As an illustrator, Greg Bear's artwork has appeared on GALAXY, FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION and VERTEX and books both hardcover and paperback. Greg was a founding member of ASFA, the Association of Science Fiction Artists. His last professional work of art was the cover of his own novel, PSYCHLONE, in reprint from Tor. (Click photos to see larger image.)
Here’s Greg’s cover art for the 1988 Tor Books reprint of PSYCHLONE. The rough, the final piece, and the printed version.
Greg was a big fan of Arthur C. Clarke and was delighted to meet him a couple of times as well as have a sporadic correspondence. Dr. Karl Anders traveled to Sri Lanka several times and would bring items of exchange between them. Here’s Sir Arthur posing with two of Greg’s books. Greg especially loved the pose of Clarke holding his nose over DINOSAUR SUMMER. One of the things Clarke sent was this first day cover of a Sri Lankan stamp honoring himself.
