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[?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
@SFRuminations@wandering.shop

A Boaz favorite of course -- what I've covered: sciencefictionruminations.com/

Tiptree, James Jr. “A Momentary Taste of Being” (1975) “A Source of Innocent Merriment” (1980) “The Girl Who Was Plugged In” (1973) “Houston, Houston, Do You Read?” (1976) “Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death” (1973) “Painwise” (1972) “She Waits for All Men Born” (1976)

Alt...Tiptree, James Jr. “A Momentary Taste of Being” (1975) “A Source of Innocent Merriment” (1980) “The Girl Who Was Plugged In” (1973) “Houston, Houston, Do You Read?” (1976) “Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death” (1973) “Painwise” (1972) “She Waits for All Men Born” (1976)

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU7zrEPaN64

    " The Definitive History of Sci-Fi (A 4-Hour Bookshelf Masterclass) "


      [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
      @SFRuminations@wandering.shop

      James Tiptree, Jr. (1915-1987) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?57

      L, Michael Herring, 1979; R, uncredited, 1979

      Cover for Warm Worlds and Otherwise. A woman leans back as humanoids with disconcertingly long arms run at her. They do not seem to have faces. The two in the background are grabbing a contraption.

      Alt...Cover for Warm Worlds and Otherwise. A woman leans back as humanoids with disconcertingly long arms run at her. They do not seem to have faces. The two in the background are grabbing a contraption.

      Cover for Up the Walls of the World. A humanoid arches their back as if they had wings. Various swirls around them hint at butterfly wings. Another man looks downward from above.

      Alt...Cover for Up the Walls of the World. A humanoid arches their back as if they had wings. Various swirls around them hint at butterfly wings. Another man looks downward from above.

        [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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        Orson Scott Card (1951-) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?15

        L, John Harris, 1986; R, Lucinda Cowell, 1980

        Cover for Speaker for the Dead. A central monolithic cityscape looms upward. Various small crafts fly about. Causeways emerge from the central spire.

        Alt...Cover for Speaker for the Dead. A central monolithic cityscape looms upward. Various small crafts fly about. Causeways emerge from the central spire.

        Cover for Songmaster. Man looks upwards and sings. His soundwaves spread outward. Below him are people asleep or dead.

        Alt...Cover for Songmaster. Man looks upwards and sings. His soundwaves spread outward. Below him are people asleep or dead.

          [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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          Stanton A. Coblentz (1896-1982) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?659

          L, O'Brien, 1970; R, Frank R. Paul, 1935

          Cover for The Moon People. Various humanoids float above the moon -- tethered to each other.

          Alt...Cover for The Moon People. Various humanoids float above the moon -- tethered to each other.

          Cover for the May 1935 issue of Wonder Stories. A group of scientists with a man in a pod look upward at a swarm of identical red airplanes.

          Alt...Cover for the May 1935 issue of Wonder Stories. A group of scientists with a man in a pod look upward at a swarm of identical red airplanes.

            [?]Dave Fischer » 🌐
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            Holy Moly. Dempow Torishima's Sisyphean is INSANE. People mostly talk about the biotech environments he imagines, but later in the collection there's a bunch of post-tech-collapse stuff in which the world is overrun by feral nanotech that mindlessly reacts to people's thoughts.

            Picture the Fremen living on the surface of Solaris.

            There were thick blooms of traffic lights and streetlamps, clusters of antennae bifurcating like rime-frost, pipes that here and there swelled with woodwind tumors, and crosses and propellers that knocked against each other with outstretched arms.

            Alt...There were thick blooms of traffic lights and streetlamps, clusters of antennae bifurcating like rime-frost, pipes that here and there swelled with woodwind tumors, and crosses and propellers that knocked against each other with outstretched arms.

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              [?]Grickle » 🌐
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              The solution.

              Satirical cartoon of a enslaved man staring up at a towering robot with Ctrl, Alt, Del keys on its torso and a gun, while tiny humans work — a visual joke that pressing Ctrl‑Alt‑Del could defeat their robot overlords. Caption reads "If only there were some way to defeat their robot overlords."

              Alt...Satirical cartoon of a enslaved man staring up at a towering robot with Ctrl, Alt, Del keys on its torso and a gun, while tiny humans work — a visual joke that pressing Ctrl‑Alt‑Del could defeat their robot overlords. Caption reads "If only there were some way to defeat their robot overlords."

