Gino D'Achille's artwork caught my eye, which shouldn't surprise anyone who follows me, but it took a bit of searching to find the book. A sequel to H. Rider Haggard's "She" intrigues me. In other words, the cover did it's job by catching my eye & piquing my interest.

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It's the 3rd day of 2023, and we still don't have flying cars. I've learned to live with that disappointment, but why do we live in a time of such ugly ground cars? Why did the futuristic visions of the 1950s never come to pass? The future isn't what it used to be...

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Russian artist Andrey Tarusov caused a furor with his art for the Russian space agency's 2020 pin-up calendar. All I can say is I love the pulp aesthetic Tarusov brought to the artwork, and would kill (figuratively) to see his artwork covering one of my books.

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1950s British comic book and pulp artist Ron Turner is new to me, as is the magazine whose cover he painted. The cover has all the expected sci-fi pulp tropes except a spacebabe & it would definitely catch my eye. I particularly like how space becomes a pointing hand.

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A. Leslie Ross painted an intriguing cover for Lester del Rey's cover story. From the huge feathers to the babe's calculating expression to the men & spaceships in the background, the scene piques the interest. You can download the issue here:
https://t.co/vDJqcuiMaF

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I didn't post yesterday, so here are 2 Greg Hildebrandt pin-ups with science fiction themes. Alas, neither one ever graced a book or magazine cover. But if they had, I believe I'd have bought that book or magazine. Because sometimes all you need is a great cover.

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Robert Fuqua painted this cover for the Feb '40 issue, and it's quite good. Why invent a new bug-eyed monster when an enlarged Earth spider is this horrific? Add a beautiful babe in danger, a stalwart hero, set it on Mars, and you have makings of a grand adventure!

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I don't know what "Vulcan's Dolls" is about, but Earle Bergey's gorgeous cover art made me want to read the story. Of note: contrary to modern proclamations that women weren't welcome before the '60s, the 2 top authors listed are women.

Thanks,

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