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alandhopewell

May 07, 2012, 02:11:46 PM
     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....

If it's true what they say, that GOD created us in His image, then why should we not love creating, and why should we not continue to do so, as carefully and ethically as we can, on whatever scale we're capable of?

     The choice is simple; refuse to create, and refuse to grow, or build, with care and love.

Pacman000

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May 08, 2012, 05:11:17 PM
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

RCMerchant

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May 09, 2012, 05:56:58 AM




You can see why I enjoy this one....

Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."
Slobber, Drool, Drip!
https://www.tumblr.com/ronmerchant

alandhopewell

#3
May 09, 2012, 12:12:12 PM
     This was the first science-fiction novel I ever read, back in 1969....the cover illustration hooked me....

If it's true what they say, that GOD created us in His image, then why should we not love creating, and why should we not continue to do so, as carefully and ethically as we can, on whatever scale we're capable of?

     The choice is simple; refuse to create, and refuse to grow, or build, with care and love.

tracy

#4
May 09, 2012, 12:18:10 PM
This was my first venture into sci-fi....although this is sort of a sci-fi/fantasy combo:



I loved the cover.
Yes,I'm fine....as long as I don't look too closely.

major jay

#5
May 09, 2012, 12:40:50 PM
I love the title of this one.
I'm guessing it's the story of a rapist.



This one's pretty sleazy too.

The Burgomaster

#6
May 09, 2012, 03:07:57 PM






"Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave me the hell alone."

ulthar

#7
May 09, 2012, 03:37:17 PM
Read an anthology when I was younger and thought it had the most bizarre cover art I'd ever seen.


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Professor Hathaway:  I noticed you stopped stuttering.
Bodie:      I've been giving myself shock treatments.
Professor Hathaway: Up the voltage.

--Real Genius

major jay

#8
May 10, 2012, 10:56:09 AM


??????

alandhopewell

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May 10, 2012, 12:15:48 PM
     One of my favorites from high school....

If it's true what they say, that GOD created us in His image, then why should we not love creating, and why should we not continue to do so, as carefully and ethically as we can, on whatever scale we're capable of?

     The choice is simple; refuse to create, and refuse to grow, or build, with care and love.

RCMerchant

#10
May 10, 2012, 04:52:18 PM
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!



I love the art on the front and back of this monthly pulp....



I like the cheezy giant spider here....



Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."
Slobber, Drool, Drip!
https://www.tumblr.com/ronmerchant

ulthar

#11
May 10, 2012, 09:28:08 PM
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.
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Professor Hathaway:  I noticed you stopped stuttering.
Bodie:      I've been giving myself shock treatments.
Professor Hathaway: Up the voltage.

--Real Genius

RCMerchant

#12
May 11, 2012, 04:54:25 AM
Heres some sex and sci fi covers....





Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."
Slobber, Drool, Drip!
https://www.tumblr.com/ronmerchant

RCMerchant

#13
May 11, 2012, 04:57:35 AM Last Edit: May 11, 2012, 05:00:15 AM by RCMerchant
Here's  a Spainish cover for Pierre Boulle's PLANET OF THE APES-

Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."
Slobber, Drool, Drip!
https://www.tumblr.com/ronmerchant

major jay

#14
May 11, 2012, 08:57:23 AM
Here's a couple more that caught my eye.



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