Art. Sci-fi art. From the 70s.

January 19, 2014 12:31 PM

70s Sci-Fi Art A single-subject Tumblr that does what it says on the tin, a dozen times a day.
posted by oneswellfoop (17 comments total)

Phantasy Star II's american cover would fit in well here I think.
posted by Our Ship Of The Imagination! at 12:41 PM on January 19, 2014

Wow. I have a few of these. The 60s and 70s are probably my favorite era for SF cover arts; a wonderfully mysterious interregnum between pulp literalism and our modern literalism, from a period where we realized that the possibilities were more interesting than ray guns and rockets and monsters and imagination began to run riot.
posted by George_Spiggott at 1:28 PM on January 19, 2014

I would like to decorate my house with the work of John Berkey someday.
posted by no1nose at 1:45 PM on January 19, 2014 [1 favorite]

I love these.
posted by Dip Flash at 1:56 PM on January 19, 2014

I love these. I think I still have a copy of The Left Hand of Darkness with that cover somewhere.

I'm a little confused by the inclusion of a PDP-11 manual in there though.
posted by hattifattener at 3:23 PM on January 19, 2014

Phantasy Star II's american cover would fit in well here I think.

The tumblr-author/compiler noticed this thread and posted the cover.
posted by filthy light thief at 3:38 PM on January 19, 2014

Which is pretty cool! As is this post and the tumblr. Yay!
posted by trip and a half at 3:39 PM on January 19, 2014

The Fabio Feminò collection would also fit in well here I think.
posted by unliteral at 3:41 PM on January 19, 2014

Huh, Clifford Simak. I'd forgotten entirely about him.
posted by octothorpe at 4:16 PM on January 19, 2014

The flying eyes by J. Hunter Holly. I read that book in the early 90s. It was fun.
posted by wittgenstein at 4:24 PM on January 19, 2014

I can't look at these pieces without this soundtrack playing in my head.
posted by spoobnooble II: electric bugaboo at 5:05 PM on January 19, 2014

octothorpe: "Huh, Clifford Simak. I'd forgotten entirely about him."

Simak wrote in an interesting pastoral style that doesn't really have any current equivalent. Way Station and City are considered his best works, if you are looking for a place to start.
posted by Chrysostom at 9:15 PM on January 19, 2014

This is a firehouse of amazing.



WHHHAAARRBAARGLE
posted by louche mustachio at 10:47 PM on January 19, 2014

Simak wrote in an interesting pastoral style that doesn't really have any current equivalent. Way Station and City are considered his best works, if you are looking for a place to start

Yeah, I read a bunch of his stuff thirty-five years ago but hadn't really thought about him since.
posted by octothorpe at 5:02 AM on January 20, 2014

Yeah, I read a bunch of his stuff thirty-five years ago but hadn't really thought about him since.

That's how the ants and the dogs end up taking over the earth.
posted by Bunny Ultramod at 5:42 AM on January 20, 2014 [2 favorites]

Oh fine I'll sign up for the Tumblr.
posted by Mister_A at 7:32 AM on January 20, 2014

This is great. Reminded me that the old '80s computer mags used to commission occasionally amazing original cover art (and then obscure it with text and covertapes). Oliver Frey's Red Moon cover for Crash is an absolute classic. (More covers here FWIW. Click on a thumbnail, then on the next page's thumbnail for full size)
posted by comealongpole at 6:08 PM on January 20, 2014 [1 favorite]