{"id":3355,"date":"2013-07-12T14:29:08","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T14:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3355"},"modified":"2013-07-12T14:32:42","modified_gmt":"2013-07-12T14:32:42","slug":"spaceship-book-cover-art-for-1970s-british-paperbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3355","title":{"rendered":"Spaceship book cover art for 1970s British paperbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this great collection of spaceship cover art works for 1970s British sci-fi books: <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/mind-blowing-spaceships-from-1970s-british-paperbacks-739403082\" target=\"_d\">Mind-Blowing Spaceships from 1970s British Paperbacks &#8211; io9.com<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/\" target=\"_d\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover art by Tony Roberts for the book Beyond Apollo, by Barry Malzberg\" src=\"http:\/\/img.gawkerassets.com\/img\/18thtaqp8szv7jpg\/ku-medium.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"517\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Cover art by Tony Roberts for the book Beyond Apollo, by Barry Malzberg<\/em><\/div>\n<p>Find links to more galleries of classic sci-fi cover art and illustrations in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hobbyspace.com\/Art\/art2.html#Classic\">HS Space Art section<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this great collection of spaceship cover art works for 1970s British sci-fi books: Mind-Blowing Spaceships from 1970s British Paperbacks &#8211; io9.com Cover art by Tony Roberts for the book Beyond Apollo, by Barry Malzberg Find links to more galleries of classic sci-fi cover art and illustrations in the HS Space Art section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,20,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar-sci-fi","category-space-arts","category-space-books"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-S7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12496,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12496","url_meta":{"origin":3355,"position":0},"title":"Rik Allen creates sci-fi glass sculptures","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Glass artist\u00a0Rik Allen\u00a0specializes in sci-fi space inspired sculptures:\u00a0Area glass artist making art of rocket science - Connecticut Post. 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