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SciFi/Fantasy Magazine Covers @SFFMagazineCovers@zirk.us · 2 days ago

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Astounding vol. 62, no. 3 (November 1958)

Two old friends talking about their jobs as, I'm guessing, space ship captains? They don't seem very happy, do they, despite the beers they're having. There's a clue in the story title but it just makes it more puzzling.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v62n03_1958-11_EXciter-LennyS

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A man in naval-captain-type uniform and cap, with an impressive walrus moustache, sits at 90º from an alien creature with curving, tentacle-like arms. The two are apparently drinking beer from steins.
Astounding Stories magazine cover from 1958. — A man in naval-captain-type uniform and cap, with an impressive walrus moustache, sits at 90º from an alien creature with curving, tentacle-like arms. The two are apparently drinking beer from steins. Astounding Stories magazine cover from 1958.

SciFi/Fantasy Magazine Covers @SFFMagazineCovers@zirk.us · 2 weeks ago

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Astounding vol. 43, no. 4 (June 1949)

Hmm, not sure what's going on here exactly. But it's kind of hypnotic, looking at it to try and make sense of it.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v43n04_1949-06_cape1736

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A space scene, with a white moon/planet half lit from the side, with a big gash or break in its surface, and with a blue halo/cloud surrounding it.
Astounding Stories magazine cover from 1949. — A space scene, with a white moon/planet half lit from the side, with a big gash or break in its surface, and with a blue halo/cloud surrounding it. Astounding Stories magazine cover from 1949.

SciFi/Fantasy Magazine Covers @SFFMagazineCovers@zirk.us · 2 weeks ago

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Worlds of IF (August 1973)

This is kind of nicely ambiguous, those figures silhouetted against the moon could be just going about their business or the floating one could be in real trouble.

Is that the moon, i.e. "our" moon, Luna?

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/1973-08_IF

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A moon/planet is seen in the distance, half-lit, with a rocky landscape in the foreground. A figure in a space suit is seen against the background of space; two figures are silhouetted against the light side of the planet/moon, one standing on a rock and the other floating with its arms outstretched.
Worlds of IF magazine cover from 1973. — A moon/planet is seen in the distance, half-lit, with a rocky landscape in the foreground. A figure in a space suit is seen against the background of space; two figures are silhouetted against the light side of the planet/moon, one standing on a rock and the other floating with its arms outstretched. Worlds of IF magazine cover from 1973.

Daniel Pomarède @pomarede@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

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A Dragonfly for Titan

A new eight-rotor robotic probe will head to the solar system’s most Earth-like moon. Here’s what its team is doing to prepare.

Check out this extensive paper by Matthew R. Francis for Eos, AGU's science news magazine

https://eos.org/features/a-dragonfly-for-titan

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SciFi/Fantasy Magazine Covers @SFFMagazineCovers@zirk.us · last month

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Weird Tales vol. 43, no. 4 (May 1951)

Have to be honest, I don't like this one. I don't like this style at all and I don't know what's going on. Someone please defend it and or explain it in the replies, thanks in advance.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v43n04_1951-05_ATLPM-Sas

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A man with bushy white hair and beard is in front of a classically spooky green house, another bearded man seen superimposed in the sky in blue tones.
Weird Tales magazine cover from 1951. — A man with bushy white hair and beard is in front of a classically spooky green house, another bearded man seen superimposed in the sky in blue tones. Weird Tales magazine cover from 1951.

SciFi/Fantasy Magazine Covers @SFFMagazineCovers@zirk.us · 2 months ago

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Worlds of IF (November 1965)

I love the Little-Prince/Mario-Galaxy scale of this and the simplicity of it.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/1965-11_IF

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A figure in a space suit site in the middle of a small transparent spherical spaceship, a red planet surface visible below.
Worlds of IF magazine cover from 1965. — A figure in a space suit site in the middle of a small transparent spherical spaceship, a red planet surface visible below. Worlds of IF magazine cover from 1965.

SciFi/Fantasy Magazine Covers @SFFMagazineCovers@zirk.us · 2 months ago

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Astounding vol. 45, no. 3 (May 1950)

Be honest, the only thing we care about on this cover is “Dianetics”, a new science of the mind. This must have been one of its first appearances? And it's in a fiction magazine?

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v45n03_1950-05_cape1736

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A humanoid figure, its eyes like a cat and its body like an ape, stands with arms crossed in the foreground, wearing fur clothing and a medieval-style belt. A snowy mountainous landscape in the background.
Astounding Stories magazine cover from 1950. — A humanoid figure, its eyes like a cat and its body like an ape, stands with arms crossed in the foreground, wearing fur clothing and a medieval-style belt. A snowy mountainous landscape in the background. Astounding Stories magazine cover from 1950.

SciFi/Fantasy Magazine Covers @SFFMagazineCovers@zirk.us · 2 months ago

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Astounding vol. 28, no. 3 (November 1941)

I love the angle here, always good to get a shot from below and on a diagonal, adding drama to … I don't know, a guy on his way from one place to another looking serious. He could be going to buy space groceries for all I know.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v28n03_1941-11_cape1736

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A man in a uniform with a gun at his waist is seen from below in motion, a very tall building behind him.
Astounding Stories magazine cover from 1941. — A man in a uniform with a gun at his waist is seen from below in motion, a very tall building behind him. Astounding Stories magazine cover from 1941.

