Deer Tick Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 I'm wondering if there are any great or iconic works/creators of cover art out there that we can discuss and/or post images of (or would that be a violation of copyright?) thanks! D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Have at it. Try not to post anything too huge or people with slower connections could have problems (or put them in spoiler tags). Otherwise, go nuts. The 50s and 60s were an unbelievable time for SF cover art. The publishers discovered surrealism in a big big way. That's why we usually use cover art from that period in the iTunes cover art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 One of my favorites from when I was a kid (and it definitely got me to read the book): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 I know, right? I saw that in my school library in maybe fourth grade, and after looking at that cover there was nothing that was going to stop me from reading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 The books aren't all the greatest, but these were the covers that got me to grab these books at used book stores and introduced me to the work of each author, who have all changed my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjoyadet Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 The following books are graphic novels so they may not fit in "Books without pictures" but these books were the gateway drug that introduced me to science fiction. In the past ten years these series of books have gotten reprinted three times and that does not include a collection of the authors watercolor paintings. When Hermes Press released the early Buck Rogers comics I noticed that there were similarities with the aesthetics (Clothes, guns etc.) I would not be surprised if Hayao Miyazaki took some inspiration from those comics. I suggested to Mike a "grumpy old men" segment comparing the latest Buck Rogers with the 1982 "Nausicaa." I was ready to give him scans of both issues, but never got an answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjoyadet Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 One of my favorites from when I was a kid (and it definitely got me to read the book): I can see why. I frikin' love "A Wrinkle in time." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 This is the Wrinkled in Time cover I know: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjoyadet Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Come to think about it I also like Frank R. Paul's work. Always eye catching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjoyadet Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 looking at the Frank R. Paul gallery. woah! couldn't be... could it? thanks to <http://www.frankwu.com/Paul-253.html> and Frank Wu for posting the image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deer Tick Posted September 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 SInce "a princess of mars" is on the list, i wanted to share a nice link to some of my favorite cover art from the mars novels. I really like the cover to " gods of mars"http://www.catspawdynamics.com/john-carter-of-mars-covers-by-gino-dachille/ Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjoyadet Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 a classic image of a classic book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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