Virgil Finlay art for the April-May 1965 Things To Come for the Science Fiction Book Club, advertising The 9th Annual of the Year’s Best SF edited by Judith Merril. #FinlayFriday
Virgil Finlay illustrating ‘The Bird of Time’ by Wallace West from Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1952. It was incorporated with three other stories into a fix-up novel by the same name and published by Gnome Press in 1959. #FinlayFriday
A 27 year old Virgil Finlay illustrating The Lord of the Jungle in one of ERB's final tales from Argosy Weekly, August 23, 1941. Surely one of his final assignments before entering WWII. Burroughs, in his late 60s and in Honolulu during the attack on Pearl Harbor, became one of the oldest war correspondents for the duration. Please, don't be shy, drop your best "dude wrestling a python" jokes below. ⬇️ #FinlayFriday
As the 14th of February approaches, it seems a good time for Virgil Finlay’s illustrations for ‘The Lovers’ by Philip José Farmer, a novella published in the 8/1952 issue of 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 after rejections from 𝑨𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 and 𝑮𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒙𝒚. Later expanded, it received an honorable mention at the 1962 Hugo Awards for Best Novel. #FinlayFriday
Odd name for a superhero. Virgil Finlay cover painting of 'Minimum Man or Time to Be Gone' by Andrew Marvell from Famous Fantastic Mysteries, August 1947. #FinlayFriday
Virgil Finlay illustrating “The Shadow of Wings” by Robert Silverberg from Worlds of IF Science Fiction, July 1963. #FinlayFriday
“He saw a body about the size of a man, covered with darkish thick fur and terminating in two short, thick, powerful-looking legs. As he watched the Kethlan shivered and stretched forth its vast leathery wings.”
For the final Finlay Friday for the foreseeable future (okay, this year), there's nothing left to do but strap on your Corinthian helmet, hop on a robot, pop open some bubbly, and watch the world burn. #FinlayFriday
Virgil Finlay book jacket for this Andre Norton edited anthology from World Publishing Co., 1953. Plus a preliminary painting for same which was completely rethought. #FinlayFriday
Something special for this Halloween season Finlay Friday the 13th! In addition to his stunning artwork, Virgil also wrote the occasional poem. However, the only one published during his lifetime was in the final issue of the original run of Weird Tales, September 1954, with his own illustration. #FinlayFriday
Virgil Finlay illustration for the 1919 H.P. Lovecraft story "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" for it's reprint appearance in the March, 1938 issue of Weird Tales. It was later inscribed and gifted to another giant, "To A. Merritt, a master of fantasy. From Virgil Finlay"
Virgil Finlay illustrating A. Merritt's classic novel "The Face in the Abyss" reprinted in Famous Fantastic Mysteries, October 1940. See the #AltText for more.