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Hi, I've found the cover artist for Soul of a Robot (Quartet / Orbit, 1977). According to [http://ski-ffy.blogspot.com/search?q=soul+of+a+robot this site it's Bob Layzell.--Dirk P Broer 22:27, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Added a scan of my copy as well.--Dirk P Broer 22:57, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi, I replaced your scan with one of mine. Smaller in size, but more kb's and less moiré.--Dirk P Broer 10:32, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Replaced the amazon scan for your verified The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and slightly modified notes. Hauck 16:44, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi, I spotted a tell-tale "PE" on Star Watchman, so made it a Peter Elson.--Dirk P Broer 21:51, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

May even have a better scan for you.--Dirk P Broer 22:06, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi, I saw a nice Peter Jones in Stardance, and found the publication month at Amazon.co.uk--Dirk P Broer 22:26, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Replaced the Visco scan for your verified SF Adventures 25. Hauck 20:17, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

New image, added interior art [map] to contents for [Lankar of Callisto] --~ Bill, Bluesman 03:49, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Added the artist to [Agent of Chaos] from signature on the cover, altered the notes. --~ Bill, Bluesman 14:57, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Replaced the amazon scan for your verified Dark Stars. Hauck 14:32, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Replaced the amazon scan for your verified Star SF 1. Hauck 14:50, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Replaced the amazon scan for your verified The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 4. Hauck 16:52, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Replaced the amazon scan for your verified The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 5. Hauck 16:54, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Replaced the FF scan for your verified The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 3. Hauck 16:57, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Added a scan for Thoughtworld.--Dirk P Broer 11:20, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

I have given "Jacks" as cover artist for Strangers from Earth because you do not want "Jeff Jacks". Still seems a bit silly to me, compared with other signatures that are written out to describe who it is, e.g. "F", "PE" or "PAJ". Nowhere I have seen that Jeff Jacks prefers "Jacks" as his artist name.--Dirk P Broer 11:38, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

And I've seen nothing that even confirms a "Jeff". :-/ I may look inconsistent - I have reworked "F" and "PE" and "PAJ" and even "A" for Chris Achilleos - but I do feel there's a distinction between "Initials only" and an "Abbreviated Name" like "Emsh" or "Powers". It's not my specialist area by any means so if the people that care more can clarify the desired rules I'll happily join in. BLongley 22:55, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

I have given "Jacks" as cover artist for The Best of Kuttner 2 as well.--Dirk P Broer 12:18, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Fine by me. BLongley 22:55, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Replaced the amazon scan for your verified The Best of Sci-Fi (Three) . Hauck 17:08, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Replaced the amazon scan for your verified Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds. Hauck 17:37, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Replaced the amazon scan for your verified Nebula Award Stories 7. Hauck 16:54, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Replaced the amazon scan for your verified Digital Dreams. Hauck 17:08, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Replaced the amazon scan for your verified Spectrum 1. Hauck 17:27, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi, I identified the cover artist of this publication as Eddie Jones, same cover art as the DAW 1974 edition of <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?240589">The Star Road</a> by Gordon R. Dickson, where Eddie Jones is credited.--Dirk P Broer 15:51, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Replaced the amazon scan four your verified Cosmic Cocktails. Hauck 16:22, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Added a cover artist credit for your verified Gunner Cade, by "Cyril Judd". The photographer credit was listed in the notes, but recent discussions seem to validate putting photographer credits in the cover artist field, so I moved it there from the notes. Chavey 04:51, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

I emailed the Bruce Pennington website asking for confirmation that he painted the cover of Time and Timothy Grenville, which they confirm he did. I have therefore edited the cover credit on that edition - awaiting acceptance of the edit. Nimravus 22:05, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

I added a bit to the notes of The Best of John Wynndham, 1951-1960, adding yet more confusing stuff for these 1975/76/77 re-publications of the original 1973 publication in one part.--Dirk P Broer 16:01, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

