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May 20, 2015 sff book covers that made you pick up the book. Genres include romance, thrillers, horror, sci fi, fantasy and childrens book covers. Books parents can comfortably read to their children without omitting any parts. An early work of feminist utopian fiction and protoscience fiction, the blazing world tells the story of a woman from our earth who travels to another world via a portal at the north pole, where she becomes empress of a society made up of fantastical halfanimal halfhuman species. Some of the greatest minds in sci fi have used the series format to create complex and thrilling universes for their story characters to exist in, while others have created dystopian and utopian future environments on earth.
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Sunshine is a 2007 science fiction psychological thriller film directed by danny boyle and written by alex garland. Jan 15, 2008 it seems the core sci fi fans are fairly open to these disguised covers as long as they are seen to have taken as much time and effort as a traditional illustrative solution, theyre executed well, and as long as they truly reflect the content and feel of the book. Aug 08, 2007 travelling cities, by chris foss used as a cover for the book diary of a spaceperson, 1990. The dresden files is a series of contemporary fantasymystery novels written by american author jim butcher. Best science fiction series vote for your favorite science fiction series of novels three published books in the sequence minimum. The ensemble cast features cillian murphy, chris evans, rose byrne, michelle yeoh, cliff curtis, troy garity. Scifi artists and illustrators list, freelance artist. A lot of scifi and fantasy book covers rely on fonts to help showcase the genre in which theyre operating.
Alan pollack 1964 a sci fi and fantasy illustrator who has painted artwork for many rpg companies, including wizards of the coast and t. Sep 21, 2017 the radch trilogy, by ann leckie from breqs first struggle to for control amidst a complex selfawareness in ancillary justice, to their final moves against a multiplicitous empire in ancillary sword and ancillary mercy, leckies awardwinning space opera turns a powerful lens on individuality and society with amazing ships, explosions, battles, power grabs, tea, and etiquetteas well. And remember, our catalogue is expanding day by day. Bruce pennington 1944 is probably best known for his unique style and book covers from the 1960s and 1970s. However there are pretty good fantasy specific lists that should be used instead. Scifi artists and illustrators list, freelance artist, sci. Vote for your favourite childrens sf books novels, novellas, anthologies. His covers for the new english library and corgi books in the 1960s established him as a cult figure among scifi fans. You can choose the one that you like the most for your own personal book. Feb 01, 2007 pulp covers from amazing stories from 19381940 with music by mlfg. Oddly enough, no ones been able to tell dune visually no, im not counting lynchs dune.
Apr 02, 2018 science fiction often called sci fi or sf is a popular genre of fiction in which the narrative world differs from our own present or historical reality in at least one significant way. Each book cover is 100% exclusive and sold only once. Oct 10, 2007 astrona is an online collection of artists resources and developers who specialize in space and astronomical art, science fiction art, visions of future worlds, design and visualization of technologies for living in space, space exploration, spaceships, starships, space colonies, etc. Fosss evocative scifi book covers pioneered a muchimitated style featuring vast, colourful spaceships, machines.
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