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Leroy Yerxa sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/yerxa_... & Berkeley Livingston sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/living... died on this day (28th): some magazine art (Artist: 1 Virgil Finlay, 2&3 Robert Fuqua, 4 Julian S Krupa). 1 'Bury Me Deep' (sorry for the frustratingly poor quality); 2 'Tears for the Crocodile'

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Stephen Goldin sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/goldin... and Wole Talabi sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/talabi... were born and Donald W Horner sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/horner... died on this day, so here are some of their covers (Artist: Don Maitz, Jim Tierney, [couldn't identify] and [couldn't identify]):

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Eric Frank Russell sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/russel... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: [uncredited], Pagram, Ed Emshwiller and [couldn't identify, but possible signature bottom right]):

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John Barnes sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/barnes... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Bob Eggleton, [couldn't identify], Mark Salwowski and Stephen Youll):

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Leena Krohn sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/krohn_... and Maurice Renard sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/renard... were born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: [couldn't identify], Dwie Siostry, M Marchioni and probably Henri Lievens). 3rd from Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1941:

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Some interior magazine artwork for authors without an SFE entry: Charles A Stearns, Colin G Jameson snr & jnr, Guy Arnold and David C Cook. 1&2 from 'Thrilling Wonder Stories' (1954), 3&4 from 'Science Fiction' (1939). Artists: 1&2 Ed Emshwiller; 3&4 Frank R Paul:

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Author Lawrence Durrell sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/durrel... artist Bip Pares sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pares_... were born and author Raylyn Moore sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/moore_... died on this day - some covers: 1-2 artists uncredited, 3 by Polly & Kelly Freas, the 4th is a cover by Bip Pares:

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Artist (Henry Richard) van Dongen sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/van_do... died on this day, so here's some of his 1953-1958 cover art.

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John Dickson Carr sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/carr_j... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (3rd by Joseph Binder, couldn't identify the other artists):

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Stephen Leigh sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/leigh_... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Paul Young, Les Edwards, Greg Bridges and Philippe Caza). 'Matthew Farrell' a pseudonym:

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After months of rumors, I can confirm that the "big 3" SF/F magazines of Asimov's Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, and Fantasy and Science Fiction have been purchased. The new owner is Steven Salpeter and a group of investors. 1/2 www.patreon.com/posts/123173...

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Artist Ronald Clyne sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/clyne_... died whilst authors Phyllis Eisenstein sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/eisens... & Vercors sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/vercors were born on this day: 1&2 artwork by Clyne (2 for Lord Dunsany's "The Hashish Man"), 3&4 are covers (3 Stephen Fabian, 4 ?):

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Artist John Jude Palencar sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/palenc... and author Liz Williams sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/willia... were born on this day, so here's two covers by John Jude Palencar and two for Liz Williams (the art for these latter two by Jon Foster and [couldn't identify]):

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Theodore Sturgeon sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sturge... was born on this day, so here's some of his book covers (Artist: Richard Powers, Paul Lehr, Gervasio Gallardo and John Schoenherr):

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Camille Flammarion sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/flamma... was born on this day: illustrations from his 1884 “Les terres du ciel; voyage astronomique sur les autres mondes et description des conditions actuelles de la vie sur les diverses planètes du système solaire” artists/engravers at foot of pages:

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Michel Houellebecq sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/houell... and David Henry Wilson sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wilson... were born on this day, so here's three covers from the former and one from the latter (4th by Nicki Palin, couldn't identify the other artists):

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S Fowler Wright sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wright... died on this day: here's some magazine art for his tales (artist: 1st Norman Saunders; rest Lawrence, ). 1&2 for "The Adventure of Wyndham Smith"; 3&4 for "The Island of Captain Sparrow": both reprints from 'Famous Fantastic Mysteries' 1946 & 1950:

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Janet Asimov sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/asimov... died, whilst AM Dellamonica sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/dellam... and Thomas Wharton were born on this day: so here are some of their book covers (Artist: Alex Nino, Richard Anderson, Allen Williams and Rafal Olbinski):

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Philip José Farmer sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/farmer... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (artist: 2nd by Bob Abbett, rest uncredited):

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Edgar Pangborn sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pangbo... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (artist: Richard Powers, Karel Thole, and Franco Grignani). The 3rd is his 1930 novel written using a pseudonym, apparently non-genre despite the cover:

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Anthony Burgess sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/burges... was born on this day, so here are some book covers for "A Clockwork Orange" (Artist: Mime, [couldn't identify], [couldn't identify] and Karel Thole):

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Brian M Stableford sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/stable... died on this day, so here are some of his French book covers (Artist: [uncredited], Niko Henrichon, Matthieu Blanchin and Daniel Capparelli):

