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In Soviet Russia, Space Opera Really Was Operatic

Look at the Russian cover for Robert Heinlein's Stranger In A Strange Land: It's like one of Caravaggio's Bible scenes: lurid, fiery, over-the-top and awesome. It should surprise nobody that Heinlein and Philip K. Dick were fantastically popular in the U.S.S.R., with their sharp social commentary and crazy plot devices. The Russian Science Fiction page (in English, luckily) has a bunch of Heinlein and Dick covers, and we have a gallery of our favorites below. More »

12:04 PM on Wed Jul 16 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
1,378 views, 14 comments

Latest by n/a: @kyfho23: Would RAH notice a difference between the Soviet Union and Putin's Russia (he's still in charge!)? I love the Stranger In A Strange Land illustration-it reminds me of William Blake... liked Ubik cover too more »

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John Connor's Trophy Room

This is exactly how I picture the den of John Connor, savior of the human race: full of baby Terminator heads. This digital masterpiece titled "Wake Up" by internet artist Canis Loopus was found on Deviant Art, a network of budding scifi-minded artists. Click through to see more of Loopus' awesome work. More »

11:40 AM on Mon Jun 16 2008
By Meredith Woerner
3,950 views, 17 comments

Latest by Final: @bonniegrrl: I'm actually thinking about making one of those as a toilet paper dispenser now. Hide the roll in it's head and let the paper loll out it's mouth... more »

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Many-Handed Giant's Body Slowly Disintegrates

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]

4:00 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
755 views, 14 comments

Latest by n/a: BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; } Hguys... thanx for the plug. Just a small correction... the illustration is by Kenn Brown and not Frederick F - He is the bloke who designed the wordpress template. Bestest kenn Monolithic more »

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Can R2D2 Talk To An Old Ford Fiesta?

It's easy to see why everybody's so crazy for these photos of Star Wars characters in ultra-gritty urban settings. Besides looking incredibly cool, there's something unsettling about seeing Jabba the Hutt in a cracked-out squat, or C3PO in a broken-down garage. The images, by French photographer Cédric Delsaux, show off how harsh and realistic Star Wars isn't. It's not like seeing a steampunk version of the characters, which is still recognizeably fantasy-ish. It's something entirely different. Click through for a gallery. More »

5:01 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
3,895 views, 13 comments

Latest by phoomp: Very nice. Too bad the site is so Flashed up that it takes 30 seconds to open a 100KB jpeg ... more »

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Classic Novels, In Lurid German Color!

Descend into a world of savage-breasted giant dayglo women and the tiny labcoat-wearing men who love them. Not to mention vicious one-eyed apostrophe monsters. Some science fiction novels you've browsed before suddenly look newly dangerous, when you see the covers of the overseas editions. Click through for some of our favorite covers from Houdini Nation's collection of German science fiction paperbacks. More »

6:30 AM on Fri Mar 21 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
2,781 views, 10 comments