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    Dirk Anger: De Elektrische Nachtmerrie? And here I thought title translations to Spanish were lame more »
    Bigdamnhero: 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 som... more »
    gods-n-clods: Water from the well, this is. Must preserve them for future generations. #bookcovers more »
    SJ_Edwards:   #bookcovers [www.chrisfossart.com] more »
    SJ_Edwards: 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... more »
    Pittsburghmuggle: 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 th... more »
    rroonnbb: 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.... more »
    veeerules: 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... more »
    HowIsYourFlat: This could have been awesome if each edition's release year or date was displayed. But I like this. #bookcovers more »
    gd01skorpius: Lol at the Enterprise in the spanish War of The Worlds #bookcovers more »
    Chip Overclock: 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 c... more »
    Garrett Steele: 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 digg... more »
    Lowry: Some of the coolest classic sf covers I've seen are from the spanish editor Martinez Roca: [www.flickr.com] Worth checking out... #bookcovers more »
    Lalei: 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 c... more »
    Obama takes time to read kotaku's comments...: Fahrenheit 451 #10 is my copy #bookcovers more »
    soundkeeper: I love that someone decided to put a glass of milk on the cover of A Clockwork Orange. I think it's fascinating to see that when someone picked a repr... more »
    MonkeyT: War of The Worlds #18 looks like a giant Disney character about to eat people. #bookcovers more »
    MonkeyT: 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 d... more »
    omnibus_spiritus: What's up with the Starship Enterprise on the cover of "La Guerre de los mondos"? Must be a pirate copy! #bookcovers more »
    Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: 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 s... more »
  • #coverart

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

    A single book can inspire a wide range of covers, and sometimes those covers can be works of art themselves. We look at some classic science fiction novels and the various covers they've worn throughout the years. More »
  • #gallery

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  • #philipkdick

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

    Could a movie of Philip K. Dick's trippy Ubik be delayed by a new lawsuit filed by his widow, Tessa Dick? She's suing the production company run by two of his daughters, over movie rights. More »
  • #triviagasm

    A Brief History of Reality Distortion Fields, Starring Steve Jobs

    Steve Jobs is the first non-science fiction character to possess a reality distortion field (RDF). Apple's MacWorld 2008 conference kicks off tomorrow with a keynote from Jobs, which leaves gadget lovers and iPod fiends white-knuckled on Tuesday morning as news of the next "insanely great" thing trickles out of Moscone Center in San Francisco. Why does this speech cause such furor (and fury) every year? RDF, of course. We've got the scoop on how Jobs came to posses the RDF, and we've got four other famous RDFs from science fiction for you to contemplate as you await the mind-control ray that will emanate from MacWorld tomorrow. More »