Daniel José Older sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/older_... was born on this day, so here are some of his covers (Artist: Goñi Montes, Emily Osborne, Harvey Monticillo and Julie Dillon):

Franz Rottensteiner sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/rotten... was born on this day, so here are some covers for books he edited (Artist: Helmut Wenske, Tom Breuer, Gianni Benvenuti [presumably an adaption] and Tom Breuer):

JA Mitchell sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mitche... was born on this day, so here's some of the interior artwork for his novel "Drowsy" (1917) [artist: Angus Peter Macdonall]:

The Hungarian science fiction magazine 'Galaktika' was first published from 1972 to 1995, then revived by another publisher from 2004. Here's three covers from the original run (1-3) and one from the current series (4). Couldn't identify the artists:

Hoy, 17 de enero, es el aniversario del nacimiento de Alfonso Azpiri (1947 - 2017)

Comte Didier de Chousy sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/didier... was born on this day; his "Ignis" was published in 1883 and was later serialised in 'La Science Illustrée' in 1895, with illustrations by Eugène Damblans, some of which I post here (sorry for the poor quality):

Edmond About sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/about_... and Shibano Takumi sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/shiban... died, whilst H Irving Hancock sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hancoc... and Alex London sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/london... were born on this day: some covers (couldn't identify any of the artists):

Masaki Yamada sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/yamada... was born on this day, so here are some of his covers (Artists: possibly the 2nd is Noriyoshi Ourai, but couldn't identify the others):

Al fin es viernes y el #LibroDeLaSemana es Agency, de William Gibson (@minotaurolibros.bsky.social) : en un Londres futuro en una línea temporal distinta a la presente, una agencia puede observar pasados alternativos e influir en sus resultados tras el Jackpot literfan.cyberdark.net/2026/Agency....

Robert Silverberg sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/silver... was born on this day, so here are covers to those of his books whose original editions were first published 1957-1958 (artist: Ferruccio Alessandri, Ed Valigursky, Don Crowley and Ed Emshwiller):

Artist and author Shaun Tan sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/tan_sh... was born on this day, so here's some examples of his artwork:

Denis Hughes sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hughes... died on this day, so here are some of his 1952/1953 book covers (Artist: all by Gordon C Davies).

Editor and author Clark Darlton sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/darlto... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: all by Johnny Bruck):

🆕👇Ya tenemos en camino nueva historia independiente de Fonda Lee con la novela corta El cielo ilimitado 🦅📖🤩👇

Hoy, 15 de enero, es el cumpleaños de Robert Silverberg.

Santiago L. Moreno @kaplanlit.bsky.social ha escrito un texto recordando a Antonio Rivas, Gorin. Su faceta profesional y, sobre todo, cómo el fandom puede llegar a conectar dos personas a lo largo de tres décadas.

Jack Cady sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cady_j... Storm Constantine sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/consta... and Howard Waldrop sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/waldro... died on this day, so here's some magazine artwork for their stories (Artist: Kent Bash, Jose Ortega, Ken Kelly and Gary Kelly):

Kenneth Bulmer sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bulmer... was born on this day, so here are some covers for his books, first published 1969-1972 (artist: Gordon C Davies, Clyde Caldwell, [uncredited] and Tim Kirk). 'HK Bulmer' a pseudonym:

Se ha escrito mucho sobre el poder predictivo de la cf, pero poco sobre su capacidad para modelar el futuro. Julián Díez explora esta idea en una serie de artículos. Para empezar se centra en el carácter político de la cf y las obras de las que se sirve Elon Musk para asentar sus ideas #cifituits

This week's new SFE entries are here: sf-encyclopedia.com/whatsnew.php with John Blanche, Paula M Block, Terry J Erdmann, Andrew Hussie, John J Ordover, Charley Parker, Thomas Siddell and Mark Stanley; Japanese anime tv series 'Gachiakuta' (2025-) and 'Infinite Ryvius' (1999-2000) ... [tbc]

Steve Utley sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/utley_... died on this day, so here's some interior magazine art from 1973/1974 for his stories (Artist: Alicia Austin, Monte Rogers, [uncredited] and [uncredited]/Jack Gaughan):

Zach Hughes sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hughes... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Gene Szafran, Steve R Dodd, Richard Powers and Karel Thole):

Robert Anton Wilson sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wilson... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: [couldn't identify],[couldn't identify], Carlos Victor and Carlos Victor):

Hilary Bailey sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bailey... Thomas Hardy sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hardy_... and Virginia Kidd sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/kidd_v... died on this day: here's some related artwork (Artist: Patrick Woodroffe, Charles S Ricketts, Peter Elson and [uncredited])

Nueva reseña en la wiki: El Ministerio del Espacio (Ellis, Weston y Martin, 2001 - 2004) Una corta ucronia con algunos tintes pulp, casi retrofuturista. alt64.org/wiki/index.p...

