author
Hannes Bok
1914–1964
A self-taught pulp-era artist and fantasy writer, he became one of the most distinctive visual imaginations in science fiction and weird fiction. His dreamlike covers, stories, and poems helped give mid-century genre magazines some of their most memorable atmosphere.
2 Audiobooks
One touch of Terra
by Hannes Bok
Stranger From Space
by Hannes Bok
About the author
Born Wayne Francis Woodard in 1914, he worked under the name Hannes Bok and built a reputation as an American illustrator, writer, and poet in fantasy and science fiction. He is especially remembered for his richly imaginative magazine art, which appeared on a large number of pulp covers and interior pages.
Bok's work stood out for its strange beauty and highly personal style. Reference sources on science fiction history describe him as one of the field's great individualists, an artist whose macabre and fantastical imagery left a strong mark on readers and collectors.
He also wrote fiction as well as creating art, with novels including The Sorcerer's Ship and Beyond the Golden Stair. Although he died in 1964 at just 49, his reputation has endured through anthologies, art collections, and the lasting affection of fantasy and science fiction fans.