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David A. Hardy (born April 10, 1936 in Bournville, Birmingham, UK), is the longest-established living space artist, having illustrated his first book in 1954. Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bournville is a Model village on the south side of Birmingham, England, best known for its connections with the Cadbury family and Chocolate Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Space art is a general term for art emerging from knowledge and ideas associated with Outer space, both as a source of inspiration and as a means for visualizing and promoting Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar)

He started career as an employee in the Design Office of Cadbury's, where he created packaging and advertising art for the company's candies. His first science fiction art was published in 1970, but he has gone on to illustrate hundreds of covers for books, and for magazines such as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact. This is a list of Science fiction Artists and Illustrators Chris Achilleos Dan Adkins ATom Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (later Fantasy & Science Fiction and usually referred to as just F&SF) is a digest-size Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American Science fiction Magazine. His work also appears regularly in magazines such as Astronomy, Sky & Telescope, Astronomy Now and Popular Astronomy, for which he also writes articles. Astronomy ( ISSN 0091-6358 is a monthly American magazine about Astronomy. Sky & Telescope (S&T is an American monthly Magazine covering all aspects of Amateur astronomy, including current events in Astronomy Now is a monthly British Magazine on Astronomy and is the UK's best selling Popular Astronomy is the quarterly Magazine of the UK 's Society for Popular Astronomy.

He is European Vice President of the International Association of Astronomical Artists, and a member of the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists. The International Association of Astronomical Artists (IAAA is a non-profit organization whose members implement and participate in Astronomical and Space art projects The Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists, ASFA is a non-profit educational association whose membership is made up of amateur and professional artists art directors art

He has been Artist Guest of Honour at a number of Science fiction conventions, including Stucon, Albacon, Armadacon, Novacon, and the 2007 Eurocon. Science fiction conventions are gatherings of the community of fans (called Science fiction fandom) of various forms of Speculative fiction including Science Albacon is the Albany Science fiction convention held each autumn in the Albany New York area also called the Capital District. Novacon is an annual Science fiction convention, usually held each November in the West Midlands UK Eurocon is an annual Science fiction convention held in Europe.

Major books

Challenge of the Stars (with Patrick Moore) (1972), revised as New Challenge of the Stars 1978
Galactic Tours (with Bob Shaw) (1981)
Atlas of the Solar System (1982/1986)
Visions of Space (Dragon’s World, 1989)
Hardyware: The Art of David A. Sir Alfred Patrick Caldwell-Moore, CBE, HonFRS, FRAS (born 4 March 1923 in Pinner) known as Patrick Moore, is Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Bob Shaw, born Robert Shaw ( December 31, 1931 - February 12, 1996) was a Science fiction author and fan from Northern Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Hardy (text by Chris Morgan]; Paper Tiger UK/Sterling USA 2001)
Aurora: A Child of Two Worlds (novel; Cosmos Books, 2003)
Futures: 50 Years in Space (text by Sir Patrick Moore, AAPPL/HarperCollins 2004), (Paperback 50 Years in Space AAPPL 2006)

Awards and Honours

1979 Nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works
1987 Won 'Best European SF Artist' award. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar)
2001 Won the Lucien Rudaux Memorial Award. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Lucien Rudaux (1874 &ndash 1947 was a French artist and astronomer who created famous paintings of space themes in the 1920s and 1930s
2003,2004,2005 Best cover art, readers award, Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American Science fiction Magazine.
2005 FUTURES was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Related Book. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works
2005 FUTURES Won the Sir Arthur Clarke Award for 'Best Written Presentation'. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Sir Arthur Clarke Award is a British Award given in recognition of notable contributions to space exploration particularly British achievements

An asteroid has been named after him: Davidhardy = 1998 SB32. Asteroids, sometimes called Minor planets or planetoids', are bodies—primarily of the inner Solar System —that are smaller than planets but Discovered 1998 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Spacewatch is a project at the University of Arizona that specializes in the study of Minor planets including various types of Asteroids and Comets The Kitt Peak National Observatory ( KPNO) is a United States astronomical Observatory located on a 2096 m (6880 ft peak of the

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