                [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
                @SFRuminations@wandering.shop

                Algol was a fascinating magazine with all sorts of articles about science fiction. Not all issues are digitized online. And it was cheaper to buy the pair than only the issue I really needed (Summer-Fall 1977).

                L: Winter 1977 issue. Eddie Jones cover. Man stands on a rocky surface. There's a spaceship landing nearby. R: Summer-Fall 1977. Richard Powers cover (reused). A bunch of spaceships attack a domed city

                Alt...L: Winter 1977 issue. Eddie Jones cover. Man stands on a rocky surface. There's a spaceship landing nearby. R: Summer-Fall 1977. Richard Powers cover (reused). A bunch of spaceships attack a domed city

                  [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                  Uncredited interior art for Miriam Allen deFord's "The Season of the Babies" in Fantastic Universe (December 1959)

                  A crowd gathers at the base of a platform. A group of uniformed men with a sheet of paper read (I assume) from the platform. Behind them is a rocket ship with three nacelles

                  Alt...A crowd gathers at the base of a platform. A group of uniformed men with a sheet of paper read (I assume) from the platform. Behind them is a rocket ship with three nacelles

                    [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                    Uncredited interior art for H. Beam Piper's "The Answer" in Fantastic Universe (December 1959)

                    Man in foreground face up close. Man in background looks outward at two screens with a rocket. THere's a clock and microphone.

                    Alt...Man in foreground face up close. Man in background looks outward at two screens with a rocket. THere's a clock and microphone.

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                      [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                      New additions to the SFF library! Joe Haldeman, Jack C. Haldeman II, Zenna Henderson, Thomas Burnett Swann, and Edwin Corley

                      Cover artists, my initial thoughts, discussion: sciencefictionruminations.com/

                      Jim Burns’ cover for the 1st edition of There is No Darkness. Spaceman, looking a bit like an airman, stands outside of his pod. He seems to be on a barren planet.

                      Alt...Jim Burns’ cover for the 1st edition of There is No Darkness. Spaceman, looking a bit like an airman, stands outside of his pod. He seems to be on a barren planet.

                      Cover for Corley's Siege. An African American militant stands with gun. The cityscape of New York is in front of him.

                      Alt...Cover for Corley's Siege. An African American militant stands with gun. The cityscape of New York is in front of him.

                        [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
                        @SFRuminations@wandering.shop

                        My most recent Bradbury review: “The Strawberry Window” (1955) sciencefictionruminations.com/

                          [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                          Ed Emshwiller's interior art for Frances Deegan's "The Green Cat" in Fantastic Adventures (April 1952)

                          Woman shoots a large cat attacking a man who is in the process of falling down. They are all in a cave with stalactites and stalagmites.

                          Alt...Woman shoots a large cat attacking a man who is in the process of falling down. They are all in a cave with stalactites and stalagmites.

                            [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                            My review of Bradbury's "The Pedestrian” (1951) sciencefictionruminations.com/

                              [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                              My review of Ray Bradbury’s “Almost the End of the World” (1957) sciencefictionruminations.com/

                                [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
                                @SFRuminations@wandering.shop

                                While I have not covered a ton of Bradbury's work (he was more an author of my teenage years), I have returned to a handful of his short fictions recently.

                                My review of "The Highway” (1950) sciencefictionruminations.com/

                                  [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                                  Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?194

                                  L, Philippe Halsman, 1967; R, uncredited, 1959

                                  Cover for Fahrenheit 451. It's a film still for Truffaut's adaptation. Three figures -- one man and two women -- stand in a group.

                                  Alt...Cover for Fahrenheit 451. It's a film still for Truffaut's adaptation. Three figures -- one man and two women -- stand in a group.

                                  Cover for Dandelion Wine. Boy stands in a field. He's looking towards a simple farm house in the distance.

                                  Alt...Cover for Dandelion Wine. Boy stands in a field. He's looking towards a simple farm house in the distance.

                                    [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                                    Editor and author Paul W. Fairman (1909-1977) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1282

                                    L, John Schoenherr, 1965; R, Ed Valigursky, 1958

                                    Cover for City Under the Sea. A Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea adventure. A submarine and a diver amongst what looks like the wreckage of a city.