SciFi/Fantasy Magazine Covers @SFFMagazineCovers@zirk.us · 2 months ago

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Science Fiction Quarterly vol. 1, no. 2 - 1951 - Columbia (August 1951)

Going out on a limb here but this is some guy's highly specific J G Ballardesque/Rule 34 fantasy, right? To become a human airplane with a sexy young woman chained to your back?

It's not my kind of thing but hey who am I to judge the author/artist? You do you.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Science_Fiction_Quarterly_v01n02_-_1951_-_Columbia

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A woman in a revealing yellow costume, chains around her waist, is riding a man in a suit which turns him into a sort of humanoid aircraft. She is firing a gun ahead of them, and anti-aircraft-type guns are seen in the distance firing upward.
Science Fiction Quarterly magazine cover from 1951. — A woman in a revealing yellow costume, chains around her waist, is riding a man in a suit which turns him into a sort of humanoid aircraft. She is firing a gun ahead of them, and anti-aircraft-type guns are seen in the distance firing upward. Science Fiction Quarterly magazine cover from 1951.

SciFi/Fantasy Magazine Covers @SFFMagazineCovers@zirk.us · 2 months ago

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Worlds of IF (March 1962)

My first impression here is that the figure in the foreground is shipwrecked/marooned and is waving hopelessly to that ship in the distance? Pretty sad if so.

This could be because I watched “All Is Lost”, an amazing movie ever. Please watch it.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2017038/

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/1962-03_IF_modified

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A figure in a space suit holds its arms up, standing on an indeterminate structure, looking out at a space ship travelling perpendicular to us across a nebula, or possibly explosion.
Worlds of IF magazine cover from 1962. — A figure in a space suit holds its arms up, standing on an indeterminate structure, looking out at a space ship travelling perpendicular to us across a nebula, or possibly explosion. Worlds of IF magazine cover from 1962.

SciFi/Fantasy Magazine Covers @SFFMagazineCovers@zirk.us · 2 months ago

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Astounding vol. 46, no. 4 (December 1950)

I guess that thing is landing, not taking off, or the stereotyped Indian guy wouldn't be so interested in it/apprehensive about it? Good setup for a story, would read.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v46n04_1950-12_MadMaxAU

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A figure with clichéd Native American appearance, seen from the back, looks out through foliage at a scene in which a transparent globe is rising or falling on rocket engines, a cityscape visible within it.
Astounding Stories magazine cover from 1950. — A figure with clichéd Native American appearance, seen from the back, looks out through foliage at a scene in which a transparent globe is rising or falling on rocket engines, a cityscape visible within it. Astounding Stories magazine cover from 1950.

Tim_Eagon @Tim_Eagon@dice.camp · 3 months ago

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OK, that's enough news this morning. Everyone, post some of your favorite Dragon Magazine covers. Here's mine, from Issue 126 by Daniel Horne. I didn't actually encounter this piece in Dragon Magazine; I saw it repeatedly used by TSR in other promotional materials and fell in love with it.

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A giant, armor-clad skeleton bursts out from the snow. It wields a massive axe in one hand and arrows and broken sword blades stick out of it's undead remains. It looms over a surprised woman with long, brown hair wearing leathers and fur-trimmed winter clothes. She's knocking an arrow in her longbow in reaction to the undead monstrosity. She's in trouble, as her quiver is empty. A snow covered forest and mountains are in the background. The Dragon masthead is yellow and the rest of the text on the magazine cover is a darker grey that stands out against a yellowish-light gray background.

SciFi/Fantasy Magazine Covers @SFFMagazineCovers@zirk.us · 3 months ago

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Worlds of IF (September 1962)

I can't tell if those are ships or satellites and whether they're moving or not, but I love how the planet is above and the empty space is below.

I have searched in vain for a trace of the used book shop whose stamp is on this. I can practically smell the place!

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/1962-09_IF

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A red planet looms up close at the top of the image, three space ships or satellites receding into the distance toward it.

Worlds of IF magazine cover from 1962. — A red planet looms up close at the top of the image, three space ships or satellites receding into the distance toward it. Worlds of IF magazine cover from 1962.

Tim_Eagon @Tim_Eagon@dice.camp · 3 months ago

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Other than Dragon, Dungeon, and White Dwarf, what's your favorite physical gaming magazine?

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SciFi/Fantasy Magazine Covers @SFFMagazineCovers@zirk.us · 4 months ago

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Amazing Stories vol. 14, no. 1 (January 1940)

“Sons of the Deluge” is an excellent title. Or rock band name. This is going to be a one-sided battle unless bald-priest-guy can get to laser-pistol-guy with the whip in the next half a second.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v14n01_1940-01_cape1736

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A bald man with a red cloak and cape is wielding a whip and pointing a finger at a figure in the foreground, a man in mechanical suit who is unholstering a futuristic weapon. Tribespeople can be seen behind the red-cloaked man.
Amazing Stories magazine cover from 1940. — A bald man with a red cloak and cape is wielding a whip and pointing a finger at a figure in the foreground, a man in mechanical suit who is unholstering a futuristic weapon. Tribespeople can be seen behind the red-cloaked man. Amazing Stories magazine cover from 1940.