Meet Mia Kish, the hero of The Well's End, a brand new young-adult novel from debut author Seth Fishman which comes out next February. We've got the exclusive cover reveal, plus one more illustration by Hark! A Vagrant creator Kate Beaton that shows the whole cast.
Legendary author Brian Aldiss reflects on years of strange book covers
Over at the Guardian, there's a must-read feature where Brian Aldiss celebrates the publication of his final science fiction novel, Finches of Mars, by looking at six decades of weird book covers. Here are a few of our favorite quotes.
Can't Stop Staring at these Trippy Norwegian Book Covers
Science fiction book covers in the 1960s and 1970s were often wild and psychedelic — but these Norwegian book covers, from the science fiction imprint Lanterne, are astounding. Designed by Peter Haars, they are like a wild drug frenzy in book-cover form.
Yuko Shimizu's art is like a cooler version of your wildest dreams
You've probably admired the work of award-winning artist Yuko Shimizu before — her art has adorned some covers of Vertigo Comics' The Unwritten as well as some great book covers and illustrations at Tor.com. But when you see a bunch of her gorgeous work all in one place, it's pretty mind-blowing.
Weird Trope of the Day: Scantily Clad Women in Glass Tubes
Classic science fiction is full of weird imagery and tropes — including the trope of the woman inside the glass tube or case, which The Fifth Element played with a fair bit. And there's a whole blog devoted to "Sci-Fi Women in Tubes." Check out some of the weird and titillating tube art below.
The Fonts You Need to Create Your Own Classic Science Fiction Covers
Did you ever admire the amazing typography of classic science fiction book covers? The strange wavy writing, the electrifying typefaces? Over at Color + Design Blog, there are some fonts you can download to make your own.
Limited edition of Fahrenheit 451 was bound in asbestos so it wouldn't…
In 1953, Ballantine released a limited edition run of Ray Bradbury's book-burning novel Fahrenheit 451 that might survive a visit from the firemen. Two hundred numbered and signed copies of the book were bound in Johns-Manville Quinterra, a chrysolite asbestos material. The copies are much sought after by collectors;…
A single image covers 67 years of Penguin science fiction book covers
Check out this weird timeline of book covers, showing which colors dominated on their Penguin book covers over the years. It looks like War of the Worlds had a long yellow period, while Journey to the Center of the Earth was cream-colored for decades. Arthur Buxton created this graphic to honor Jules Verne's 185th…
Scifi authors pose half-naked on this genderflipped book cover—for…
What possessed four of science fiction and fantasy's superstar authors to strip down to their skivvies and gather around Hugo-award-winning writer Mary Robinette Kowal? It's not just to skewer the skin-baring cover illustration of Poul Anderson's Young Flandry (although that was certainly part of it). It's all part of
You've really never seen the Land of Oz like this before
We'll be seeing a lot of strange versions of L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz this year, including Sam Raimi's Oz: The Great and Powerful, and possibly the long-delayed Dorothy of Oz movie with the voice of Patrick Stewart. But these might just be the strangest visions of Oz you'll see for quite some time.
