| Issue Date |
Cover Artist |
Comments |
| 1957 JAN |
Blaisdell, Paul |
(1930-1983) depicts alien spaceship on a planet of a double star; his only cover for F&SF; see bio's in Other Worlds #4 1991,& book Randy Palmer: Paul Blaisdell, Monster Maker: A Biography of the B Movie Makeup and Special Effects Artist(1997) |
| 1972 APR |
Blish, Judith |
see p.144, Special James Blish Issue, cover depicts James Blish among characters and scenes from some of his most popular stories; Judith Blish's only cover for F&SF, she is James Blish's wife |
| 1971 JAN |
Bodé, Vaughn |
(1941-1975) illus. "The Human Operators" by Harlan Ellison & A.E. van Vogt; his only cover for F&SF; N-1969-70 HUG, & N-1972-73 LOC, for Best Professional Artist; W-1969 HUG, for Best Fan Artist; adult cartoonist, has Cheech Wizard, Cartoon Messiah series |
| 1963 NOV |
Bok, Hannes |
(1914-1964) illus. "A Rose for Ecclesiastes" by Roger Zelazny; ps. for Wayne Woodward, his only cover for F&SF, it was his last piece of commercial art; born in Duluth, MN; active in fandom in Seattle & L.A.; 1st pub. painting, cover for WRT 1939 DEC |
| 1950 DEC |
Bonestell, Chesley |
(1888-1986) depicts rocket taking off from one of Saturn's moons; Bonestell's space paintings were used for 39 F&SF covers(& did the '2nd cover' for the 20th Anniversary 1969 OCT issue) |
| 1951 AUG |
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depicts space ship in trouble with meteor swarm; Bonestell, born in San Francisco, was a survivor of the 1906 earthquake; attended St. Ignatius College & George Bates Univ.(both in San Francisco), & Hopkins Art Institute |
| 1952 FEB |
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depicts exploring the moon; Bonestell studied architecture at Columbia Univ.(N.Y.), was among those who helped design the Golden Gate Bridge, & the Chrysler Building; worked for the Illustrated London News in the 1920s, for the film industry after 1938 |
| 1952 OCT |
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depicts Saturn as seen from Dione; Bonestell painted a series of space illustrations that were published in Life in the early 1940s; he illus. a very popular series of articles for Collier's beginning in 1952, starting popular support for space travel |
| 1952 DEC |
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depicts Little America being established on one of Jupiter's largest satellites; Bonestell illustrated 10 books on space science betw. 1949 & 1972, incl. The Conquest of Space(1949), Across the Space Frontier(1952) |
| 1953 MAR |
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depicts the fleet leaves Mars' inner satellite to land on the planet; Bonestell also illus. the space science books The Complete Book of Outer Space(1953), Conquest of the Moon(1953), The Solar System & Rocket to the Moon(1955) |
| 1954 FEB |
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depicts spaceship leaving the moon for Earth's artificial satellite; Bonestell also illus. the space science books The Exploration of Mars(1956), Beyond the Solar System(1964); Man and the Moon(1961), & Mars(1964), last two with Robert S. Richardson |
| 1954 OCT |
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depicts rocket-testing base on the moon; Bonestell also illus. the science books Beyond Jupiter(1972, with Arthur C. Clarke), & The World We Live In(1955); many of his paintings from these books also were printed as sf mag. covers |
| 1954 NOV |
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depicts planet lit by Antares and companion star; Bonestell was a matte artist for movies The Hunchback of Notre Dame(1939), Only Angels Have Wings(1939), Citizen Kane(1941), The Magnificent Ambersons(1942), & The Fountainhead(1949) |
| 1954 DEC |
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depicts exploring Mars; Bonestell worked on the background for the sf movies Destination Moon(1950), When Worlds Collide(1951), War of the Worlds(1953), & The Conquest of Space(1953) |
| 1955 APR |
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depicts surveying Mars; Bonestell painted a number of huge murals for major institutions(incl. the Smithsonian), depicting outer space scenes; was N-1968 HUG, for Best Professional Artist; N-1972 LOC, for Best Magazine Artist |
| 1955 SEP |
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depicts rocket base on a moon; Bonestell won many art awards, incl. the 1974 HUG for Lifetime Achievement; see his biography in Robert Weinberg: A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists(1988) |
| 1955 DEC |
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depicts a sun becoming a nova; see books, Melvin H. Schuetz: A Chesley Bonestell Art Chronology(1999), and Ron Miller & Frederick C. Durant III: The Art of Chesley Bonestell(2001; W-2002 HUG), latter a major retrospective of his life, art & career |
| 1956 FEB |
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depicts spaceships above the Earth; from "The Exploration of Mars", a book by Werner von Braun, Willy Ley & Chesley Bonestell; see website www.bonestell.org/ for The Bonestell Space Art |
| 1956 APR |
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depicts a dust storm on Mars; from "The Exploration of Mars"; see websites www.bonestell.com/ for The Chesley Bonestell Archives, & www.jnwhipple.com for The Chesley Bonestell Interactive Art Gallery |
| 1956 JUL |
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depicts the pulling of a rocket into an upright position for takeoff; from "The Exploration of Mars"; see Roger D. Launius & Howard E. McCurdy: Imagining Space: Achievements, Predictions, Possibilities 1950-2050(2001), which begins with Bonestell's work |
| 1957 SEP |
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depicts Mercury near terminator; after his death, in 1986, the Chesley Award(abbrev. CHS) was begun in his honor, to award artists for best hardback cover, paperback cover, mag. cover, interior illus., artistic achievement, etal |
