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Post by Knygathin on May 23, 2021 7:20:18 GMT
Chris Foss painted the amazing cover I recently posted in the A. E. van Vogt thread.
There are two other fantastic artists, Chris Moore and Peter Elson, who are very similar in expression (or at least subject matter) to Foss. All three have painted large scale settings with absolutely incredible space ships.
Foss was born in 1946, and the other two were both born in 1947. Clearly there is a particular energy, of being born in that certain time, that they share.
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Post by jamesdoig on May 23, 2021 21:19:23 GMT
Foss was born in 1946, and the other two were both born in 1947. Clearly there is a particular energy, of being born in that certain time, that they share. Good years for horror writers too - there must have been something in the water. |
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 24, 2021 10:41:27 GMT
Please upload some cover scans of their work. Thank you.
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Post by Knygathin on May 24, 2021 11:57:39 GMT
Please upload some cover scans of their work. Thank you.
Sensible proposal. Sorry, I don't have any scans right now. Others are welcome! You can find examples of their work if you search by their names on www.isfdb.org/ or duckduckgo.com in Images section (please don't use google, it is deep state).
Here are a couple of examples from isfdb:
Chris Moore. Convincing nightmarish futuristic technology. Notice the satanic church to the left in the background! This cover is actually a wraparound picture, so only half visible here. I have the paperback.
Peter Elson. I should like to think this image is from the story "The Monster", the spaceship hovering over the dead city.
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Post by Knygathin on May 31, 2021 6:53:17 GMT
There is no more effective way to make a woman run away, or for that matter any sensible worldly person, than to say that you like science fiction. It is a good tool for privacy.  |
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 31, 2021 9:54:11 GMT
There is no more effective way to make a woman run away, or for that matter any sensible worldly person, than to say that you like science fiction. It is a good tool for privacy.Ā I'm still here. I can't upload images here (not that I have any SF covers to upload) so can't contribute to the thread. There is a female sub-genre of sorts, the time travel romance. It's not something I read. I do like a lot of the artwork. Was there a golden age for SF art? It certainly doesn't seem to be today. Most books are dreadfully illustrated, if they are illustrated at all. I pity the modern artist, as it's cheaper not to use them. The '70s seemed to produce a lot of paperbacks. That looked like a good time. |
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Post by Knygathin on May 31, 2021 11:10:41 GMT
I do like a lot of the artwork. Was there a golden age for SF art? It certainly doesn't seem to be today. Most books are dreadfully illustrated, if they are illustrated at all. I pity the modern artist, as it's cheaper not to use them. The '70s seemed to produce a lot of paperbacks. That looked like a good time. I don't think the '20s and '30s Weird Tales era had very good art. I like some of it very much. The '40s cover artwork for Astounding magazine was quite awful. Here is an example:  But it is also a matter of taste. I agree about the '70s. It is probably my favorite period. '60s produced some nice psychedelic covers too. In the '80s the cover art became more and more photo-realistically refined, and it has been downhill from there (with a few exceptions). |
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