Tor.com sci-fi wallpaper
For the past few months, Tor.com (publisher of fine fantasy and science fiction books) has been promoting their upcoming website redesign by releasing weekly FREE e-books by their authors, and FREE wallpapers featuring art both old and new. (Sizes range from iPhone to enormo-vision!)
This wallpaper is no longer available, so here’s a zip file of all sizes for your downloading pleasure (3.64 Mb).
About the artwork:
Jeff Jones’ cover art for Amazing Science Fiction magazine, September 1970. See more from this artist at http://www.ulster.net/~jonesart
May 16th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
I don’t believe I’ve ever heard of Mr. Jones before today. When I look at his paintings I think “Frank Frazetta meets Robert McGinnis”, and I love them!
May 16th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Awesome! I hadn’t heard of him either, and I like what I see. :D Glad I could introduce you to someone new!
June 20th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
The previous wallpapers are sort of available if you use the original location addresses. For example, the ones for the 14th newsletter which included Jeff Jones’ cover art for Amazing Science Fiction and Bruce Jensen’s cover art for Brass Men are:
Jeff Jones
iPhone http://www.tor.com/images/Wallpaper/05-15-2008/JeffJonesiPhone.jpg
800 x 480 http://www.tor.com/images/Wallpaper/05-15-2008/JeffJones800-480.jpg
1024×768 http://www.tor.com/images/Wallpaper/05-15-2008/JeffJones1024-768.jpg
1280×800 http://www.tor.com/images/Wallpaper/05-15-2008/JeffJones1280-800.jpg
1280×1024 http://www.tor.com/images/Wallpaper/05-15-2008/JeffJones1280-1024.jpg
1600×1200 http://www.tor.com/images/Wallpaper/05-15-2008/JeffJones1600-1200.jpg
1680×1050 http://www.tor.com/images/Wallpaper/05-15-2008/JeffJones1680-1050.jpg
Bruce Jensen
iPhone http://www.tor.com/images/Wallpaper/05-15-2008/JenseniPhone.jpg
800 x 480 http://www.tor.com/images/Wallpaper/05-15-2008/Jensen800-480.jpg
1024×768 http://www.tor.com/images/Wallpaper/05-15-2008/Jensen1024-768.jpg
1280×800 http://www.tor.com/images/Wallpaper/05-15-2008/Jensen1280-800.jpg
1280×1024 http://www.tor.com/images/Wallpaper/05-15-2008/Jensen1280-1024.jpg
1600×1200 http://www.tor.com/images/Wallpaper/05-15-2008/Jensen1600-1200.jpg
1680×1050 http://www.tor.com/images/Wallpaper/05-15-2008/Jensen1680-1050.jpg
I have all the wallpapers (and their addresses) except those from the 11th newsletter with Julie Bell and Boris Vallejo and the very first wallpaper offering in the 3rd newsletter with Todd Lockwood and Stephan Martiniere. I don’t suppose you have files for those, do you?
June 21st, 2008 at 11:42 am
I don’t, unfortunately. Aside from these two wallpaper posts (where I knew they’d need to be archived if I wanted to continue offering them), I haven’t been in the habit of archiving them each week.