More 70’s / 80’s Retro Sci-Fi in the form of Book Cover Art, this striking piece was produced by the late Peter Elson (1947-1998). Peter was a British Illustrator whose work appeared on the covers of numerous science fiction paperback novels in a style not dissimilar to Chris Foss (also mentioned on this blog). Peter’s work had a heavy influence on the first version of the PC game “Homeworld” according to artists who worked on the title.
Read more about him at this excellent fan site put together by Luca Oleastri
The rim of space hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Comment by jink — August 14, 2008 @ 2:34 pm
nice one MR Skoda Ad
Comment by admin — October 16, 2008 @ 8:51 pm
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