                                    Alt...Cover for City Under the Sea. A Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea adventure. A submarine and a diver amongst what looks like the wreckage of a city.

                                    Cover for the March 1958 issue of Amazing. Spaceman close-up. Behind him are a series of spaceman floating in space. There's a planet in the distance

                                    Alt...Cover for the March 1958 issue of Amazing. Spaceman close-up. Behind him are a series of spaceman floating in space. There's a planet in the distance

                                      [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                                      Artist Ron Turner (1922-1998) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?26570

                                      L, 1951; R, 1952

                                      Cover for Brown's Destination Mars. Rocket ships shoot at other rocket ships. Each rocket has a little glass bubble out of which the people can see and guns protrude

                                      Alt...Cover for Brown's Destination Mars. Rocket ships shoot at other rocket ships. Each rocket has a little glass bubble out of which the people can see and guns protrude

                                      Cover for Statten's Inner Cosmos. A robot looks down on a capsule with a humanoid alien inside. There are devices around the capsule. Behind the robot is a door or window to a desert world.

                                      Alt...Cover for Statten's Inner Cosmos. A robot looks down on a capsule with a humanoid alien inside. There are devices around the capsule. Behind the robot is a door or window to a desert world.

                                        [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                                        Brian W. Aldiss (1925-2017) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?131

                                        L, Eddie Jones, 1971; R, Bruce Pennington, 1975

                                        Cover for Hothouse. A man and a woman climb a massive root structure.

                                        Alt...Cover for Hothouse. A man and a woman climb a massive root structure.

                                        Cover for The Dark Light Year. Man on crutches walks along a cliff edge. In the distance there's a volcano. A flock of birds fly with two sets of wings.

                                        Alt...Cover for The Dark Light Year. Man on crutches walks along a cliff edge. In the distance there's a volcano. A flock of birds fly with two sets of wings.

                                          [?]MidgePhoto » 🌐
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                                          @davidgerard

                                          Melbourne impressed me as a place I could live.
                                          But not now, people need a reason.

                                          in 's novel is the ritual by which an is called forth to assist the secular power with something. A large spacecraft entering their solar system, for instance.

                                          Good book, but that comes to mind each time I see the Voco adjacent to our little airport here.

                                            [?]John Wilker 👨🏽‍💻 » 🌐
                                            @jwilker@wandering.shop

                                            This group promo ends soon! If you're looking to add to your TBR, check it out. Free Scifi and Fantasy from some great indie authors!

                                            @reading @bookstodon

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                                              [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                                              Exploration Log 16: Clifford D. Simak’s speech “The Face of Science Fiction” (1953) sciencefictionruminations.com/

                                              Four editions of Clifford D. Simak’s City (1952): Artists and publication date from L to R, Ed Valigursky (1958), Richard Powers (1954), Karel Thole (1964), uncredited (1965) Covers: the first illustrates a robot in the ruins, the second is a surreal powers cover with various pods/spheres/humanoid shapes, the third includes humans inside of ice-like blocks, and the final is a multi-layered cityscape.

                                              Alt...Four editions of Clifford D. Simak’s City (1952): Artists and publication date from L to R, Ed Valigursky (1958), Richard Powers (1954), Karel Thole (1964), uncredited (1965) Covers: the first illustrates a robot in the ruins, the second is a surreal powers cover with various pods/spheres/humanoid shapes, the third includes humans inside of ice-like blocks, and the final is a multi-layered cityscape.

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                                                [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                                                Three Swedish science fiction novels by Per Wahlöö (1926-1975)

                                                The Generals (1965, trans. 1974)
                                                Murder on the 31st Floor (1964, trans. 1966)
                                                The Steel Spring (1968, trans. 1970)

                                                All three translations by Joan Tate

                                                The Generals (1965, trans. 1974). Cover illustrates a hand holding a fasces over the face of another person. There's an island in the distance. Murder on the 31st Floor (1964, trans. 1966): man looks through window. There's a shadow of another man running past. The Steel Spring (1968, trans. 1970): Cover is just the title looking a bit like a steel spring.

                                                Alt...The Generals (1965, trans. 1974). Cover illustrates a hand holding a fasces over the face of another person. There's an island in the distance. Murder on the 31st Floor (1964, trans. 1966): man looks through window. There's a shadow of another man running past. The Steel Spring (1968, trans. 1970): Cover is just the title looking a bit like a steel spring.

