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Requiem of Stars by Tracy Hickman. Book one of a trilogy that never went further than this. Maybe his own attempt at a Spelljammer type story? Cover by Stephen Youll.

u/KhorneisBlood — 7 days ago
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Analog September 1966, featuring The Mechanic by Hal Clement [Frank Kelly Freas] + original art.

I posted this cover two years ago, but figured it was worth a repost after tracking down the original art.

Freas is famous for his comic space adventures but I don't think he gets enough credit for how convincingly he paints hardware. You can feel the weight of the gear in this picture. While I couldn't find evidence that he was inspired by the Italian divers of the Decima Flottiglia MAS, a man can dream.

He said of this painting:

> As I have mentioned (often!) before, one of the greatest pleasures for the illustrator is to have an author tell him that he has caught in his painting exactly what the author had in mind. When the author is also an accomplished painter—and backs his praise with hard cash to purchase the original ... well, you begin to believe him, y’know?

The original art is collected in Frank Kelly Freas: The Art of Science Fiction (1977).

u/woulditkillyoutolift — 8 days ago
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His Lemmus: A Time Trilogy by Julian Jay Savarin, artwork by Joe Petagno

Waiters on the Dance, 1976 Corgi

Beyond the Outer Mirr, 1976 Corgi

The Archives of Haven, 1977 Corgi

u/Unfair_Umpire_3635 — 8 days ago
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Year 2018! by James Blish. Four Square 1964. Cover artist not credited.

Originally published as ‘They Shall have the Stars’ in 1957.

Has a dedication to Frederik Pohl.

Could the artist be Kirby?

u/darren648 — 9 days ago