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    A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers

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    Philip K. Dick's Widow Sues His Daughters Over Movie Rights

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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    11/18/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    De Elektrische Nachtmerrie? And here I thought title translations to Spanish were lame
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    Image of Bigdamnhero Bigdamnhero
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    Thank you. That was a wonderful waste of an hour.

    I got a kick out of the Dick covers. You can just hear the designers thinking, "I gotta stick some damn sheep on the cover somewhere? Christ. How the hell am I gonna do that?"
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/17/09

    @Bigdamnhero:
    I bet the answer came to them in their sleep. #bookcovers
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    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    Water from the well, this is. Must preserve them for future generations. #bookcovers
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers

      #bookcovers [www.chrisfossart.com]
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    Edited by SJ_Edwards at 11/17/09 7:37 PM SJ_Edwards was starred SJ_Edwards was unstarred
    Image of RizzRustbolt RizzRustbolt
    11/18/09

    @SJ_Edwards: Oooo... I love Chris Foss's work.
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    Awesome!
    For me, it's the polychrome space derelicts of Chris Foss's covers, that will forever populate the endless Oort cloud of my mind........
    [en.wikipedia.org] .
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    Image of Chip Skylark of Space Chip Skylark of Space
    11/18/09

    @SJ_Edwards: Berkey did some really nice giant space ship covers. I keep coming back to THE SKY IS FILLED WITH SHIPS. Great cover, great title, just above average novel. The same author (Richard C. Meredith) did another long titled book- WE ALL DIED AT BREAKAWAY STATION. That one had another Berkey cover, but it was much muddier. Then Meredith died incredibly young (41?).
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    Image of gd01skorpius gd01skorpius
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    Lol at the Enterprise in the spanish War of The Worlds #bookcovers
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    This is an awesomely cool idea. After all, it's the cover that catches our eye. And covers are representative of the time and space from whence they came. So these covers should tell us as much of their era and culture as they do about the book they illustrate; for some covers, more.

    I frequently order British editions of my favorite UK authors from Amazon.co.uk because I get paperbacks a year sooner than their American release. I find I generally like the UK cover art better.

    When I order older or used books from Amazon.com and there are several paperback editions available, I usually choose the one with the prettiest cover art. #bookcovers
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    Image of golddiggersof2033 golddiggersof2033
    11/17/09

    @Chip Overclock: I concur- British cover art is generally more interesting and prettier. Penguin UK does a really good job of it.

    This post made me warm and fuzzy- thanks Lauren! #bookcovers
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    Image of TallyCola TallyCola
    11/17/09

    @Chip Overclock: I totally go out of my to order British editions as well, especially when I'm giving a beloved book as a gift.

    I picked up Michael Marshall Smith's "Only Forward" and "Spares" completely on a whim in a UK bookstore because the covers looked so awesome and they became two of my favourite books of all time. A good cover art designer is... well they're good because they make me want to read books. #bookcovers
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    War of The Worlds #18 looks like a giant Disney character about to eat people. #bookcovers
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    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    I'm surprised the collection of Farenheit 451 covers didn't include what I would consider the obvious design answer: the cover itself appearing heat damaged, cracked and partially burned as if it was one of the books destroyed within the tale. #bookcovers
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    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    I love these posts, except for one thing - I look at some of the copies I have of these and realise there are much, much better editions out there I should have got instead.

    Having said that, I've got that iconic edition of A Clockwork Orange and I'm really quite smug about it. #bookcovers
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    Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. was starred Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. was unstarred
    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11/17/09

    @Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: I feel your pain. I'm continually annoyed by the fact that Will Smith stares back at me every time I pick up my copies of I, Robot and I am Legend (which is actually a collection of Richard Matheson's work to which Will Smith’s face has been randomly plastered). If only the movie-tie-in version of books weren't significantly cheaper and I weren't a poor, poor university student. #bookcovers
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    Image of PlasmaGlory PlasmaGlory
    11/17/09

    @Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: Which edition is that? #bookcovers
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    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    11/17/09


    @PlasmaGlory: This one. #bookcovers
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    11/18/09

    @Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: Is that the US or the UK version?
    I happen to own both, and while the cover is the same, the book itself is different. The US version doesn't come with the last chapter, which completely changes the ending, but it also has the Nadsat glossary in the back. The UK version doesn't have the Nadsat translations, but has all 21 chapters.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    Oh sweet. There goes my afternoon... staring at cool book covers. #bookcovers
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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    You know, I really love these posts. I'm not just saying that - I think they're awesome, and I love all the art Lauren digs up. (Go find the Travis Charest gallery and link to it, L!) But please, please tell me, isn't there some way to stop you people from making each gallery a separate story? It totally screws up the homepage for like, hours. #bookcovers
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    04/17/09

    In reply to Philip K. Dick's Widow Sues His Daughters Over Movie Rights
    Ugh, how predicktable. I suppose Tessa should get something from Scanner Darkly and deserves what ever comes from The Owl in Daylight but why block Ubik? It's all so icky.


    On another note, that cover image is made of pure Awsomemantium. Thanks for the post Ms. Anders.

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    Image of limber limber
    04/17/09

    In reply to Philip K. Dick's Widow Sues His Daughters Over Movie Rights
    ...Dickfight?
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    Image of Mark 2000 Mark 2000
    04/17/09

    In reply to Philip K. Dick's Widow Sues His Daughters Over Movie Rights
    Is Phillip K Dick the best Sci Fi author ever or something? Why is every burp he ever let out made into a movie?
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    Image of Sproing Sproing
    04/17/09

    @Mark 2000: They were pretty high-concept burps. *morp* Guy running from robots doesn't know he's a robot too *braap* Memories available for download *beerrroppp* Reality is not real *gooorrp*
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    04/17/09

    @Sproing: Yeah... but Dick in particular suffered from being overknown. His good writings are very good, but they're a little bit more acclaimed than they probably should be. But the upside is when you tack his name onto a movie it is guaranteed to make 25% more money than before.


    Ubik was okay... but it won't make a good movie. I mean, it's just going to be a vanilla sky clone, isn't it?

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    Image of Sproing Sproing
    04/17/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Well, "high-concept" in moviespeak doesn't necessarily mean good. It just means "easy to explain to a confoundingly dumb studio exec."
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