Science fiction art ROCKS!

http://io9.com/5621039/scifi-art-appreciation-101-the-two-rules-of-awesome-sffantasy-art?skyline=true&s=i
Art Appreciation 101: The two rules of awesome SF/fantasy art.

maybe you should not judge a book by its cover, but we all know it happens.
This article looks at some FABULOUS SF/fantasy artists including some of my faves Frazetta and Giger, and was tickled to see the Mercy Thompson book cover art in there (BTW these books ROCK!)

There are some more great art related articles, including history stuff, just click around looking at the links (click art)

for info on Syd Mead's concept art for Blade Runner check out this article http://io9.com/364347/the-jazz-album-cover-that-became-blade-runner

image: Syd Mead. Image Taken from the 1978 Paper Tiger Book “Flight of Icarus”.
http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2008/09/21/syd-mead-space-wreck/