A collection of Silverbob's stories from Super Science Fiction.

Destiny of the Universe by George Johanssons art by Sune Envall

• Departure from Earth
• The Planet Hunt
• On an Unknown Planet
• The Death of the Computers
• Children of Andromeda (art different greatly, and not include)

I first read this in 1977, and have always loved the cover. Not long after, I got my first TTA book, the classic Spacecraft 2000 to 2100AD, and the cover art for the Space Scavengers looked like it could be from part of the variety of spacecraft featured there. Three spacecraft! The obvious one-astronaut pod, the wrecked spaceliner, and a part of a ship barely visible in the lower right corner. And space isn't just jet-black, it's multicolored in a cool way! I've done some research into paperback artists in that timeframe, but no definite results. The style is kinda Gerald Powell, or Dean Ellis, or early Darrell K. Sweet, or Victor Gadino. I'd appreciate any thoughts! A few years ago, I asked around on FB, Tumblr, 70's Sci-Fi Art - no success. Any input is appreciated!

Carcosa Press, 1973

Starwolf #1

Source for first image: Elly Carthy.

The back cover of this wraparound dust jacket is much more exciting than the front, and evokes the Planet Stories cover for Brackett's "Black Amazon of Mars."

The painting was originally commissioned as a poster called Golden Wings (1977). L'étoile (1979) is the French edition of The Other Side of the Sky (1958), a collection of short stories, none of which to my knowledge feature a bikini-clad woman on a flying horse.

My friend was doing early morning laps at the hotel pool when he met an older gentleman who was able to keep up. Three hours later at the IX Art Show it turns out the older gentleman was Lawrence Schwinger; 85 years old, still rock solid and sharp. I told him we should all be so lucky to age as well as him; he told me I should swim more. Noted.

The IX Art Show runs through the weekend; if you're in the mid-Atlantic region of the US it's absolutely worth the trip.

Cover illustrating the included novelette 'Ancient, My Enemy'

Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/1969-12_IF/mode/2up