Phenderson Djèlí Clark sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/clark_... was born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: 1&2 [couldn't identify], 3 Stephan Martiniere, 4 Kevin Hong):

Ljuben Dilov died on this day, his SFE entry sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/dilov_... directs you to the Bulgaria entry sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bulgaria where he's discussed. Here are some of his book covers (Artist: 1&3 [couldn't identify], 2 Текла Алексиева, 4 Александър Денков):

Hoy, 10 de junio, es el cumpleaños de César Mallorquí

Esta mañana en el programa de radio de @La_SER 'Hoy por hoy', conducido por Àngels Barceló, he tenido el placer de charlar sobre cierto pionero de la ciencia ficción española junto a Juan Miguel Aguilera, Sergio Mars, Pedro García Bilbao y F. Rozalén (minutos 42 a 59') cadenaser.com/audio/178109...

Lin Carter sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/carter... and Joe Haldeman sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/haldem... were born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: George Barr, Don Maitz, Anita Kunz and Philip Castle). The 4th from Playboy, looking like a parody of what you'd expect its SF art to be!

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El 9 de junio de 1943 nace Joe Haldeman en Oklahoma (Estados Unidos). alt64.org/wiki/index.p...

No. 40 de Hélice, en lucha contra la IA con ilustraciones originales de jóvenes artistas en convenio con La Llotja (IN @escolallotja), Sofía Dergibus (IN @sophasart) y Julia Lima (IN @julialimaarchive). ¡Espero que os guste! www.revistahelice.com/book/helice-... @revistahelice.bsky.social

Kate Wilhelm sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wilhel... was born on this day, so here's some magazine art for her stories (Artist: Michael Parkes, Marshall Arisman, Janet Aulisio and Richard Wilhelm):

John W Campbell Jr sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/campbe... was born on this day, so here are four of his Japanese book covers (Artist: A ソコロフ [A Sokolov], Ikematsu, 中島靖侃 and 金森達):

UNA CASA EN GAZA. A LA VENTA EN SEPTIEMBRE 2026. En @orcinypress.bsky.social SINOPSIS: EL PRÓXIMO JUEVES. (jejejeje) Por ahora, aquí os dejo la espectacular cubierta, obra de @brancastudio.bsky.social

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📕 Como cada lunes: ¡Nuevo episodio de LIBRISIMO! Hoy nos visita @inesgaliano.bsky.social para presentar PROYECTO MOSTAZA, publicada con @obscuraed.bsky.social - Roadtrip - Humor - Criaturas sobrenaturales #libros #novela #ficción #literatura 📚 youtu.be/6peGhHJSH8Y

Elizabeth A Lynn sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/lynn_e... was born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Tim White, Melchior Ascaride, HR Giger and Mathias Waske):

Hoy en C, @marioamadas.bsky.social escribe sobre El arco iris de gravedad. Un libro denso en el cual Thomas Pynchon condensó el mundo caótico y entrópico surgido tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial, del cual somos herederos #cifituits

Hoy, 8 de junio, es el aniversario del nacimiento de John W. Campbell (1910 - 1971) Para bien o para mal, nuestra concepción de la ciencia ficción parte de la suya.

Hoy, 8 de junio, es el aniversario del nacimiento de Kate Wilhelm (1928 - 2018)

Kit Reed sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/reed_kit was born and William M Timlin sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/timlin... died on this day. 1-2 is magazine art for Reed tales; 3&4 from Timlin's 1923 graphic novel 'The Ship that Sailed to Mars: A Fantasy' (1 Doug Beekman, 2 Sandra Hendler, 3&4 William M Timlin):

Louise Erdrich sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/erdric... JB Morton sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/morton... and Orhan Pamuk sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pamuk_... were born on this day: here are some of their book covers (Artist: 3rd by Nicolas Bentley, couldn't identify the others). 'Beachcomber' was JB Morton:

Hoy, 7 de junio, es el aniversario de la muerte del malogrado Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954) Su huella en la ciencia ficción ha sido muy diversa y sustanciosa. alt64.org/wiki/index.p...

Ray Bradbury sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bradbu... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Edward Miller, [couldn't identify*], Charles Binger and Dean Ellis). *isfdb says "Copyright page says cover artist is Ian Miller", but they doubt it - and certainly its not his style!

A Bertram Chandler sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/chandl... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Frank Kelly Freas, Alan Pollack, Karl Stephan and Stephen Hickman):

Jerzy Broszkiewicz sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/broszk... was born and Gerhart Hauptmann sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hauptm... died on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: 1&2 Juraj Deák, 3&4 couldn't identify) ):

Robert Abernathy sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/aberna... and Geraldine McCaughrean sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mccaug... were born on this day, so here are three covers for Abernathy and one for McCaughrean (Artist: Allen Anderson, Robert Gibson Jones, Ed Emshwiller and Douglas Klauba):

Margo Lanagan sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/lanaga... and Barbara Paul sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/paul_b... were born on this day, so here are some of their book covers (Artist: 1&2 couldn't identify, 3 Paul Stinson, 4 Jack Gaughan). It's also the anniversary of Barbara Paul's death tomorrow:

Artist Boris Artzybasheff sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/artzyb... was born on this day, so here's some examples of his work:

John S Glasby sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/glasby... died on this day, so here are some of his magazine cover appearances (Artist: 1 [Ron Turner???], 2 Norman Light, 3&4 Ray Theobald). The first 3 are Glasby pseudonyms; I suspect the 4th illustrates Glasby's "The Frog" rather than "The Incredulist".

