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and have merged. Finding just the right images and composing comments for them takes about an hour out of each morning. I don't have time to handle both anymore. I'll kick off the combined series with this image filled with things I love about sci-fi.

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2020-06-22

loves airships. That's why I use them in my Scout series. This image by DeviantArt's SnowSkadi is the first one I've seen that matches my vision of those airships. It's a tenuous connection to S&P, but I couldn't resist posting the image.

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2020-06-03

This is Ken Kelly week, since I just found several of his S&P painting. We'll start with Descent, which was a cover for Lyn Carter's Jandar of Callisto. Kelly is a brilliant illustrator, but the names given his paintings are unimaginative. More on this tomorrow.

6 26
2020-05-26

Two teenagers running from agents of the star-spanning Federation come to Earth to rescue their parents. Kevin Johnson's cover presents the situation effectively and piqued my curiosity. Is it S&P if the author reverses the tropes? I say yes, and will read it.

2 5
2020-05-22

offers this Storn Cook bit of prototypical S&P art. It's got the proper mixture of future and archaic weaponry, a scantily clad alien babe, and a man who's obviously out of place. I believe this was an RPG commission rather than a book cover. Too bad. I'd read it!

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2020-05-21

returns to ERB with this James E. McConnell cover for the second Amtor (aka Venus) book. It's been far too long since I read this one, but I recall thoroughly enjoying the Venus series. Barsoom better captured my heart, but Amtor holds fond memories.

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2020-04-29

With advanced weapons, swords, a scantily-babe, and imminent danger, this Hildebrandt painting from their 1982 Atlantis calendar hits all the S&P tropes. Too bad there's no story for these images, because I'd read it in a heartbeat.

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2020-04-21

loves this painting from The Martian Legion, a (very) high end adventure featuring John Carter, Tarzan, and many other fictional heroes. Plus Edgar Rice Burroughs, seen here overlooking Barsoom with John Carter. The book is filled with artwork of the caliber.

1 6
2020-03-26

can't find much about this book beyond the fine Boris cover, which has enough S&P elements to qualify for this series. Reviews are mediocre, though one favorable one invoked Flash Gordon as a comparison. Proceed at your own risk. It's not on my reading list, yet.

1 1
2020-03-21

loves Mark Schultz's artwork. I've posted more of it to than here, but this one is solidly sci-fi. The strange creature and the woman's spacesuit imply this is an alien world, but one with pyramids. Coincidence or home to the chariots of the gods?

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2020-03-14

I do & for 2 reasons:

1) I love shared beloved classics and new discoveries with you.

2) I hope you'll buy some of my novels, such as my latest one:

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6 9
2020-03-11

believes Biggle's Monument does something no other S&P story does. It begins with the death of the great S&P hero and explores what happens when the wider galaxy discovers the planet. This novel isn't S&P, but it's built on a solidly S&P foundation. Check it out.

0 0
2020-02-15

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.

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2020-02-12

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.

0 1
2020-02-08

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!

3 3
2020-02-06

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.

1 4
2020-01-30

presents Joe Jusko's brilliant depiction of a boy discovering Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom for the first time. Give the kid blonde hair, make the dog a spaniel mix, and you've got me at 16 experiencing wonders I'd never dreamed existed before.

2 7
2019-12-15

continues exploring what differentiates sword & planet art from sci-fi and fantasy. Today's cover is the trickiest yet. I think it's re-purposed swords & sorcery art, because nothing in the art says S&P. It's S&P because the title says "Mars" and ERB is the author

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2019-12-11