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Artist Richard M Powers sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/powers... was born on this day, so here's some examples of his early cover art (1952-1953). Couldn't find any sharper images for the full cover layouts of 3&4:

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Octavia E Butler sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/butler... died on this day, so here are some of her book covers (artist: John Blanche,[couldn't identify], Philippe Adamov & Yvon Cayrel and Three Lions):

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This weeks new SFE entries can be found here: sf-encyclopedia.com/whatsnew.php - with Alexander Boldizar, Clelia Farris, Jarosław Grzędowicz, Francis Hamit, Jeremy Robert Johnson, Laila Lalami, Shannon McDermott ... [tbc]

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Artist Roy G Krenkel sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/krenke... died on this day, so here's some of his artwork. 1&2 for Edgar Rice Burroughs' "At The Earth's Core" & "The Land of Hidden Men"; 3rd in pastels, called "Mars City". The 4th is one of his early magazine illustrations, from 1952:

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Gustave Le Rouge sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/le_rou... died on this day, so here's some of his book covers (Artist: [couldn't identify], Alain Margotton, [possible signature bottom right] and Charles Garabed Atamian):

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JM Walsh sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/walsh_... was born on this day, so here's the interior magazine art for some of his 1931/1932 stories and a 1953 reprint in book form of one originally from 1932 (Artist: M Marchioni, M Marchioni, Frank R Paul and Ron Turner):

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William Hjortsberg sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hjorts... and artist Ken McIntyre sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mcinty... were born on this day, so here's a book cover for William Hjortsberg (by Stanislaw Zagorski) and three works by Ken McIntyre (the last the back cover to Nebula #15, 1956):

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Alexei Tolstoy sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/tolsto... died on this day, so here's some related artwork (3rd by V Bogatkin; 4th by Richard Powers, couldn't identify the other artists). 3rd for a 1969 Russian edition of his "Engineer Garin and His Death Ray":

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Sergei Snegov sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/snegov... died on this day, so here are some book covers and an interior illustration (4th by Y Chigirev; couldn't identify the other artists). 4th illustrates "Humans As Gods":

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César Aira sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/aira_c... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (couldn't identify the artists):

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Milton Lesser sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/lesser... died on this day (22nd): here's some of his magazine and book covers (Artist: Malcolm Smith, Robert Gibson Jones, Walter Popp & ???). He also wrote as Stephen Marlowe, so I've included a (presumably non-genre but interesting) cover under that name:

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Artist Edward Gorey sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gorey_... was born on this day, so here's some examples of his work:

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Joanna Russ sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/russ_j... was born on this day, so here are three of her Spanish book covers, plus another (artist: [couldn't decipher signature], [style familiar, can't remember name], [couldn't identify] and Kevin Eugene Johnson):

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Artist John Coleman Burroughs sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/burrou... (son of Edgar Rice) died on this day, so here's some of his artwork for his father's books (2nd is an interior illustration for "Back to the Stone Age" and the 4th one for "Carson of Venus"):

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Neil Bell sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bell_n... and Ishmael Reed sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/reed_i... were born on this day, so here are some related book covers and an opera poster (Artist: [couldn't identify], FB, [couldn't identify] and JOS):

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Ross Rocklynne sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/rockly... was born on this day, so here's some 1941-1942 magazine illustrations for his stories (Artist: Mirando, Virgil Finlay, [couldn't decipher signature] and Leydenfrost). 1st for "The Immortal", 2nd for "The Voice",

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P Schuyler Miller sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/miller... was born on this day, so here's some magazine art for his stories (Artist: Leo Morey, [uncredited], HW Wesso and WA Koll). The 2nd is a 1946 reprint of his 1933 story 'The Forgotten Man of Space', with new artwork; the 3rd is for 'Sands of Time':

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Editor and author HL Gold sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gold_h_l was born on this day, so some covers to magazines he edited (1&2 Ed Emshwiller, 3 Richard Powers, 4 Jack Gaughan). 1st titled "Space-Time in One Tough Lesson"; 2nd "Chamber Music Society of Deneb"; 4th "Cracked Saucer in Deep Freeze":

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Richard A Lupoff sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/lupoff... was born on this day: the September 1982 issue of the magazine Heavy Metal had an article by Lupoff on Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom, so here’s some of the illustrations by Clyde Caldwell:

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Paul Berna sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/berna_... Henry Wallace Dowding sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/dowdin... & artist Lawrence Ratzkin sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ratzki... were born on this day: 1-3 cover art for the first two & 4th by Ratzkin (Artist: [uncredited], Guy Sabran, [uncredited] & Ratzkin):

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