Old art from 1976... that a fan spurred me to scan. Unfortunately, the original art was long ago sold, so the scan was only as good as the xeroxes I had, and one of them took a bit of air brushing to make presentable. The owners are Dorothy and Elliott Grassett, big fans of high fantasy like Tolkien and Lewis. The art was done for the Mythopoeic Society newsletter, and xeroxes were the only copies I had. Both of the Grassetts are probably long since deceased, since they were middle-aged in the mid-70s. I rather regret I sold the art since it is unlikely I ever made more than a pittance for the work. Malacadra is from the third book in the C.S. Lewis trilogy, and represents the Moon, a world ruined by human-like people who were corrupted by Satan. Of the three books, it is the darkest and set in the most realistic setting. The Moon is only mentioned in passing, and the novel is set on Earth and in the present.
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There was a big revival of reprinting old SF and fantasy in the 1970s, that lasted through the 80s. Tons of old work books such as the Narmia trilogy were reprinted. Many still remain in print, but I suppose there is much less notice of it. For one thing, there was a birth of new writers, followed by the desk-top publishing craze. Now there are far more wanna-be writers all competing on line, and at conventions, trying to sell more books than there are readers for, I think. The big publishers don't need to put themselves out to find material to reprint. As things are, it may be lucky if Heinlein and Asimov's less-known books are in print.
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