Show us a favorite cover, or one that stinks.
I'm not sure what this guy is on, but that stick worries me, not to mention the zap-gun....
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I love old sci-fi book covers. I've bought several books just because the cover looked cool! Obviousely, these haven't been high-brow literature, but they're fun. Here's one that actually was good:
City at Worlds End
Link (I have the one that's second from the top.) :
http://andrewdarlington.blogspot.com/2012/03/book-review-edmond-hamilton-city-at.html (http://andrewdarlington.blogspot.com/2012/03/book-review-edmond-hamilton-city-at.html)
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You can see why I enjoy this one....
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This was the first science-fiction novel I ever read, back in 1969....the cover illustration hooked me....
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This was my first venture into sci-fi....although this is sort of a sci-fi/fantasy combo:
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I loved the cover.
I love the title of this one.
I'm guessing it's the story of a rapist.
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This one's pretty sleazy too.
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Read an anthology when I was younger and thought it had the most bizarre cover art I'd ever seen.
(http://thetrashcollector.com/PaperbacksAL/BookBerserkers.jpg)
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One of my favorites from high school....
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Here's a fantastic one for WHO GOES THERE? by John W. Campbell-the story in which the film versions of the THING were based!
Great Hannes Bok art!
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I love the art on the front and back of this monthly pulp....
(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l79/RCMerchant/KGrHqRHJDE9ZW0LRUBPSkKmzYYQ60_57.jpg)(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l79/RCMerchant/KGrHqJlIE8MN7KbsCBPSkKLw1Hw60_57.jpg)
I like the cheezy giant spider here....
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Excellent on the "Who Goes There" pic.
I wonder what sci fi we'd have these days if not for the editorial judgment of John W. Campbell. That dude launched a lot of careers.
Heres some sex and sci fi covers....
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Here's a Spainish cover for Pierre Boulle's PLANET OF THE APES-
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Here's a couple more that caught my eye.
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Quote from: major jay on May 11, 2012, 08:57:23 AM
Here's a couple more that caught my eye.
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Great covers...not sci-fi though.
Quote from: RCMerchant on May 12, 2012, 04:22:43 AM
Great covers...not sci-fi though.
OOPS, somehow I missed that in the title. :lookingup:
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Quote from: AndyC on May 12, 2012, 08:11:17 AM
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LOL....this made me think of one of my favorites by Alan Dean Foster...
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Quote from: major jay on May 12, 2012, 07:29:14 AM
Quote from: RCMerchant on May 12, 2012, 04:22:43 AM
Great covers...not sci-fi though.
OOPS, somehow I missed that in the title. :lookingup:
Actually, ODD JOHN is science-fiction....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd_John
A great cover and a great title....
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A couple more.
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This is kinda scifi.
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Too much of a good thing....?
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(http://www.middlemiss.org/lit/bookcovers/beyondtom.jpg)
Of the various depictions of the cyborg Roger Torraway, this is my favourite, although it's not quite how I pictured him. The book wasn't bad, but not nearly as good as Man Plus.
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I remember this cover getting my attention when I saw it in a grocery store as a kid. Still haven't read it though.
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Quote from: alandhopewell on May 12, 2012, 12:18:43 PM
A great cover and a great title....
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That cover has always creeped me out.
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Remind you of anything?
Quote from: alandhopewell on May 18, 2012, 02:00:42 PM
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Remind you of anything?
One of my favorite album covers from one of my favorite groups...
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The title definitely made me want to read this....
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(http://www.alice-dsl.net/aymar/Reviews/Reviews_Robert%20Heinlein/John%20Melo/Robert%20A%20Heinlein_Future%20History_The%20Green%20Hills%20of%20Earth_BEAN_John%20Melo.jpg)
Everyone's a critic.
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