| 1959 FEB |
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depicts under the surface of Jupiter's red spot; Bonestell's art, among others, helped define a new genre of art, space art, & was the impetus for a group of artists to form the International Association of Astronomical Artists in 1986; see www.iaaa.org/ |
| 1960 OCT |
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depicts "Unloading empty fuel tanks on the moon"; Bonestell's final project reproduces 22 full-page color paintings for the book, Paul Johnson: The Golden Era of the Missions, 1769-1834(1974) |
| 1961 OCT |
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depicts "Landing on the moon" |
| 1962 DEC |
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see p.56, depicts "a binary star found in the constellation Perseus"; will appear in a new book by Bonestell & Willy Ley: Beyond the Solar System |
| 1963 OCT |
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see p.23, depicts "a binary star found in the constellation Sagittarius, the star known as U Sagittae", from Bonestell & Ley: Beyond the Solar System (1964) |
| 1964 OCT |
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see p.81, depicts "three space ships pass the moon on their way to Mars," a painting from Bonestell & Ley: Beyond the Solar System |
| 1965 OCT |
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see p.98, depicts "three space ships spiralling out from Mars for the return trip to Earth," from Bonestell & Ley: Beyond the Solar System |
| 1966 JUL |
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see p.77, depicts "a planet with its life at an early stage of cultural development," around the double star Beta Lyrae |
| 1967 FEB |
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see p.39, "depicts Zeta Aurigae, a giant red star ... and its smaller hot blue companion" |
| 1967 OCT |
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see p.46, depicts the grave of an astronaut along the edge of a huge crater on Mars |
| 1968 SEP |
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see p.99, "depicts the Trifid Nebula" & "a portion of a planet," with a spaceman and his shattered ship |
| 1969 SEP |
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see p.65, "depicts a view of Saturn from Titan, its largest satellite" |
| 1969 OCT |
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2nd cover for 20th Anniversary Issue, on inside front cover (see p.43), depicts on the moon "Russian astronauts ... discover ... Americans ... already been there" |
| 1970 APR |
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see p.46, depicts a "head-on view of the north face of our galaxy from a hypothetical planet 400,000 light years out. Our sun is indicated by a red star ..." |
| 1970 OCT |
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see p.43, depicts a view of the Milky Way galaxy from a planet 400,000 light years away |
| 1971 NOV |
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see p.17, depicts "Looking down on the north pole of Saturn" |
| 1972 MAR |
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see p.67, "depicts a globular cluster 500 light-years distant from an airless planet" with two satellites |
| 1974 AUG |
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see p.58, depicts "a meteroid 2 miles in diameter hits the Pacific at 20 miles per second" |
| 1975 MAR |
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see p.79, "depicts the Viking Orbiter passing Phobos on its approach to Mars - scheduled for 1976" |
| 1976 OCT |
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painting titled "Mariner 10 Approaching Mercury" |
| 1977 OCT |
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depicts a spacecraft flyby of Saturn |
| 1978 MAR |
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depicts a coastline with 3 pyrimidal structures, 2 dinosaurs & 1 human skeleton |
| 1999 OCT/NOV |
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titled "Saturn from Mimas," the 50th Anniversary Issue; designed by Rob Catalano |
| 1982 NOV |
Buckley, Daniel |
illus. "To Leave a Mark" by Kim Stanley Robinson; Buckley's only cover for F&SF |
| 1975 MAY |
Campanile, Dario |
(1948- ) illus. "Croatoan" by Harlan Ellison; Camponile did 2 covers for F&SF; born in Rome, he now lives in California; at age 14 he met & received encouragement & technical advice from his major influences, artists Salvador Dali & Georgia de Chirico |
| 1978 FEB |
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cover illustrates "Stone" by Edward Bryant; the story was inspired by the cover painting; many major art galeries & sellers have websites that display his art, incl. www.art-broker.com/artists/campanile/campanile.htm, & www.campanilefineart.com |
| 1992 JUN |
Canty, Thomas |
(1952- ) illus. "The Twelve Swans" by Lois Tilton; he did 3 F&SF covers; see pictorial essays in American Fantasy 1987 SPR, & in RoF 1995 AUG; he W-1986, 1990 WFA; N-WFA 9 times; W-1990 SFC; N-1982-3 BRG; 1989-1998 HUG; 1982, 1986-2001 LOC, Best Artist |
| 1993 OCT/NOV |
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N-1994 HUG; cover illustrates "The Little Things" by Bridget McKenna; Canty worked at Newbury Studio; 1st works pub. in late 1970s, incl. Eric Kimball: Lady Ice: An Illustrated Poem(1979); 1st sf/f mag. cover, Alternities 1981 SUM; W-1995 CHS, Artistic Achievement |
| 1997 AUG |
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cover illustrates "Monstrosity" by Mary Soon Lee; watercolorist before turning to oil paints; has fantasy/horror poem, A Monster at Christmas(1985), cover illustrates by Phil Hale; was art director for publisher Donald M. Grant; see website www.endicott-studio.com/galcnty.html |