                                                  [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                                                  A bit of typographic play from the July 1968 issue of New Worlds illustrating Giles Gordon's short story "Scream"

                                                  The word scream makes the general shape of a scream -- if it were to exist as a shape.

                                                  Alt...The word scream makes the general shape of a scream -- if it were to exist as a shape.

                                                    [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                                                    Artist Paul Lehr (1930-1998) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1391

                                                    L, 1975; R, 1977

                                                    Cover for Busby's The Proud Enemy. Lobster-like aliens cluster around a rocket-ship (maybe) that looks vaguely like a face.

                                                    Alt...Cover for Busby's The Proud Enemy. Lobster-like aliens cluster around a rocket-ship (maybe) that looks vaguely like a face.

                                                    Cover for Watson's The Embedding. People walk into a spaceship (maybe) in the dense jungle. A singular man looks at the viewer with a radiant headdress holding a staff.

                                                    Alt...Cover for Watson's The Embedding. People walk into a spaceship (maybe) in the dense jungle. A singular man looks at the viewer with a radiant headdress holding a staff.

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                                                      [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                                                      Editor and author Hugo Gernsback (1884-1967) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1129

                                                      L, Frank R. Paul, 1928; R, Frank R. Paul, 1931

                                                      Cover for the June 1928 issue of Amazing Stories. Man with helmet and laser-eyes shoots another man emerging from the rolling elements of a machine. There's a forest in the background and other scientific gadgets.

                                                      Alt...Cover for the June 1928 issue of Amazing Stories. Man with helmet and laser-eyes shoots another man emerging from the rolling elements of a machine. There's a forest in the background and other scientific gadgets.

                                                      Cover for the October 1931 issue of Wonder Stories. A three-legged robot with a cone-ish body grabs a man with one of its four arms. There are other robots in the distance.

                                                      Alt...Cover for the October 1931 issue of Wonder Stories. A three-legged robot with a cone-ish body grabs a man with one of its four arms. There are other robots in the distance.

                                                        [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                                                        Andrew J. Offutt (1934-2013) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?264

                                                        L, Bob Larkin, 1979; R, Richard Powers, 1972

                                                        Cover for The Sword of Skelos. Conan and a woman stand on a pile of animate bodies that are attacking them with axes and gesturing towards them with spears. In the distance there are mountains and eagles.

                                                        Alt...Cover for The Sword of Skelos. Conan and a woman stand on a pile of animate bodies that are attacking them with axes and gesturing towards them with spears. In the distance there are mountains and eagles.

                                                        Cover for The Castle Keeps. Powers' surreal take reduces the keep to a square with a stone-like object in side. A human looks up at the square. There's also a woman's face in the mountain.

                                                        Alt...Cover for The Castle Keeps. Powers' surreal take reduces the keep to a square with a stone-like object in side. A human looks up at the square. There's also a woman's face in the mountain.

                                                          [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                                                          Frank R. Paul's interior art for Malcolm Jameson's "Taa the Terrible" in Astonishing Stories (December 1942)

                                                          A vast cityscape of domed and conical vaguely pyramidal buildings. At the bottom humanoid shapes carry large spherical objects. There's also a landed spaceship.

                                                          Alt...A vast cityscape of domed and conical vaguely pyramidal buildings. At the bottom humanoid shapes carry large spherical objects. There's also a landed spaceship.

                                                          The cityscape continues on this page. A winged devil-like creature looms on top of a large ziggurat style building. At the bottom a man and woman stand near large friezes. The line of workers carry their items into a door.

                                                          Alt...The cityscape continues on this page. A winged devil-like creature looms on top of a large ziggurat style building. At the bottom a man and woman stand near large friezes. The line of workers carry their items into a door.

                                                            [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                                                            Cuban-born SF author Albert dePina (1901-1956) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?2014

                                                            L, George Gross, 1944; R, Allen Anderson, 1947

                                                            Cover for the Summer 1944 issue of Planet Stories. Man with helmet and skirt shoots at an octopus-like alien. The alien tries to crab with its tentacles a fleeing woman. There's a city down a causeway in the distance.

                                                            Alt...Cover for the Summer 1944 issue of Planet Stories. Man with helmet and skirt shoots at an octopus-like alien. The alien tries to crab with its tentacles a fleeing woman. There's a city down a causeway in the distance.

