What does the future hold? In our new series “Imagining the Next Future,” Polygon explores the new era of science fiction — in movies, books, TV, games, and beyond — to see how ...

We’ve drooled over vintage pulp science fiction art from the likes of Virgil Finlay, Frank R. Paul, and Ed Emshwiller b efore.But this mostly black and white interior artwork, scanned and posted ...

Here’s a brief history of science fiction cover art, charting its earliest development, from the 1860s into the pulp era. Romanticized Beginnings.

Wonders and Visions: A Visual History of Science Fiction will include more than 350 images and accompanying explanations that delve into how artistic styles evolved alongside the genre. This isn ...

Heritage Auctions just had a good week: The auction house broke multiple records with the sale of a science fiction art collection that exceeded its pre-auction estimate by more than $1 million to ...

Last week on Brow Beat, we wrote about Ward Shelley’s infographic, “History of Science Fiction” — and we weren’tthe only ones enamored of Shelley’s gorgeous, be-tentacled painting.

Artist Chesley Bonestell worked from rocket scientist Wernher von Braun's original designs to paint this view of a space station hovering above Central America, together with a resuable shuttle ...

Julie Dillon is a rising star in the science fiction and fantasy community and her gorgeous artwork has appeared on a number of books and magazine covers. Now, she’s Kickstarting a new art book ...

Graves Gladney, “Black Destroyer” (Astounding Science Fiction, July 1939). The artist Graves Gladney was best known for his dramatic work for the mystery pulps, especially The Shadow, but he ...

But in Kaster’s view, the science isn’t what elevates today’s sci-fi above what was written during the “Golden Age” of the mid-20th century. Instead, it’s the uniquely human art of ...

Science fiction allows artists to speculate about the future through imaginative and technical concepts. But so often the prevailing vision of that future in popular culture tends toward the dystopian ...