conozco, y una gran admiración por el trabajo que hacen. No sé si alguna vez os habéis planteado abrir una pequeña librería vocacional. Yo sí, claro, muchas veces.
Pero ¿habéis hecho números?