                                                            Cover for the Summer 1947 issue of Planet Stories. Blue man with bear and bald head strikes with a sword at a woman. She tries to grab his necklace. They both seem to be laying on a dragon shaped thing. There's a man throwing an ax towards the blue man in the distance.

                                                            Alt...Cover for the Summer 1947 issue of Planet Stories. Blue man with bear and bald head strikes with a sword at a woman. She tries to grab his necklace. They both seem to be laying on a dragon shaped thing. There's a man throwing an ax towards the blue man in the distance.

                                                              [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                                                              I love science fiction magazine banner art. This one by Forte in the December 1942 issue of Astonishing Stories.

                                                              Column name: VIEWPOINTS. Man sits at a control panel. He has his hand to his ear listening. Electricity travels from machines nearby to the text above.

                                                              Alt...Column name: VIEWPOINTS. Man sits at a control panel. He has his hand to his ear listening. Electricity travels from machines nearby to the text above.

                                                                [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                                                                Lee Hoffman (1932-2007) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?2214

                                                                L, Gray Morrow, 1970; R, Ed Emshwiller, 1973

                                                                Cover for the June 1970 issue of Fantastic. Cover illustrates Hoffman's novel Always the Black Knight. There's a knight with sword and odd crab-like mask with red. A man and a woman look upwards in front.

                                                                Alt...Cover for the June 1970 issue of Fantastic. Cover illustrates Hoffman's novel Always the Black Knight. There's a knight with sword and odd crab-like mask with red. A man and a woman look upwards in front.

                                                                Cover for Again, Dangerous Visions. Cover is a conglomerate of surreal images. Someone seems to be on a spit. There's an eyeball and a face in agony and a series of eyes.

                                                                Alt...Cover for Again, Dangerous Visions. Cover is a conglomerate of surreal images. Someone seems to be on a spit. There's an eyeball and a face in agony and a series of eyes.

                                                                  [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                                                                  Alexei Panshin (1940-2022) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?44

                                                                  L, Diane and Leo Dillon, 1969; R, Paul Alexander, 1983

                                                                  Cover for Rite of Passage. Cover illustrates a woman's head. Her head is filled with other faces, gears, trees, and geometric shapes.

                                                                  Alt...Cover for Rite of Passage. Cover illustrates a woman's head. Her head is filled with other faces, gears, trees, and geometric shapes.

                                                                  Cover for Intergalactic Empires anthology. A spaceship -- sort of like aircraft carrier. Other smaller spaceships land on it. There are a multiplicity of domes and observation decks.

                                                                  Alt...Cover for Intergalactic Empires anthology. A spaceship -- sort of like aircraft carrier. Other smaller spaceships land on it. There are a multiplicity of domes and observation decks.

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                                                                    Martin Bax (1933-2024) was born on this day. In addition to founding the arts magazine Ambit, he published one really really odd science fiction novel: The Hospital Ship (1976). I reviewed it here: sciencefictionruminations.com/

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                                                                      [?]Joel :casio: :blobcatderpy: 🇲🇽 » 🌐
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                                                                      Another review this time for Magazine #211!

                                                                      Since I finished I thought I'd share some thoughts

                                                                      joelchrono.xyz/blog/clarkeswor

                                                                      This is day 17 of and 12 of

                                                                        [?]Joel :casio: :blobcatderpy: 🇲🇽 » 🌐
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                                                                        Oh right my for is up!
                                                                        The last book of series.

                                                                        This time including a spoilered section, beware!

                                                                        This is day 16 of and day 11 of

                                                                        joelchrono.xyz/blog/leviathan-

                                                                          [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                                                                          Virgil Finlay's interior art for Eric North's "The Satyr" (variant title: "Three Against the Stars") (1924) in Fantastic Novels Magazine (May 1950)

                                                                          The ghostly deformed humanoid entities hover around a cauldron. They have vaguely human faces with large eyes and gash-like mouths.

                                                                          Alt...The ghostly deformed humanoid entities hover around a cauldron. They have vaguely human faces with large eyes and gash-like mouths.

                                                                            [?]Joel :casio: :blobcatderpy: 🇲🇽 » 🌐
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                                                                            Took me long enough but I've finished issue #211 of at last!!!