Terry Bisson sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bisson... died and George Alec Effinger sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/effing... was born on this day, so here are some magazine illustrations to their stories (Artist: Mel Odom, Neil Brennan, Monte Rogers and James Gurney [as by GP Lendino]):

HJ Allingham sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/alling... died on this day; so some illustrations to his "The Robot Man" (Gem Magazine 6 Jul-7 Sept 1929) (artist uncredited). The magazine had this serial plus a lead schoolboy tale (e.g. 'The Secret of the Cave', 'Who Kissed Ethel?' & 'Baggy's Bargain Sale'):

Lech Jęczmyk sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/jeczmy... was born, whilst Alethea Hayter sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hayter... and Mariano Antolín Rato sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/antoli... died on this day, so here are some of their book covers (Artist: 3rd by Helen Webber, couldn't identify the others):

¡We're back!

Hoy, 9 de enero, es el aniversario del nacimiento de Karel Capek (1890 - 1938)

Hoy, 9 de enero, es el aniversario de la muerte de Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923 - 1996) alt64.org/wiki/index.p....

Mike Resnick sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/resnic... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers and a piece of magazine artwork (Artist: Bob Eggleton, George Barr, Charles J Demorat and Paul Alexander):

Bernard Le Bovyer de Fontenelle sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/fonten... and Louise Michel sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/michel... died on this day, so here's some related artwork (1&2 couldn't identify], 3 Louise Michel, 4 Daniele Serra):

Turno de noche: hoy comento Ogros, de Adrian Tchaikovsky dreamsofelvex.blogspot.com/2026/01/ogro...

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:

Un 8 de enero nace en Londres, 🖋️ Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) Escribió mucho y muy bueno, siendo un precursor de la novela detectivesca moderna. 🖋️Jorge Luis Borges repetía que alguna de sus #novelas pertenecen a esa estirpe de los #libros inolvidables. Desde luego yo, no le voy a llevar la contraria 😉

Terry Brooks sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/brooks... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Philippe Munch, Darrell K Sweet, Philippe Munch and Rosalie Guillaume):

Storm Jameson sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/jameso... Dennis Wheatley sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wheatl... and Jack Womack sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/womack... were born on this day, so here are some of their book covers (Artist: [couldn't identify], [couldn't identify], Sheldon and Dave McKean)

Hoy, 8 de enero, es el aniversario del nacimiento de David Robert Jones (1947 - 2016) , más conocido como David Bowie.

Hoy en C escribo sobre Día de la Ascensión, la primera novela de la franquicia Warhammer escrita por Adrian Tchaikovsky. Un thriller lleno de conspiraciones que realimenta el carácter hostil para lo humano del universo Warhammer 40K. #cifituits

Artist Beresford Egan sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/egan_b... died on this day, so here's some examples of his artwork, 2-4 from his own novels:

Charles J Finger sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/finger... died & Karen Haber sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/haber_... was born on this day: 1&2 from Finger's children's book 'Tales from Silver Lands' (1924); 3&4 late 1990s magazine art for Haber tales (Artist: 1&2 Paul Honoré, 3 Bob Eggleton, 4 David Beck):

«La jauría de Abel», en el blog de la Asociación Cylcon #weird #horror aclfcft.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/l...

Gustave Doré sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/dore_g... was born on this day, so here are some of his biblical illustrations:

Morimi Tomihiko sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/morimi... was born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist:1 Toru Kageyama, 2 Keito Yano, couldn't identify 3&4):

S Fowler Wright sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wright... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (artist: Norman, [couldn't identify], Arnold Lorne Hicks and [couldn't identify]):

Artist Wayne Douglas Barlowe sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/barlow... was born on this day, so here's some of his 1982-1983 cover art:

Hoy, 6 de enero, es el aniversario del nacimiento de Eric Frank Russell (1905 - 1978) alt64.org/wiki/index.p...

Hoy, 6 de enero, también es el aniversario de Alexander Beliaev (1884 - 1942) alt64.org/wiki/index.p...

Stella Gibbons sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gibbon... and László Krasznahorkai sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/kraszn... were born, whilst Humbert Wolfe sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wolfe_... was both born and died on this day: some book covers. 'Oistros' a Wolfe pseudonym. Couldn't identify the artists: