Interior magazine artwork for Donald Wandrei's "The Blinding Shadows"

Interior magazine artwork for Donald Wandrei's "A Scientist Divides"

Interior magazine artwork for Donald Wandrei's "The Whisperers"

Interior magazine artwork for Donald Wandrei's "Murray's Light"

Donald Wandrei sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wandre... was born on this day, so here's some magazine art for his stories 1934/1935 (Artist: Howard V Brown, Elliott Dold Jr, M Marchioni and Elliott Dold Jr):

Karel Thole's cover for Urania 403: "Il fantasma dello spazio" by Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson

Karel Thole's cover for Urania 404: "Paradiso sospetto" by Frank Belknap Long

Karel Thole's cover for Urania 405: "Il collezionista" by Eric Frank Russell

Karel Thole's cover for Urania 406: "Il pianeta proibito" by Philip MacDonald [as by WJ Stuart]

Artist Karel Thole sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/thole_... was born on this day, so here's some of his cover art from 1965:

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):

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):

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):

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):

Illustration for a 'Skyrocket to the Moon' "Fifty years hence. Perhaps even sooner ..." from Science & Invention, April 1921

illustration for the article "Crops Grow on the Moon" from Science & Invention, December 1921

Illustration for an "air propelled monorail system" from Science & Invention, January 1922

Illustration for "An Excursion into the Past" by Ernest K Chapin, from Science & Invention, February 1922

When I was looking at Hugo Gernsback's 1920s magazine "Science and Invention" yesterday for the Frank R Paul anniversary, I saw some artwork I liked, but I couldn't identify the artist - so here they are:

George Barr's cover for 'The Not-World' by Thomas Burnett Swann

George Barr's cover for 'The Birthgrave' by Tanith Lee

George Barr's cover for 'Star (Psi Cassiopeia)' by CI Defontenay

George Barr's cover for 'The Year's Best Fantasy Stories' by Lin Carter

Artist George Barr sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/barr_g... died on this day, so here's some of his cover art from 1975:

The cover to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1962, illustrating JG Ballard's "The Garden of Time”

The cover to Science Fiction Adventures, No. 24 (1962), illustrating JG Ballard's "The Drowned World"

The cover to If, March 1963, illustrating JG Ballard's "The Time Tombs"

The cover to Fantastic Stories of Imagination, October 1963, illustrating JG Ballard's "The Screen Game"

JG Ballard sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ballar... died on this day, so here are some magazine covers from 1962/1963 illustrating his stories (Artist: Ed Emshwiller, Brian Lewis, Virgil Finlay and Ed Emshwiller):

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):

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:

Illustration by Frank R Paul from the April 1921 issue of 'Science & Invention'

Illustration by Frank R Paul from the June 1921 issue of 'Science & Invention'

Illustration by Frank R Paul from the September 1921 issue of 'Science & Invention'

Illustration by Frank R Paul from the January 1922 issue of 'Science & Invention'

Some interior magazine artwork by Frank R Paul, for Hugo Gernsback's "Science and Invention".

Frank R Paul's cover for Modern Electrics, February 1912

Frank R Paul's cover for Amazing Stories, April 1926 (the first issue)

Frank R Paul's cover for Amazing Stories, August 1926

Frank R Paul's cover for Amazing Stories, December 1926

Artist Frank R Paul sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/paul_f... was born on this day, so here are some of his early magazine covers:

The cover for Astounding, December 1949 illustrating James H Schmitz's "The Witches of Karres"

The cover for Amazing Stories, April 1963 illustrating James H Schmitz's "The Beacon to Elsewhere"

The cover for Analog, May 1964 illustrating James H Schmitz's "Undercurrents"

The cover for Analog, August 1971 illustrating James H Schmitz's "The Lion Game"

James H. Schmitz sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/schmit... died on this day, so here are some of his magazine cover appearances (artist: Zboyan, Virgil Finlay, John Schoenherr and Frank Kelly Freas):

An interior illustration to Ben Hecht's "Fantazius Mallare: A Mysterious Oath" (1922)

An interior illustration to Ben Hecht's "Fantazius Mallare: A Mysterious Oath" (1922)

An interior illustration to Ben Hecht's "Fantazius Mallare: A Mysterious Oath" (1922)

An interior illustration to Ben Hecht's "Fantazius Mallare: A Mysterious Oath" (1922)

Ben Hecht sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hecht_... died on this day, so here are some of the illustrations to his 1922 novel 'Fantazius Mallare', which was "successfully prosecuted for obscenity on the grounds of its illustrations by Wallace Smith, who was jailed".