I identified the cover artist for Best of Sci-Fi 3. It is credited to Richard Powers, the same artist that did Great Science Fiction Stories (of which Best of Sci-Fi 3 is a variant title). It all started with a search for the artist of Sabotage 1: Ruimteplatform, a mirror image of the original artwork. Thanks to Willem H..--Dirk P Broer 19:44, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi, I've made this publication part of the Corgi SF Collector's Library.--Dirk P Broer 08:49, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Found the cover artist for The Asutra. It is Jim Burns. Lay out the series next to each other and you get one picture. Center was already credited to Jim Burns.--Dirk P Broer 19:07, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Interesting. I think I'll have a dig around tomorrow and see if I can patch up the full picture - or are you already working on that? BLongley

here! --Dirk P Broer 23:29, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

And here.--Dirk P Broer 23:42, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

OK, you've convinced me! Such evidence shouldn't be hidden away on this sub-talk page though. If you can't find a better place to put it, tell me where it should go - I think such webpages should be linked to Vance and Burns, and maybe the Series, or a Publication Series... please add a Feature Request or several, I enjoy this stuff although it's not my priority. BTW, have you seen ISFDB:Moderator_noticeboard#Proposed_Make_Variant_Submissions? That was mostly your fault... ;-) BLongley 00:45, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Problem is that this piece of art is Coronet-Durdane specific, so for this particular series as trilogy. There is, at present, no page to connect the total artwork to (there are more publishers that have this series). Normally you can tie the original artwork to a cover page (might be nice but perhaps copyright prevents this), and then give all instances of that piece of art. Here the artwork is split over three books. And that is by no means an unique feat. My Granada original Foundation-trilogy has the same: it is a three-split Chris Foss artwork. My two copies of the Complete Venus Equilateral are also complementary to each other. The latest version of the Greg Mandel trilogy also has one continuous artwork: here.--Dirk P Broer 10:19, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Rather than a feature request I handle things like this by using a publication's Bibliographic Comments section page and then will add notes to the various affected publication records pointing to the Bibliographic Comments page. --Marc Kupper|talk 18:55, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi, I replaced an Amazon scan and in the process discovered the tell-tale "F", identifying Chris Foss as the artist for Time in Eclipse.--Dirk P Broer 20:13, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

The cover art for [The Other Side of the Sky] is stolen from a PKD book, which is signed by the artist. Added that and a link to the original. --~ Bill, Bluesman 01:11, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi Bill: There is no cover artist detailed on The Orphan, which you've verified, but I have the other two books in this edition of the trilogy and there is a back cover artist credit for Gino D'Achille on them both. As the artwork on The Orphan is clearly by the same hand, would it be OK for me to add D'Achille as artist on The Orphan entry? Nimravus 00:20, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

I'd say so - just note that it isn't actually stated, and give your reasoning. Well spotted! BLongley 15:20, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi Bill, I found the artist for The Technicolor® Time Machine. It's Bruce Pennington. --Dirk P Broer 22:19, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Good find! I doubt you could get away with a cover like that these days... BLongley 01:23, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

I've replaced the cover for The Worlds of Robert Heinlein (NEL 1970 with a scan that gives the whole wrap-around picture (kindly liberated from the Bruce Pennington website). --Dirk P Broer 22:32, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

So long as he doesn't mind. I don't suppose you've persuaded his representative(s) to edit here yet? BLongley 01:23, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi Bill, doesn't the "F" in the lower foreground of the frontcover of The Mendelov Conspiracy (Mayflower 1974) point to Cris Foss as the artist? --Dirk P Broer 20:16, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Another book that's gone wandering... if it's an "F in a box" like on Author:Chris_Foss then feel free to base the credit on Artist Sig Identification. BLongley 17:37, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Done so. --Dirk P Broer 11:32, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi Bill, is your cover for The Abyss (Legend 1989) really as depicted there? I've put my own cover on amazon.co.uk for you to compare. --Dirk P Broer 21:19, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Yours is better - now changed to use it. BLongley 17:37, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi Bill, added publication month and -via Bibliographic comments- the original artwork for Capitol (Orit / Futura, 1980) by Orson Scott Card. --Dirk P Broer 14:39, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Publication month April gets confirmed at {http://www.hatrack.com/osc/bibliography/OSC_Publications_List.pdf Orson Scott Card's website]

"Capitol (story collection, science fiction, Ace, mass-market paperback, January 1979; permanently out of print; much material included in The Worthing Saga)
Trade paperback (Baronet, November 1979)
UK edition (Futura/Orbit, April 1980)
German translation: Capitol (Bastei Lübbe)". --Dirk P Broer 17:00, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Replaced the Amazon scan for Omnivore (Corgi, 1977) (added the scan on Amazon.co.uk as well) and added note about the signature. --Dirk P Broer 10:51, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

