He designed a set of ten commemorative postage stamps for the U.S. Postal Service.[9] One of the stamps in the Space Exploration series (1991), is credited with helping inspire the New Horizons mission to that planet.[10][11][12] The Pluto stamp was attached to the spacecraft before launch.[13] The stamp is now in the Guinness Book of World Records as having traveled further than any other postage stamp in history.[citation needed] He has been a production illustrator for motion pictures, notably Dune[14][15] and an unproduced version of Total Recall; and he designed and co-wrote the computer-generated show ride film, Comet Impact! for SimEx. He has provided concept and special effects art for numerous other directors.[16] Most recently he was a co-producer of the documentary film, "A Brush With the Future."[17]
Miller has taken part in international space art workshops and exhibitions, including seminal sessions held in Iceland and the Soviet Union.[18] He was invited by the Soviet government to the 30th anniversary celebration of the launch of Sputnik, and has lectured on space art and space history in the United States, France, Japan, Italy and Great Britain. He was featured on Hour 25 Science Fiction Radio program in early 2003.[19]
An authority on the work of astronomical artist Chesley Bonestell, his book The Art of Chesley Bonestell received a Hugo Award in 2002.[20] A feature-length documentary based on this book, "A Brush With the Future," for which he was co-producer, won the Audience Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival and Best Documentary at the San Diego Comic Con. Other books have received awards, including a Silver Award for best fiction from ForeWord magazine for Palaces & Prisons[21] and the Violet Crown Award from the Writers' League of Texas for Bradamant.[22] His Worlds Beyond series received the American Institute of Physics Award of Excellence.[23]The Grand Tour has gone through three editions, multiple printings, several translations, was a Hugo Award nominee[24] and has sold over 250,000 copies. It was also twice a Book-of-the-Month feature selection. This and other books have been selections of the Science, Quality Paperback and Science Fiction Book Clubs. His book, Digital Art, was listed on the VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) Nonfiction Honor List in 2009.[23] In all, he has 75 works in 142 publications in 6 languages in 16,977 libraries world-wide.[25]
A recent project has been Black Cat Press, which Miller has devoted to publishing new editions of rare and obscure science fiction, fantasy and science fact books.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Unicorn, 1988) Illustrator and translator
In the Stream of Stars (Workman, 1990) with William K. Hartmann; foreword by Ray Bradbury
The Bronwyn Trilogy: Palaces & Prisons, Silk & Steel, Hearts & Armor (Ace, 1991–1992) Novels; rewritten and published as A Company of Heroes (Baen Books, 2014) along with the additional fourth and fifth volumes, The Scientist and The Space Cadet
The History of Earth (Workman, 1992) with William K. Hartmann
