Art by John Harris for Strength of Stones by Greg Bear (1981)

Art by Noriyoshi Ohrai for the movie program sold at Japanese screenings of Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior), 1982.

Escape from New York: The Game (TSR Games, 1981)

Art by Miyatake Kazutaka and others from the Super Dimension Fortress Macross - Original Illustrations portfolio (circa 1983/84)

If I was to choose a desert island artist, Bruce Pennington would be near top of the list. For sheer weirdness, mystery and mood Pennington takes the cake.

Concept art for Alderaan’s capital city, Aldera by Ralph McQuarrie (1993)

Incredibly detailed art by Geoff Taylor for Games Workshop’s White Dwarf magazine and Warhammer box art

Tim White (1952 – 2020) left us much too early. I remember sci-fi book store shelves here in Australia in the late 1970s - early 80s were completely dominated by artists Chris Foss, Tim White and Peter Elson. I particularly loved White’s hyperrealistic style and vivid colour work (purple skies!)

Art by Gilbert Williams ‘Entrance into the Earth’ (early 1980s). I was lucky to license this piece for The Emerald, the new album by my metal project Observers. The Emerald was inspired by Gilbert’s otherworldly forests and hidden portals. I’ve admired his visionary art for many years.

Growing up, Chris Foss (born 1946) painted the landscapes of my imagination and his art helped sell many books to me I would not have otherwise purchased! His iconic 1970s sci-fi art still feels as awe-inspiring today as it did then.

Art by Barbara Remington for the 1965 Ballentine edition of the Lord of The Rings trilogy by JRR Tolkien

Art by Greg & Tim Hildebrandt for the 1996 Topps Star Wars Shadows of the Empire Trading Cards #starwars

Art by Steve R Dodd ‘Mother Ship and Drones’ (2026)

Art by Bernie Wrightson for Epic Illustrated 30 (Marvel, 1985)

Art by Rolf Mohr for the 1994 game Universe (Core Design) @r0lfm0hr

Along with Kubrick and Lynch, David Cronenberg is one of my must-watch directors

Production illustrations by Ron Miller for David Lynch’s Dune.

Concept art for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). From The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 A Space Odyssey by Piers Bizony. The artist isn’t credited.

Unused concept art by Ron Cobb (2003)

Cinefantastique Stars Wars double issue. I bought this new off the rack with my hard earned pocket money. It was a mind blowing look behind the magic of Star Wars and it really did seem like magic to this twelve year old.

Official movie tie-in magazines 🙌

The first Terminator comic book series on Dark Horse comics (1990). Cover art by Chris Warner

Art by Barclay Shaw ‘Superconductivity’ interior art for The Weekly Ready (1987)

Steve R Dodd ‘The Sands of Cydonia’ (2025, acrylic on canvas board)

Tim White ‘Trumps of Doom’ by Roger Zelazny (Avon, 1985)

Art by Michael Whelan for the 1980s Del Rey reprints of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series. @michaelwhelan.bsky.social

From my collection - books published by Dragons’ Dream and its imprint Paper Tiger. Cofounded in 1976 by Roger Dean with Martyn Dean and Hubert Schaafsma, it published hundreds of titles until 2009 (?) Some of these are desert islands books for me.

Art by Frank Brunner from his portfolio Stormbringer The World of Elric (1982)

Art by Tim White for Out of My Mind by John Brunner (NEL, 1980)

Space frogs and lizards 🦎 🐸. Art by Alfred Kelsner (1994), Bob Eggleton (1991), Darrell K. Sweet (1986), Terry Oakes (1978), Ralph Mcquarrie x 3 (1985-86), Jane Badler (V, 1983-85)