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Art by Terry Oakes from The Alien World: The Complete Illustrated Guide (1980)

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Art by Philippe ‘Manchu’ Bouchet

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Paul Lehr ‘Eye over the Desert’ (1991)

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Art by Michael Whelan for On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony (1983)

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Leaving

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Art by Philippe ‘Manchu’ Bouchet. Image from the art book Manchu: Science Fiction (2002)

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Art by Beth Avery from Visions Of Space: Artists Journey Through The Cosmos (1989) by David A. Hardy

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Painting by Dean Ellis ‘Untitled’ (year unknown) from the book Tomorrow and Beyond; Masterpieces of Science Fiction Art (1978)

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More wonderful artwork by Jack Coggins from one my favourite childhood books ‘By Spaceship To The Moon’ (1952) by Jack Coggins and Fletcher Pratt.

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The Sky City by Rodney Matthews (1979)

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1977-79 flyers for MUFON, the “oldest and largest civilian UFO-investigative organization in the United States,” according to its website. 

Via @WeAreTheMutants

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Art by Ali Hoff

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Painting by Chris Moore from the book Dangerous Frontiers (1980)

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Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovered Titan, moon of Saturn, on this day in 1655. Space art by Kenneth Fagg, Chesley Bonestell, Ron Miller, and David A. Hardy.

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Wonderful scifi book cover art by the under rated Dean Ellis. First to last images: .

1. As On A Darkling Plain (Author: Ben Bova, Dell, 1974)

2. Childhood’s End (Arthur C Clarke, 1972, Ballantine)

3. ‘High Wire Act’ (Omni magazine July 1981)

4. from Tomorrow and Beyond: Masterpieces of Science Fiction Art (1978) & Analog

5. The Veils of Azlaroc by Fred Saberhagen (1978, Ace)

6. ‘Agent of Chaos’ from Masterpieces of Science Fiction Art (1978)

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‪Spherical spacecraft. Art by David Mattingly, Peter Elson x 3, Michael Whelan, Chris Foss

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'The New Moon' (2017) by Steve R Dodd