The publication month of The Space Guardians (Orbit, 1975) is confirmed on www.space1999.net --Dirk P Broer 15:49, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

Locus1 gave us both publication month and artist for Tales From Planet Earth (Legend, 1990). --Dirk P Broer 12:30, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

I replaced your coverscan of Rings of Ice (Fontana, 1977) with a scan with less Moiré effect. --Dirk P Broer 23:31, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Found artist for your verified The People Trap. Hauck 17:14, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Found artist for your verified The Night Shapes. Hauck 20:22, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

I found -well, found....- the artist for The Wandering Worlds. It is of course Tim White (see NEL paperback with same title). --Dirk P Broer 09:26, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Found artist for your verified Triplanetary and Meteor and The Earth Trippers and PR #9 and Galactic Patrol and The last starship from earth and Next of Kin and The Dying Earth and Killer Pine and The Last Continent and Children of the Lens and The Dramaturges of Yan and First lensman and Masters of the Vortex.Hauck 10:25, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Another batch : Farewell, Fantastic Venus!, The Voyage of the Space Beagle, The Bicentennial Man, The Secret People, The Purity Plot, Venus Equilateral: Volume One, Mindmix. Hauck 09:48, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Added a publication month per Locus1 for Toolmaker Koan (Orbit, 1988). --Dirk P Broer 09:22, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Replaced amazon cover for your verified Quest Through Space and Time. Hauck 20:25, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Found artist for your verified The Brain Machine. Hauck 14:35, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Added cover scan and notes for The Killer Mice (Corgi, 1978). --Dirk P Broer 12:58, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Replaced amazon scan for your verified Orbit one. Hauck 08:52, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Added scan and notes for your verified Slow fall to dawn. Hauck 09:13, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Uploaded new cover scan for The Early Asimov, Volume 3 (Panther Granada, 1978). And I added the price and expanded the notes a bit. --Dirk P Broer 19:50, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

I've added to the notes of Dark Space that cover art / cover design looks a lot that done on the #2 of this series. --Dirk P Broer 15:50, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

User:Nimravus found the cover of your verified Dwellers in the Mirage in an on-line collection of Patrick Woodroffe's works and added the artist credit. I added a note as to the source. --MartyD 10:31, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

Added the month of publication [third printing has the history on copyright page] with note as to source to [Worlds of the Imperium] --~ Bill, Bluesman 15:41, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

I replaced the default Amazon UK cover image with a scanned image, and added some notes to your verified Anthonology. AndonSage 04:50, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Your Spock Must Die! had a broken cover image. It had linked to Image:SPCKMSTD1970.jpg. It looks like that image had been uploaded in June 2009, at some point your pub record was updated to use it, and then the image was deleted in December 2010. I decided to fix this by pointing your record to the image for the 1st printing which is the same cover. If you decide to grab the book to double-check you may want to add an essay record for the Author's Note(Spock Must Die!) on page ix. --Marc Kupper|talk 18:51, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

I saw your comment on My Name is Legion that while there is no stated cover artist, you thought it looked like the work of Chris Moore. I emailed him and he confirmed that he was, indeed, the artist. I have therefore submitted a credit for him as the cover artist with an appropriate note as to source. Nimravus 22:17, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

I've updated the artist credit for {{P|5705|Bug-Eyed Monsters to Bruce Pennington. You can see a picture him standing in front of the painting at a recent exhibition here: http://beckenhamschoolart.org/News/bruce-pennnington-bsoa-1960-62 Nimravus 23:36, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Added cover image to Pratchett's Reaper Man. (The uploader never got around to updating the actual pub record.) Mhhutchins 20:07, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

And this one for Equal Rites. Mhhutchins 20:09, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Nice image added to [Electric Crocodile]. --~ Bill, Bluesman 21:03, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

