This 1977 cover for Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles is probably an off-beat choice for my Classic Sci-Fi Book Covers series. After all, it’s a pen-and-ink illustration, which is very unusual choice for sci-fi art.
Unusual, that is, unless you’re the great Ian Miller, who does most of his work in pencil or pen. Miller did a lot of Bradbury covers in the 1970s and 80s, and I love every single one of them. They have a weird, surreal, almost cubist quality to them that evokes the sense of mystery and magic that the best sci-fi novels create.
Here is another great cover by Miller.
And here is a link to his website.
Ash Clifton, Writer 