Lauren Beukes sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/beukes... Louise Lawrence sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/lawren... and Ray Nayler sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/nayler... were born, whilst Eugène Hennebert sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/henneb... died on this day, so here's a cover for each (Artist in Alt Text):

Al fin es viernes y el #LibroDeLaSemana es Las noches del gallo, de Flor Canosa (Menoscuarto): XVIII Premio Tristana Una historia de amor feroz donde lo prohibido desafía a la muerte y convierte el horror en algo tan salvaje como profundamente humano literfan.cyberdark.net/2026/NochesG...

Hoy, 5 de junio, es el cumpleaños de Felicidad Martínez ¡Felicidades, @felicidadmtnez.bsky.social !

Hoy, 5 de junio, es el aniversario de la muerte de Ray Bradbury (1920 - 2012)

Charles W Runyon sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/runyon... was born on this day, so here's some book cover art (Artist: Jan Faust, Jack Faragasso, [couldn't identify] and Carlos Ochagavia):

Artist Keith Birdsong sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/birdso... died, whilst author Joe Hill sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hill_joe was born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Keith Birdsong, Keith Birdsong, [couldn't identify] and [couldn't identify]):

Autores entre lectores V, coloquios sobre literatura fantástica organizados por Sui Generis Madrid en la Feria del Libro de Madrid.

Artist Brian Lewis sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/lewis_... was born and author Warren C Norwood sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/norwoo... died on this day: some covers (Artist: 1&2 Brian Lewis, 3&4 Bob Larkin). Yes, there is another book in that Norwood sequence; but no, it doesn't feature a 1-breasted woman.

Camille Flammarion sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/flamma... died on this day: illustrations from his 1884 “Les terres du ciel; voyage astronomique sur les autres mondes et description des conditions actuelles de la vie sur les diverses planètes du système solaire” artists/engravers at foot of pages:

Ya está disponible la nueva antología de Apache Libros, Madrid Oculta, que incluye mi relato «Engranajes familiares». tienda.cyberdark.net/madrid-ocult...

Novedad de Junio ya en tiendas‼️ Este será un verano muy grimdark #JuliaDiez

This week's new SFE entries are here: sf-encyclopedia.com/whatsnew.php - with Luis López Carrasco, Damien Ober, Bob Pepper, Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos and Liam Young; theme entries on the Climate Fiction Prize, The Flash and VRMMORPG; films 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' (2016) ... [tbc]

Stephen King-Hall sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/king-h... and Francois-Félix Nogaret sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/nogare... died, whilst Julie Myerson sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/myerso... was born on this day: related artwork (Artist: Sylvia Bergin, Raphael Del Rosario, Durand and [couldn't identify] ):

Ya os puedo adelantar que Libritos Jenkins estará en la muestra de cultura sumergida Festival Cable, el tercer fin semana de junio en Móstoles, rodeado de tremendo plantel de editoriales de verdad. www.cable.cab?syclid=d8faf...

Nueva Jornada de la Terbi para el sábado 6 de junio, con muchas presentaciones de libros (¡una docena!), charlas, certamen de relato, comilona y mucho más. En esta ocasión nos visitan amigos de la asociación Tercera Fundación, Tartalo y CyLCon. Más detalles: notcf.blogspot.com/2026/05/prog...

Artist Paul Galdone sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/galdon... and editor (and author) Warren Lapine sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/lapine... were born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Paul Galdone, Paul Galdone, John Holand and Dominic Harman):

Hoy, 2 de junio, es el aniversario del nacimiento de Lester del Rey (1915 - 1993)

Tullio Avoledo sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/avoled... and Moyra Caldecott sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/caldec... were born on this day, so here are some of their book covers (Artist: 3rd Anthea Toorchen, couldn't identify the others):

📕 ¡Ya liberado el LIBRISIMO #59 con GennaRose Nethercott, que presenta su antología de cuentos BESTIAS, ESPACIOS Y FÁBULAS DE LO EXTRAÑO, publicada por @edhorrorvacui.bsky.social ! 📚 #terror #literatura #libros #ficción youtu.be/73tMyWxAdpY

Torcuato Luca de Tena sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/luca_d... and Jerônymo Monteiro sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/montei... died on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: 2nd by Jano, couldn't identify the others):

Iván Fernández Balbuena regresa a C para escribir sobre los relatos de Mark Twain y todas las cuestiones por las cuales merece la pena recuperarlos. Libro ideal para el verano.

En junio de 1902 la Tierra es atacada por invasores procedentes de Marte según La guerra de los mundos de H.G. Wells.

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