New scan, added cover artist [signed on the back cover] and notes to [The Magic Goes Away] --~ Bill, Bluesman 17:17, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Added the artist to [Masters of Everon], the '92 Tor edition has the same artwork and is credited/verified. --~ Bill, Bluesman 01:19, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Added cover artist for this pub (Not Before Time John Brunner 1979) BarDenis 19:59, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Added cover artist for this pub (The Strange Invaders Alun Llewellyn 1977) BarDenis 20:02, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Added cover artist for this pub (Memoirs of a Spacewoman Naomi Mitchison 1977) BarDenis 20:05, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Added cover for this pub (The robots of dawn, Asimov) --Pips55 23:09, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Added cover artist for this pub (Bloodhype Alan Dean Foster 1985) BarDenis 13:35, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Added cover artist for this pub (Involution Ocean Bruce Sterling 1980) BarDenis 17:07, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Added cover atrists for this pub (Out of My Mind / Web of Everywhere John Brunner 1980) BarDenis 20:47, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

I've added a new cover scan, confirmed the cover artist and the prices given on the book cover for The Bull and the Spear Nimravus 18:58, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Uploded new cover art for this pub (The Jesus Incident Bill Ransom , Frank Herbert 1980) BarDenis 18:39, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

I've requested to add Michael Whelan as artist to the covers of http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?12209 "Empire" and http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?191613 "Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen" by H. Beam Piper. His sigil is on the top left of the throne on Empire. His sigil is also on the bottom right foot of the throne on Lord Kalvan. Thanks.--Teddybear 20:40, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

The second one also credited in this pubBarDenis 10:52, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Found an image for [Farnham's Freehold], not the best but the only one ... --~ Bill, Bluesman 03:10, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

I've added a month of publication -per Locus1- for The Long Habit of Living. --Dirk P Broer 22:30, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

I've added Michael Whelan as artist to "Lord Kalvin of Otherwhen", your verification cgi?191613, his sigil is on the bottom right foot of the throne. He is also credited on cgi?138301 and cgi?356278 --Teddybear 20:41, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Please check your copy of "Empire" cgi?12209 by Beam Piper, I submitted Michael Whelan as artist. His sigil is on the top left side of the throne. Stonecreek is the moderator. Thanks. --Teddybear 20:51, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Added some minor notes to The Brentford Chainstore Massacre. Bye --Pips55 21:35, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Submitted a more detailed cover and some minor notes to The Garden of Unearthly Delights. Bye --Pips55 21:58, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Submitted a more detailed cover and some minor notes to The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived. Bye --Pips55 22:06, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Submitted minor note additions to The Dance of the Voodoo Handbag. Bye --Pips55 22:09, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Submitted minor note additions toSprout Mask Replica. Bye --Pips55 22:17, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Uploaded new cover art for this pub (Prelude to Foundation Isaac Asimov 1990). BarDenis 18:17, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Uploaded new cover art for this pub (Dinosaur Planet Anne McCaffrey 1981). BarDenis 19:00, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Uploaded new cover art for this pub (Roadmarks Roger Zelazny 1981). BarDenis 19:05, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Added cover image for Norby: Robot for Hire, by Janet & Isaac Asimov. Chavey 17:22, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Replaced your cover by a (slightly) better one for Vast. Hauck 14:44, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Replaced amazon scan and changed notes for your verified The Dosadi Experiment and Mindmix. Hauck 15:35, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Brother to Demons, Brother to Gods

Hi, I've found the cover artist for Brother to Demons, Brother to Gods by Jack Williamson —it's Jim Burns. Gonna add credit. Ofearna 20:07, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Brak the Barbarian cover artist credit

According to Christos Achilleos (aka Chris Achilleos)' website, he did the cover for Brak the Barbarian and 2 other books in this series. Looking through them you've verified Brak the Barbarian without cover artist credit, so I'm adding Christos' as cover artist.Ofearna 19:26, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi, I replaced the Amamzon scan for Stardance (Futura, 1979) with my own scan. --Dirk P Broer 16:09, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi, I replaced the Amazon scan for Antinomy (Dell, 1980) with my own scan. --Dirk P Broer 17:06, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi, added artist credit for A Dream of Wessex. Cheers, P-Brane 07:32, 10 May 2012 (UTC).

Added cover for your verified The Ruby Knight. Hauck 16:14, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Added new cover art for "The Other Side of the Sky" by Arthur C. Clarke (1975 and 1975 editions) BarDenis 19:15, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Added new cover art for "Icerigger" by Alan Dean Foster (1976 edition) BarDenis 19:21, 16 May 2012 (UTC)