Post #3557540
2026-07-03 13:43 UTC
THE SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH (1986)
Acrylic - 20” x 31”
After running through several preliminary concepts, I arrived at an approach to this book cover that felt perfect to me. The scene I imagined would be some time before the events described in the book. 1/8
#sciencefiction #illustration #arthurcclarke #delreybooks
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@MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art 2026-07-03 13:43
Somehow the bright demise of Earth witnessed from afar by the young heirs of human civilization seemed to capture the strange, sad feeling of the whole novel to me. 2/8
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@Kierkegaanks@beige.party 2026-07-03 14:57
@MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art was that a short story too? I have a recollection of reading it but nowhere near as bulky as a novel