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more about #coverart Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Ye gods, I'm glad these are supposed to be aliens, b/c their anatomy certainly doesn't look human. Did they get a 10 year old to paint this? more » MondoVampire: Oddly enough, I am currently reading this book, but with the original cover (it was just a starry night sky). It was originally published in 1988. It'... more » lightninglouie: Actually, this looks like it might have been written by George McFly during his much-maligned alcoholic phase of the early 1990s. more » LittleDragon: sounds like Earth: Final Conflict toward the end. more » Smeagol92055: I was going to make snarky comments on the Stargate, the typeface, and the picture of the two lovers, but I see that pretty much every other io9 user ... more » MargaretMoony: The cover art suggests that this is the love story between my fourth grade teacher and Michael Jackson and how they consummated their love in front of... more » Faustroll: Publishers really do hire the worst artists. I mean seriously, that wouldn't get a passing grade in a sophomore art class. more » lightninglouie: At first I thought this was some sort of black velvet fan art poster for the 1985 film Into the Night, starring Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer, w... more » MonkeyT: "Weirdly, Amazon has a version of the book cover where the woman suddenly has long, flowy hair and a more doll-like face." It's that eternal youth bu... more » Brian St. Claire: ...So is it, or is it NOT, the sequel to Lifeforce? more » DrMathochist: OH GOD I CAN STILL SEE IT WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES. more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Vampires on the Moon. And we carry a Harpoon!! Anyone have any idea where that Werewolf film set on the Moon went???? I think it was called 'Full mo... more » Annalee Newitz: Nothing says "classy" like the dripping-blood font. more » Willow01: Why are they in front of the StarGate? more » BangarangRufio867: they look suspiciously like a young Linda Hamilton and John Stamos more » burlybax: Joanie loves Chachi more » SeeingI: #29 Orgy of the Dead - by Ed Wood - there's a movie, too, you know! more » Althestane: These are the kinds of books that you find as a kid, forgotten and stuffed in between those larger hardback books on your parent's bookshelves. Immed... more » Klebert L. Hall: I kinda think including '70s European covers is cheating... AFAICT, they used the same ad copy for breakfast cereal and plungers. -Kle. more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: My copy of "Glory Road" looked nothing like that. more » -
#coverart
A Vampire Love Story On The Moon, And Our New Favorite Book Cover
Move over, Diamond Star! There's a new contender for most cheesetastic book cover of the 2000s. It's the cover art for futuristic vampire romance Those Of My Blood. In the full high-res version, you can see the lunar explorer's fangs. More » -
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Cheesiest And Most Inappropriate Book Covers Of All Time
Most of us would have no problem being seen in public reading a science-fiction novel... unless it had a cover so hideous, or so wrong, that you might get arrested. Here are the cheesiest and most disturbing science-fiction book covers. More » -
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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 » -
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Covers That Rock: The Truth Revealed!
Yesterday, we took a journey into the unknown, with fantastic images that could have been science-fiction book covers or rock album covers. Today, the unbelievable truth is revealed! More » -
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Classic 1960s Pulp Cover Art Is A Collection Of Self-Portraits
This cover art for Andre Norton's Three Against The Witch World crackles with eldritch insanity - and that's before you realize that artist Harry Borgman used himself and his wife as the models. More » -
#sciencefictionart
Revenge Of The Giant Space Tentacle
I've found myself admiring John Picacio's art a bunch of times without knowing his name. His images have appeared on the cover of a bunch of books from Pyr, Tachyon and several other publishers, including this wrap-around cover illustration for Son Of Man by Robert Silverberg. His work has a grand kinetic sweep that helps put the "opera" in "space opera." There's a gallery of some of his covers, including his newly completed cover for Dan Simmon's Muse Of Fire, below. More » -
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The Best Scifi Book Covers Of All Time — And Space
Here's a gorgeous detail from Michael Whelan's cover art for Arthur C. Clarke's 2010: Odyssey Two. It has everything, the giant blue baby head, the spaceship, the sillhouette of Jupiter, and that sexy, sexy obelisk. The folks over at LibraryThing are having a discussion of their favorite science fiction book covers, and it's introduced me to some amazing classic — and recent — cover art that I hadn't seen before. Click through to see a few of the other great LibraryThing recommendations, including an Asimov cover by Ralph McQuarrie. More »
