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#SwordAndPlanet has run across lots of Mark Shultz work lately. At first glance, this look like a fantasy scene, but the crater-pocked landscape below, the oblong moons above, and the six-armed opponent make it clear this is ERB's Mars.
#SwordAndPlanet reveals Jeff Doten's cover for my next book. The fifth book in the series follows two young characters introduced in book 4, opens with an airship battle, and a low-tech rescue only our heroes could perform. Expect a release later this month or in early March.
#SciFiDaily enjoys sharing science fiction based comics when I find them. This one isn't as funny as Aria 51 from last week, but it combines two major science fiction movie franchizes for a chuckle. And if we can't laugh at the things we love, we're taking life too seriously.
#SwordAndPlanet gives this graphic novel my highest recommendation. If you think they just don't make 'em like they used to, give Starlight a look. It's a fantastic, respectful modern take on the traditional S&P trope that never mocks or parodies the genre. Check it out!
“The shades of Poul Anderson and Gordon Dickson, James Schmitz and Andre Norton, Christopher Anvil and Keith Laumer must all be looking down approvingly on Henry Vogel’s THE LOST PLANET."
- Paul Di Filippo
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Golden age science fiction. Digital age author.
#SwordAndPlanet devoured this as a freshman in college. It really isn't S&P since it's set on Earth, but the combination of a man from future America exploring an England reduced to barbarism is close. Since ERB wrote it, I think it's fair to make it an honorary S&P novel.
#SpaceOperaDaily present this Hildebrandt cover for Starcastle's third album, Citadel. I bought this album on release in 1977, got it because of the cover, and discovered a good record that can best be described as Yes lite. Forty-three years later, I still listen to it.
#SpaceOperaDaily opens the new year by recognizing Vincent Di Fate, another of sci-fi's great artists. As with other artists, Di Fate's work is easily recognizable, draws the eye, and feeds the imagination. I'd certainly check out any book that featured this on the cover!
#SpaceOperaDaily presents a Brothers Hildebrandt cover for a series I never heard of - Chronicles of the Lost King by M.S. Murdock. I must not be the only one, because the I can't find copies with this art on Amazon. Murdock has since released the books digitally, sans this art.
#SpaceOperaDaily takes a moment to post Jeff Doten's cover for SOP's latest novel. It's not my first homage to space opera's golden age, but it's my best. If you've enjoyed these posts and like space opera, check it out:
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