                                                                            On my of course

                                                                            The cover of the book on my device

                                                                            Alt...The cover of the book on my device

                                                                              [?]Roel Nieskens » 🌐
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                                                                              If you like your laser beamin' futuristic sci-fi fonts era-correct and done with great detail and a huge character set, check out DJR's Megawarp and Gigawarp!

                                                                              👽 Megawarp — djr.com/font-of-the-month-club

                                                                              🚀 Gigawarp — djr.com/font-of-the-month-club

                                                                              Quality-wise they're so far removed from the sci-fi schlock you see on DaFonts, they're practically in ANOTHER UNIVERSE! 🪐

                                                                              Two blocks of sample texts showing Gigawarp, and Megawarp below it

                                                                              Alt...Two blocks of sample texts showing Gigawarp, and Megawarp below it

                                                                                [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                                                                                Ward Moore (1903-1978) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1264

                                                                                L, Richard Powers, 1953; R, Richard Powers, 1962

                                                                                Cover for Bring the Jubilee. Man looks at a battle sequence with Confederate soldiers. There's a tower of some sort near him.

                                                                                Alt...Cover for Bring the Jubilee. Man looks at a battle sequence with Confederate soldiers. There's a tower of some sort near him.

                                                                                Cover for A Decade of fantasy and Science Fiction. A surreal Powers cover with a spaceman, asteroid, a planet, and various swirls and shapes.

                                                                                Alt...Cover for A Decade of fantasy and Science Fiction. A surreal Powers cover with a spaceman, asteroid, a planet, and various swirls and shapes.

                                                                                  [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                                                                                  Curt Siodmak (1902-2000) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1374

                                                                                  L, uncredited, 1969; R, Richard Powers, 1954

                                                                                  Cover for Hauser's Memory. Man with a mechanical brain.

                                                                                  Alt...Cover for Hauser's Memory. Man with a mechanical brain.

                                                                                  Cover for Rider to the Stars. Two rocket ships launch from earth. They fly past an asteroid.

                                                                                  Alt...Cover for Rider to the Stars. Two rocket ships launch from earth. They fly past an asteroid.

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                                                                                    Hank Searls (1922-2017) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1717

                                                                                    L, uncredited, 1962; R, William Teason, 1960

                                                                                    Cover for The Astronaut. An astronaut zooms down towards earth and a bikini clad woman with sun umbrella.

                                                                                    Alt...Cover for The Astronaut. An astronaut zooms down towards earth and a bikini clad woman with sun umbrella.

                                                                                    Cover for The Big X. Man with helmet stands imperiously. Behind him is a jet.

                                                                                    Alt...Cover for The Big X. Man with helmet stands imperiously. Behind him is a jet.

                                                                                      [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
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                                                                                      Uncredited cover art detail for the 1988 edition of C. J. Cherryh's collection Visible Light (1986)

                                                                                      Artist might be Peter Gudynas.

                                                                                      Robot sits at a flight control. Hands on controls and what looks like a heat map. They are zooming towards a destination area marked with a red triangles and a yellow rectangle. Panels also zoom past with stars and planets.

                                                                                      Alt...Robot sits at a flight control. Hands on controls and what looks like a heat map. They are zooming towards a destination area marked with a red triangles and a yellow rectangle. Panels also zoom past with stars and planets.

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                                                                                        Short Book Reviews: George Alec Effinger’s The Wolves of Memory (1981) and J. J. Connington’s Nordenholt’s Million (1923) sciencefictionruminations.com/

                                                                                        Cover for The Wolves of Memory. Man holds woman aloft. There's a small house in the distance. And low-lying clouds... his eyes are closed and mournful.

                                                                                        Alt...Cover for The Wolves of Memory. Man holds woman aloft. There's a small house in the distance. And low-lying clouds... his eyes are closed and mournful.

                                                                                        Cover for the Dec. 1948 issue that reprinted Connington's Nordenholt's Million. Man holds a hand towards the skull of death. The skull looms over a crushed and burning city. The skeleton's other hand holds a bunch of bodies.

                                                                                        Alt...Cover for the Dec. 1948 issue that reprinted Connington's Nordenholt's Million. Man holds a hand towards the skull of death. The skull looms over a crushed and burning city. The skeleton's other hand holds a bunch of bodies.

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