Inspired by Bollops recent Science Fiction Monthly finds. Here is the only copy of Science Fiction Monthly I ever had. Issue 2 had film reveiws of The Final Program, Westworld and Solaris. It also contains some breaking news relating to Michael Moorcock releasing a single. Have to admit at the time I only got this copy because I liked the front cover, still do in fact.
That is a nice cover, is it by prolific 1970's sci fi artist Peter Elson? I bought so many books as a teen cos' of his beautiful renderings of future space hardware adorned the cover.
ReplyDeleteI believe my one-time lodger Peter Linnett had articles in this publication. Sadly he contracted cancer and returned to his native Australia, where he died.
ReplyDeleteEven though very similar to Peter Elson's work, The front cover of this edition of Science Fiction monthly is by Chris Foss
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It's a classic of That Sort of Thing, isn't it? In my memory it was the one that Glenn Brown got into trouble for reproducing, but it wasnae; it was this one:
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