His nephew found my post and put me in touch. Book cover art, book jacket art was fun concept art, a bit more free than other illustration work” - Emanuel Schongutīack on May 19th, I showcased Emanuel Schongut’s 1960s SF covers. New York City was affordable and fun, fertile in its influences. Art, music, film all pushing the envelope. “I think the 60s and 70s were probably one the most creatively interesting periods for everyone. (Cover for the 1972 edition of Recalled to Life (1958), Robert Silverberg) Another volume by the same name was published in 1966 in the Continue reading → Adventures in Science Fiction Cover Art: Interview with Emanuel Schongut and a selection of his 1970s SF covers Note: this title refers to the 1972 US publication which was a best of earlier volumes. Overall New Writings in SF 9 is superior to New Writings in SF 4 (1965) but probably only satisfying for Coney and Harrison completists….

Too bad the three above were never anthologized outside of John Carnell’s New Writings series!

John Harrison account of paranoia and guilt over the massacre of mysterious aliens are worth the read. Coney’s haunting tale of evolutionary dependency and M. Of the bunch, I will probably only remember Vincent King’s vision of the angst as the exploration of the entire galaxy nears completion… Both authors whom I know far better produce the best of the collection. (Gene Szafran’s cover for the 1972 edition)Īn imaginary question I received: “Why do you read anthologies cover to cover?” I love discovering new authors and those I was aware existed but haven’t read-with New Writings in SF 9 (1972) the following fall into this bipartite category: Joseph Green, Paul Corey, Arthur Sellings, Vincent King, R.

The Mind behind the Eye by Joseph Green