io9.com - 11/19/2009
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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.
We've collected various book covers from a number of classic science fiction ...
io9.com - 11/18/2009
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io9.com —
Lauren Davis writes: “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. The covers are sometimes surprisingly pulpy, others are ...
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A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book ...
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3:AM Magazine —
... Today’s quick lit [& alt.cult] links from around the web:
Kurt Vonnegut’s letter to his family describing his capture & survival in a repatriation camp (via @drmabuse)
& Edward Gorey, lost & found
& A history of 16 Sc-Fi classics, told in book covers (via The Casual Optimist)
& Bookkake on Michael Butterworth’s Corridor8
& Francis Bacon, A Terrible Beauty ...
Going Mad in Someone Else's Language
Caustic Cover Critic —
I came across these two covers here, and they grabbed my attention. They appear to be Hebrew translations of John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids, and Isaac Asimov's I, Robot. The publisher is ...
SF Tidbits for 11/21/09
SF Signal —
... KGB reading with Sarah Micklem and Alisa Kwitney.
Art/Music In case you missed it, it was impromptu Book Cover Week on the InterTubes: Here's our own Mind Meld on The Most Memorable SF/F Book Covers. Missions Unknown levergaed that for their take on San Antonio's Picks for Most Memorable SF/F Book Covers. io9 also played along with The Cheesiest And Most Inappropriate Book Covers Of All Time and A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers. @Omnivoracious: Go Ahead, ...
In the Ether
The Second Pass —
... A look at various covers over the years for 16 sci-fi classics. One commenter: “I’m really digging the War of the Worlds that just straight-up stole the Enterprise for the cover.” (Via ...
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