Retro Sci-Fi Art

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Some sci-fi covers will never be credited

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Some sci-fi covers will never be credited

Plus: gothic romance, American Gothic, and time travel

Adam Rowe
Sep 26, 2021
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Some sci-fi covers will never be credited

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As anyone who’s followed retro science fiction book covers knows, not all of them are credited.

Most likely this phenomenon boils down to midcentury publishers not valuing cover artists highly enough to care about getting their name listed in the copyright page along with the author and publication date (sometimes the publication date didn’t even make i…

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