Hey, science fiction artists! Stop anthropomorphizing space stations and outposts! Just because a space station is run by artificial intelligences doesn't mean it has to look human — where are all the giant space lions these days? Actually, just kidding — this humanoid floaty station looks cool and impassive, and totally makes us want to pick up the new
Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, whose cover it adorns. It's an illustration by artist
Fredrik Fahlstad for the cover story, "
The Roberts," and it's that rare cover that actually makes us curious about the accompanying story, especially with the head-wires the bits floating off the many-handed edifice, and what looks like a bullet-train below.
[Mondolithic Studios]
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