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2 unusual facts about Frank Kelly Freas


Elizabeth Weiffenbach

Frank Kelly Freas (class of 1938), famed science-fiction cover artist;

Skylab 2

The Skylab Expedition 1 patch was designed by Kelly Freas, a well-known artist highly regarded in the science fiction community, who was suggested to NASA by science fiction author and editor Ben Bova.


Stephen Hickman

Frank Kelly Freas said that no one since Rembrandt has mastered the use of gold the way Hickman has.

The 1985 Annual World's Best SF

For the hardcover edition the original cover art by Frank Kelly Freas was replaced by a new cover painting by Richard Powers.


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