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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 »
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