I am yet to read any of Silverbeg's novels, but I think I'm getting this #humbleBundle

If you are into #ScienceFiction #SciFi it might be worth checking out!

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https://www.humblebundle.com/books/best-robert-silverberg-open-road-media-books

New science fiction for the collection! Jack Vance, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Thom Keyes, and Kenneth Bulmer.

Cover citations, my initial thoughts, discussion: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2026/05/31/updates-recent-science-fiction-purchases-no-cccxlx-jack-vance-adolfo-bioy-casares-thom-keyes-and-kenneth-bulmer/
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Cover for Vance's Galactic Effectuator. Humanoid with knife, helmet, cape, and weird body bumps and lines, stands over two more humanoid alien that appears to be stabbed.

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Cover for Casares' Diary of the War of the Pig. A pig shape looms from the background.

George R. Stewart (1895-1980) was born on this day. Known for his sole SF novel Earth Abides (1949)

L, Korte S. Meier, 1952; R, Bob Abbett, 1962
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Cover for the German Edition -- Leben ohne Ende. Cover illustrates a large steel bridge like the Golden Gate Bridge.

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Cover for Earth Abides. Man and woman stand in front of a group of others standing in front of a city.

Rescue on Fractalus (1985) vs No Man's Sky (2016) -- 30 years of procgen evolution.

A video I did back in 2016, which itself is approaching vintage. I should add on a 2026 update. 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAeBZkPDAk0

#NoMansSky #NMS #HelloGames #ProcGen #gaming #gamers #games #video #retrogaming #retrogamersr #retrogames #Epyx #LucasArts #Fractalus #YouTube #SciFi #spacegames #gamevids

Artist Larry Kresek (1948-) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?26342

L, 1974; R, 1976
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Cover for Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Man, shirtless, holds a book in the air. There's a pile near him and a city in the background.

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Cover for Dick's Flow My Years, The Policeman Said. Three figures seem caught in a swirling something. There's some buildings in the background.

Artist Ken Fagg (1901-1980) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?27557

L, 1953; R, 1954
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Cover for If, May 1953. Group of spacemen and women cary a lizard-like creature across a metal surface.

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Cover for July, 1954 issue of If. Man with cap gestures towards rocket ships with hand on boy's shoulder. Boy is holding a model rocketship.

Uncredited cover art detail for the 1988 Legend edition of Bruce Sterling's Involution Ocean (1977)
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A ship sails through a massive canyon.

Gérard Klein (1937) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?565

L, René Brantonne, 1964; R, Josh Kirby, 1972
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Cover for Le Long Voyage. Robot-like human reaches for celestial spheres.

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Cover for The Day Before Tomorrow. Various humanoids walk a twisting path towards a series of doors/portals/windows

Harlan Ellison (1934-2018) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?25

L, Paul Lehr, 1972; R, Bob Pepper, 1974
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Cover for Nebula Award Stories Five. Lehr-like figures with dog-ears and gold sheen walk towards the reader. There's a classic Lehr pyramid with various domed shapes.

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Cover for Ellison's collection The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World. Skull with wires and pipes. Inside of the skull's mouth (with dog-like teeth) is a human face.

Frank Kelly Freas' interior art for Philip K. Dick's "War Veteran" in If (March 1955)
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A soldier sits next to an older man with a cane on a bench. There are all types of mechanical contraptions and bucolic scenes in a park nearby.