Died this day: 04/25/1988 (b. 08/03/1904)
Clifford Simak was an American science fiction writer who won three Hugo Awards and one Nebula Award. Recognized as an SFWA Grand Master, he is best known for his classic fix-up novel City, which explores the distant future.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_D._Simak

#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
@books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction #CliffordSimak @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

https://astralcomputing.com

#GutenMorgen allerseits, habt einen schönen Start ins Wochenende! ☕️🍵

Auf #Steady gibt es jetzt meine neueste #Illustration im Early Access zu sehen! Alva und Kassian aus meinem Projekt #JägerherzundHexenkuss haben endlich ihre erste gemeinsame Illu bekommen, die ich später vielleicht mal als Page Overlay verwenden kann. 😍

#bookstodon #mastoart #bookart #freelanceartist #artistforhire

https://steady.page/de/ascira-art/posts/e0a8a9c0-b4c6-4b1e-8b9d-2ee40313790e

Weird Tales — February 1925 issue (Volume V — Number 2). "The Unique Magazine." Cover story: "Whispering Tunnels" by Stephen Bagby, subtitled "A Devil Tale of Verdun."

#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
#Stephen Bagby
@books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

https://astralcomputing.com

Art by Andrew Brosnatch

Died this day: 04/24/1996 (b. 06/08/1915)
Frank Riley, American writer who co-wrote with Mark Clifton the 1955 Hugo-winning novel They'd Rather Be Right, about Bossy, a cybernetic brain whose gift of rejuvenation is thwarted by human prejudice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Riley_(author)

#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
@books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction #FrankRiley @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

https://astralcomputing.com

Art by W. I. Van der Poel

RE: https://mastodon.art/@ascira/116453543493239609

Heute Abend geht es dann an dieser #WIP weiter! Ich zeichne wieder live auf #Twitch

https://twitch.tv/ascira

#artstream #mastoart #bookart #fantasyart

Weird Tales — January 1925 issue (Volume V — Number 1). Cover story "Invaders from Outside" by J. Schlossel.

#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
#J.Schlossel
@books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

https://astralcomputing.com

Art by Andrew Brosnatch

Born this day: 04/23/1955
Paul McAuley is a British biologist and hard-SF writer. His debut Four Hundred Billion Stars won the PKD Award; Fairyland took the Arthur C. Clarke and Campbell Awards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_J._McAuley

#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
@books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction #PaulMcAuley @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

https://astralcomputing.com

Art by Don Dixon