Art by Rodney Mathews

Link: Close to the Edge: Albums For Science Fiction Fans

I think the first sign that you’re “getting old” is you start wishing everything was the way it “used to be.” In most things, I can stop myself and ask, “Now is this really any worse?” You have to remember I survived disco. It helps you keep your perspective.

Art by Roger Dean

There are a few things from the past that I think younger people are missing out on though. One of these is fantasy album art. Beginning in the 1960s, with covers like Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, album art took off in directions that have become iconic.

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