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):

Interior magazine art for Everett B Cole's story "The Best Made Plans"

Interior magazine art for Everett B Cole's story "The Weakling"

Interior magazine art for Everett B Cole's story "Here, There Be Witches "

More interior magazine art for Everett B Cole's story "Here, There Be Witches "

Everett B Cole sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cole_e... was born on this day, so here's some of the magazine art for his 1959-1970 stories (Artist: 1&2 HR Van Dongen, 3&4 Frank Kelly Freas):

Cover for William Hope Hodgson's 'Das Haus an der Grenze und andere phantastische Erzählungen'

Cover art for William Hope Hodgson's 'The House on the Borderland'

Cover for William Hope Hodgson's 'Carnacki, the Ghost Finder'

Interior art for William Hope Hodgson's 'The House on the Borderland & Others

William Hope Hodgson sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hodgso... died on this day: some related artwork (Artist: Hans Ulrich & Ute Osterwalder, Jim Burns, Terry Oakes and Dave McKean). 2nd the cover for a 1996 'The House on the Borderland'; 4th interior art for a 2024 'The House on the Borderland & Others':

The cover to Lloyd Biggle Jr's "The Metallic Muse"

The cover to the Lloyd Biggle Jr edited "Nebula Award Stories 7"

The cover to Lloyd Biggle Jr's "Pomnik"

The cover to Lloyd Biggle Jr's "Monument"

Lloyd Biggle Jr sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/biggle... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (artist: George Barr, Peter Jones, [couldn't identify] and Tim White):

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):

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):

Interior magazine artwork for Malcolm Jameson's story "Brains for Bricks"

Interior magazine artwork for Malcolm Jameson's story "Brains for Bricks"

Interior magazine artwork for Malcolm Jameson's story "Death by Proxy "

Interior magazine artwork for Malcolm Jameson's story "Chariots of San Fernando"

Malcolm Jameson sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/jameso... died on this day, so here's some interior magazine art for his stories (artist: Frank Kramer, Frank Kramer, [uncredited] and Boris Dolgov):

The cover to John Christopher's "Cloud on Silver"

The cover to John Christopher's "I possessori"

The cover to John Christopher's "Una ruga sulla Terra"

The cover to John Christopher's "The White Mountains"

Bluesky’s been acting up, so let’s see if this post makes it: John Christopher sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/christ... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (artist: Arthur Barbosa, Allison, Vicente Segrelles and Tim Hildebrandt):

Cover for 'The People of the Moon' by Tremlett Carter (1895)

Cover for 'Autodrome' by Kim Lakin-Smith

Cover for 'Bumphrey's' by RH Mottram (might not be one of his genre works)

Cover for 'Europa's Beast' by RH Mottram (might not be one of his genre works)

Tremlett Carter sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/carter... died, whilst Kim Lakin-Smith sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/lakin-... and RH Mottram sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mottra... were born on this day, so some of their book covers (Artist: A d'Aguilcourt, [couldn't identify], Lutwycne[?] and CN Dilly):

Cover artwork for a 10th anniversary edition of Thomas Olde Heuvelt's "Hex"

Cover artwork for Thomas Olde Heuvelt's "Het laatste verhaal van Jamie Gunn"

Cover artwork for Thomas Olde Heuvelt's "Harten Sara"

Cover artwork for Thomas Olde Heuvelt's "Hex"

Thomas Olde Heuvelt sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/olde_h... was born on this day, so here's some of his book covers (Artist: Chris Berens, [couldn't identify], DesWes and Leo Nickolls). 1st is the cover artwork for a 10th anniversary edition of "Hex"

Interior magazine art for Damon Knight's "Rule Golden"

Interior magazine art for Damon Knight's "Dulcie and Decorum"

Interior magazine art for Damon Knight's "The Beach Where Time Began"

Interior magazine art for Damon Knight's "The Indigestible Invaders"

Here's some interior magazine art for Damon Knight stories from 1954-1956 (Alex Ebel, Mel Hunter, Paul Orban and Ed Emshwiller):

The cover to Amazing Stories, July 1943, illustrating 'Carbon-Copy Killer' by Howard Browne [as by Alexander Blade]. The man on the cover seems to resemble Raymond A Palmer, the magazine's editor

Cover to Amazing Stories, July 1943, illustrating 'The Strange Mission of Arthur Pendran' by Howard Browne [as by John X. Pollard]

The cover to Amazing Stories, May 1951, illustrating 'Planet of No Return' by Howard Browne [as by Lawrence Chandler]

The cover to If, March 1952, illustrating 'Twelve Times Zero' by Howard Browne [not using a pseudonym for once!]

Author and editor Howard Browne sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/browne... was born on this way, so here are some magazine covers illustrating his stories - the first three using pseudonyms. (Artist: Harold W McCauley, Robert Gibson Jones, Robert Gibson Jones and Martin Key):

Cover to the Damon Knight edited "Nebula Award Stories 1"

Cover to the Damon Knight edited "Nebula Award Stories"

Cover to the Damon Knight edited "De speekselboom"

Cover to the Damon Knight edited "Panne in der Hölle"

Author and editor Damon Knight sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/knight... died on this day, so here are some of the covers to the first of the Nebula Award anthologies he edited (artist: Bruce Pennington, [uncredited], Karel Thole and Atelier Frank & Zaugg):

Correction: The 4th is from the December 1907 'The Strand' (not 1908), probably the US edition.

The cover to Jacques Futrelle's "Perburuan Pring Emas"

Frontispiece and title page for Jacques Futrelle's "The Thinking Machine" (1907)

An illustration from The Strand, December 1908 (US edition I think), for the serialisation of Jacques Futrelle's "The Chase Of The Golden Plate"

A book illustration from Jacques Futrelle's "The Thinking Machine" (1907)

Jacques Futrelle sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/futrel... died on this day (he was a passenger on the Titanic), so here's some related artwork (Artist: 1&3 [couldn't identify], 2&4 by 'The Kinneys')