Cover Art for Stanislaw Lem’s The Invincible (Ace, 1975)

Published February 15, 2016 Books , Cover Art , Sci-Fi/Space Art , Skeleton Astronauts 4 Comments

Very similar to the Angus McKie piece that was published the following year. The artist of the Lem cover is unknown, and you can see details on the book here. More skeleton astronauts, a recurring theme in sci-fi since the genre’s beginning, here.

4 Responses to “Cover Art for Stanislaw Lem’s <em>The Invincible</em> (Ace, 1975)”

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1 narvo February 16, 2016 at 6:06 pm

Mission control, we’ve got a 404 on the skeleton astronauts link. Repeat, 404. Please advise. Over…

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- 2 2W2N February 16, 2016 at 6:08 pm
  
  Fixed! Thank you!
  
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3 Heretical February 20, 2016 at 3:11 am

Reminds me of James Hogan’s “Inherit the stars” – another classic for your collection: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d8/Inherit-Stars.jpg/200px-Inherit-Stars.jpg

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- 4 2W2N February 20, 2016 at 3:17 am
  
  Yeah! That’s Darrell Sweet, who also did a beautiful series of Lord of the Rings covers:
  
  https://2warpstoneptune.com/2014/02/27/darrell-k-sweet-cover-art-for-the-hobbit-and-the-lord-of-the-rings-1981/
  
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