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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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    Edited by SJ_Edwards at 11/17/09 7:29 PM SJ_Edwards was starred SJ_Edwards was unstarred
    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 Pittsburghmuggle Pittsburghmuggle
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    There was a Asimov's Foundation book cover that had a girl standing atop something with her back to us with ruins in the background. I didn't read that one (Barely made it through the first book), but I almost bought that copy just because I thought she had a cute butt.

    Just my two cents on book covers.

    Ah, here it is. [www.slawcio.com] #bookcovers
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    Image of veeerules veeerules
    11/17/09

    @Pittsburghmuggle: I think she's supposed to be Arkady Darell from the second book. She was one of very few female protagonists in 40/50's SF. #bookcovers
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    Image of rroonnbb rroonnbb
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    Shelfari (www.shelfari.com) has a cover history for just about any book - here's the page for Neuromancer: [www.shelfari.com] and one for Dune: [www.shelfari.com] #bookcovers
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    Image of veeerules veeerules
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    Wow, I've suddenly had some flashbacks of rummaging through boxes of my parents' books in dark corners of the basement... I think it is fun to try and guess the year. That 50 cent copy of Fahrenheit 451 was the book that brought me to SF; now I have the 50th anniversary edition. #bookcovers
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    Image of HowIsYourFlat HowIsYourFlat
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    This could have been awesome if each edition's release year or date was displayed. But I like this. #bookcovers
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    MonkeyT promoted this comment HowIsYourFlat was starred HowIsYourFlat was unstarred
    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 Garrett Steele Garrett Steele
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    I love looking through cover art like this, but one got a belly-laugh out of me before I even started with the gallery. I have to say, I'm really digging the War of the Worlds that just straight-up stole the Enterprise for the cover. That is awesome. #bookcovers
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    Annalee Newitz promoted this comment Garrett Steele was starred Garrett Steele was unstarred
    Image of Lowry Lowry
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    Some of the coolest classic sf covers I've seen are from the spanish editor Martinez Roca:

    [www.flickr.com]

    Worth checking out... #bookcovers
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    Image of Lalei Lalei
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    This reminds me of one of the sessions of a sci-fi lit course I took last year, where our professor showed us this awesome powerpoint on sci-fi book covers and how they use design techniques to convey certain messages. It was so interesting, and was one of favorite parts of class :) #bookcovers
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/17/09

    @Lalei: Can you find out if he uploaded it to the internet? Or ask him to? It sounds fascinating. #bookcovers
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    11/18/09

    @SJ_Edwards: Or ask you to? It really does sound really interesting
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    Image of Obama takes time to read kotaku's comments... Obama takes time to read kotaku's comments...
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    Fahrenheit 451 #10 is my copy #bookcovers
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    Annalee Newitz promoted this comment Obama takes time to read kotaku's comments... was starred Obama takes time to read kotaku's comments... was unstarred
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