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I wrap up my memorial salute to the great Ken Kelly with what I believe is a fitting image for the occasion. Farewell, Ken. May you find wonder & beauty in your travel beyond our mortal realm. Your talent & vision will be sorely missed by those of us you left behind.

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2022-06-10

I continue my memorial tribute to Ken Kelly with this great piece he painted for Creepy It's a gorgeous piece that does everything a cover should do. The color contrast catches the eye, and the action catches the imagination. Great stuff from a true master.

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2022-06-08

How about one more Harold McCauley? This one jumped out at me because green is my favorite color and I've always been partial to blondes. (Yes, I married a blonde.) I don't know if we have a mad scientist's runaway invention or a robot invasion, but it looks like fun!

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2022-05-16

Earle Bergey's painted an exciting cover for Leigh Brackett's Shadow Over Mars. I'm currently reading this under its later title, The Nemesis From Terra. It's a pure pulp adrenaline-fueled adventure on a Mars that never was, but should have been. It's grand fun!

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2022-05-11

Last week, I mourned the lack of wonder in modern science fiction. I did that, in part, to tout the launch of my latest serialized novel, Trouble in Twi-Town. It's '40s pulp detective in a '40s pulp sci-fi solar system. Wonder abounds.

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2022-05-09

recently tweeted his wonderful drawings of the incomparable Dejah Thoris. Sword & planet stories are as far from mundane sci-fi as you get and still be in the same genre, which is why I've written 7 sword & planet books. The hot babes don't hurt, either

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2022-05-05

My love of the original Star Wars runs deep, but on this Star Wars Day I'll remind you George Lucas followed in the footsteps of legends. Lucas recognized his debt, that's why he asked Leigh Brackett to write the The Empire Strikes Back. Check 'em out. Wonder awaits!

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2022-05-04

I like when I can present a pulp cover and the same artwork sans typography. So here are both versions of Rudolph Belarski's cover for this January '42 issue. Based on this colorful and exciting artwork, I'd drop 3 nickels for this issue. What more could a fan want?

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2022-03-23

I never knew Warlord of Mars Attacks was a comic until this morning. I don't know if the comic is any good, but I love this Greg Hildebrandt cover. His Dejah Thoris mostly matches my mental image of her, and his John Carter isn't bad, either. I'll check out the comic.

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2022-03-15

Ken Kelly week continues with this painting for Almuric, Robert E. Howard's lone (to the best of my knowledge) Sword & Planet series. It was already high on my To Be Read list, & this painting bumps it higher. REH's venture into Burroughs realm out to be interesting!

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2022-03-01

Time for a little Baroomian Sword & Planet action, this time courtesy of Don Marquez. This is one of a series of Marquez paintings of John Carter and Dejah Thoris. I picked this one because I like the airships (Heliumite, no doubt), but the whole series is excellent.

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2022-02-21

The Brothers Hildebrandt 1982 calendar "Atlantis" is one of the greatest unwritten tales of science fantasy. After Urshurak, their 1979 failed epic fantasy, I guess the brothers couldn't interest a publisher in this tale. It could be marvelous fun with a good writer.

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2022-02-17

Ed Emshwiller is a favorite, and I couldn't resist this cover for Ace's 1960 release of John Taine's "The Greatest Adventure." First published in 1929, it tells of the discovery of a lost, underground Antarctic world. Influenced by ERB's Pellucidar? It seems likely.

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2022-02-01

While the pulp science fiction magazines had plenty of save-the-babe covers, they also had a fair share of covers like this one by Herman Vestal, where women don't cower from danger, counting on men for protection. One must wonder why such stories are memory-holed...

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2022-01-31

From Deviantart, S. Sava's watercolor grabs the imagination, and works for sword & planet or swords & sorcery. John Carter movie viewers or ERB readers will recognize it. Why is Carter walking the desert? What hides in the city? This isn't cover art, but it should be.

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2021-12-14

I picked this cover because I remember buying this issue at a newly opened bookstore. Gordon Dickson was one of my favorite authors at the time, and the cover intrigued me. I don't remember the story, but it's been 47 years. It's past time I reread Dickson's books.

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2021-11-16