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Frank Herbert sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/herber... died on this day, so here are some of the covers to his "The Eyes of Heisenberg" (Artist: [seems to be Paul Lehr], Ian Miller, Éric Scala and Jean-Claude Hadi):

John Shirley sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/shirle... was born on this day, so here’s a book cover and some interior magazine art (Artist: Chris Moore, Stephen Fabian, Piero Fassoni and JK Potter):

Very fond of this Mr Hyde by Grickle, look at that lovely Mr Hyde face

Edward Bryant sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bryant... died and Robert Shearman sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/shearm... was born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Ron Walotsky, Jean-François Podevin, Reggie Oliver and [couldn't identify]):

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Artist Jack Kirby sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/kirby_... died on this day, so here's some of his early comic book cover work (1942-1944). Kirby did the pencilling, with inking by Joe Simon (note: the 2nd is signed ‘Jon Henri’ but apparently it’s Kirby & Simon):

Eric Flint sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/flint_... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: 1, 3 & 4 Tom Kidd, 2 Bob Eggleton):

Some illustrations from late Victorian magazines, for 1. GH Boden 'The Discovery of London' ; 2 Fred M White 'A Single Hair'; 3&4 WJ Wintle's 'Life in Our New Century'. 1st an example of the type of story where future visitors to the ruins of London [or wherever] misinterpret what they find.

Paddy Chayefsky sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/chayef... and JD Kurtness sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/kurtne... were born, whilst Janet Frame sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/frame_... died on this day, so here are some of their book covers (4th by Biro, but I couldn't identify the other artists):

It's not an HG Well's anniversary, but the March 1908 'Cosmopolitan Magazine' (vol.XLIV no.4) has an article by Wells entitled 'The Things That Live on Mars' ("a description based on scientific reasoning ..."). So here are the illustrations by William R Leigh. [See archive.org/details/well... ]

James Joyce sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/joyce_... died on this day, so here's the cover and two interior illustrations to the Folio Society edition of 'Finnegans Wake' (artist: John Vernon Lord), plus the cover of Mary Manning's "A Free Adaption for the Theater" of the same work (don't know artist):

WAGNER MOURA ganha o prêmio de Melhor Ator, e homenageia Fernanda Torres. Os dois merecem!

O AGENTE SECRETO leva (ou melhor, traz) o Globo de Ouro de Melhor Filme Estrangeiro (mesmo sendo um filme nacional. :-)))

Musician David Bowie sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bowie_... was born and artist Gene Szafran sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/szafra... died on this day, so here are two 1973 Bowie concert posters (first by Frank Kozik, don't know who designed the second) and two Szafran book covers:

Karel Čapek sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/capek_... was born and Walter M Miller sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/miller... died on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Jay Sawka, [couldn't identify], Bruce Pennington and James Otis):

Algis Budrys sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/budrys... was born on this day, so here are some of his magazine covers (artist: Ed Emshwiller, Gray Morrow, Paul Lehr and Paul Lehr). Lehr painted the covers to 3&4 and Budrys wrote stories based on them (using pseudonyms):

Nossas desesperadas tentativas de evitar que os ladrões invadissem nossa casa. tinyurl.com/2algb4v6

contra São Paulo

Some Astounding Stories (October 1937-May 1938) interior artwork for authors without an SFE entry: 1 Jan Forman, 2 A Macfadyen Jr, 3 Kent Casey, 4 Moses Schere (Artist: 1,3&4 Elliott Dold Jr, 2 Jack Binder) 2nd for "Space Signals"; 3rd both illustrate "Static":

Woke up thinking about Onibaba (1964). What a film. Two women survive in warring feudal Japan by tricking and murdering samurai, and stealing their belongings. But when someone gets between the two women, the eldest tells of an evil curse that may be on them both... Machete's way up for this one.🔪🔪

Architectural designer, builder and artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pirane... died on this day, so here are some of his etchings:

Nelson S Bond sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bond_n... was born on this day, so here's some of his cover art (Artist: Robert Fuqua, Bernhard Borchert, [couldn't identify] and Richard Powers). The 3rd includes a Bond story:

A friend writes: I saw someone's post somewhere that talked about how their nine-year-old and all his friends have started using "That's AI" instead of "I don't believe you." Mom: "We're having dinosaur meat for dinner tonight." Kid: "That's AI."

This makes me like Jim Jarmusch even more, but it also frightens me for the future of independent artists in every field.

O legado do Vampiro

O vencedor do Festival de Cinema de Brasília foi "Futuro Futuro", de Davi Pretto (RS). O filme paraibano CORPO DA PAZ, de Torquato Joel, ganhou Melhor Edição de Som: Bruno Alves / Melhor Trilha Sonora: Haley Guimarães / Melhor Direção de Arte: Romero Sousa / e Melhor Fotografia: Rodolpho Barros.

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John Clute sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/clute_... joint editor of the SFE, was born on this day; he's wrote a few entries too: 7,856 solo & 1423 in collaboration (over 3.1m words). He also co-edited Interzone 1982-1984. Some related artwork (Judith Clute, St John Child, Richard Kadrey & Robert Mason):

Por que os meninos fogem de casa? Não fogem porque são maltratados. Os maus tratos parecem muitas vezes prendê-los, cortar-lhes as asas, a iniciativa. Fogem de uma vida sem sentido, cheia de ameaças sem nome, de culpas invisíveis que eles compartilham sem saber o que são. tinyurl.com/2sr2k9as

ATOLE PLATA A TAL PELOTA! #palindromo

If PJ Harvey doesn't do a Sheela Na Gig video there she's really missing out.

Meu blog Mundo Fantasmo, inaugurado nos idos de 2008, ultrapassou recentemente a marca dos 3 milhões de acessos. Pretendo continuar o blog, no sistema de José Saramago ("Vida havendo, e saúde não faltando"). E abri recentemente uma filial: procurem "Braulio Tavares" na plataforma Substack. Thanks!

[prestemos atenção nos olhos do governador de são paulo. olhos de frieza absoluta. o brasil deve ficar muito atento aos olhos do governador de são paulo.]

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VERISSIMO

Um cartunista, um saxofonista e um torcedor do Inter entram num bar e sentam no balcão. O barman pergunta: “O senhor vai querer o quê?”. tinyurl.com/2c8dgpsy

ou morreu ou tá na pica

Não custa lembrar: Borges, Llosa, Juan Rulfo, García Márquez e uma penca de mestres eram fãs de outro gigante, Julio Cortázar. Inclusive, Gabo declarava publicamente a admiração e a inveja que sentia do escritor argentino, autor do clássico “Jogo da Amarelinha”. Vem de fio, que a história é boa. +

O texto produzido por I. A. está para o texto humano assim como uma salsicha está para um bife. tinyurl.com/2yjum2l8

Good morning. For some reason, old Penguin science fiction book covers are on my mind. I miss this kind of design and these terrific artists. (especially David Pelham, an old favorite)

Here’s some Luis Toledo art to make your Sunday a little better.

É verdade que muito sujeito mau-caráter se dá bem apoiando democracia, mas eu nunca vi um bom caráter que se desse bem apoiando ditadura.

Luigi Serafini sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/serafi... was born on this day, creator of 'The Codex Seraphinianus', a "heavily illustrated pseudo-encyclopedia of an apparent Alternate World" that's written in an imaginary language. Here are some pages from it:

A flor da Condessa. O engano de Verissimo. O homem que compunha música quando acidentado. O escravo que amava o patrão. A dor-de-corno do poeta... E mais. mundofantasmo.blogspot.com/2025/07/5190...