Published by FPG in 1995 Chris Foss Fantasy Art Trading Cards was a collection of 90 base cards and six chase cards that featured the work of the popular science fiction artist. This post showcases cards #21-40, while the first 20 cards can be found here.
Continue reading Chris Foss Trading Cards, #21-40 (1995)
Chris Foss Trading Cards (or to give them their official and more ponderous title Chris Foss Fantasy Art Trading Cards) was a set of 90 base cards that featured the work of the popular science-fiction artist, and was published by FPG in 1995.
Continue reading Chris Foss Trading Cards, #1-20 (1995)
I reckon it’s time for another great movie teaser poster.
Continue reading Star Trek The Motion Picture, teaser poster (1978)
Eryk Lipinski’s wonderfully evocative poster for the Polish release of Planet of The Apes (Planeta Malp) ranks as one of my all-time favourite movie posters. Continue reading Planeta Malp (Planet of The Apes) poster by Eryk Lipinski (1969)
I can clearly remember the very first time I heard about Ridley Scott’s now-classic science-fiction/horror movie Alien. Continue reading Alien teaser poster (1979)
Published between 1952 and 1958 Isaac Asimov’s Space Ranger novels featured the adventures of space pilot David Starr, or Lucky Starr as Asimov nicknamed him. Continue reading Paperback covers #8: Peter Elson’s Space Ranger series
Last year I posted an article discussing my appreciation of Marvel Comics’ oversized reprint collections from the late 1970’s, Marvel Treasury Editions. 28 volumes were published between 1974 and 1981 reprinting stories featuring the publisher’s most popular superheroes. But they weren’t the only stories to receive the Treasury treatment.
Continue reading Marvel Special Edition: Star Wars (1977-78)
A series looking at some of my favourite book covers and cover artists.#7 Chris Moore’s Star Trek paperback covers from the 1980s
In the mid-1980s Corgi Books reissued all 12 volumes of James Blish’s best-selling Star Trek paperback series, containing stories adapted from the scripts of the popular science-fiction TV show. These books featured newly commissioned cover artwork from fantasy artist Chris Achilleos, and I’ve looked at them in more detail here. Alongside those books Corgi also reissued a handful of original novels based on the show – these also featured newly commissioned covers, not by Achilleos but by artist Chris Moore. Continue reading Paperback covers #7: Corgi Books’ Star Trek novels
#6 Chris Achilleos’ Star Trek paperback covers from the 1980s
A few months ago I posted an article celebrating the covers of Bantam Books’ Star Trek adaptations from the 1970’s. That post received a fair amount of traction so I thought it might be interesting to post the covers from UK publisher Corgi Books’ reissues from the mid-1980s. Continue reading Paperback covers #6: Corgi Books’ Star Trek Adaptions
“That’s what we’ll find out now… the mechanism of death.”
Riding the new wave of intelligent and speculative science fiction films initiated by Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Andromeda Strain takes one of the tiredest of sci-fi tropes, the alien invasion, and reinvigorates it. Instead of giant bug-eyed monsters from space attacking the Earth it’s the turn of microscopic organisms and the resulting film is a masterclass of mounting tension and suspense. Continue reading The Andromeda Strain (1971)
