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Lol this cover is totally a self insert by Michael Whelan, he has a great sense of humor and would do that occasionally when he could get away with it. Here's he and his wife in another cover he did:  he's probably most famous for his covers for Anne McCaffrey but he has done them for a shitload of fantasy and sf books
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RBA Starblade posted:If you haven't, go to wikipedia and read the description for Dr. Bloodmoney. quote:Meanwhile, Edie Keller's conjoined twin brother Bill, a sentient fetus within her body,
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May 28, 2020 19:38
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the full prince charles, i see.
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RBA Starblade posted:If you haven't, go to wikipedia and read the description for Dr. Bloodmoney. that sure was a thing
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May 28, 2020 20:06
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  Either of these could be on a bitchin van
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 Artist is Doug Beekman, who also did covers for the Conan comics
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Hell yeah that owns. You know what's funny is I wouldn't think it was as cool if it were like, a wizard with a laptop or an iPad - gotta be early 1980s big beige box (or older) tech to really resonate. Why I don't know, but it wouldn't belong on a van if he were like, in that same painting only with a tablet. Maybe it's because the whole rest of the aesthetic would have to change as well, hence the equivalent is like, Neo in the Matrix outfit or something Anyway here's a good one. Guess she better hit whatever it is pretty fast 'cause I don't exactly see a stack of ammo anywhere for that thing 
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Zetsubou-san posted:
God, this is fantastic
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Lord of Light has some fantastic covers. https://i.imgur.com/hxGbBdh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/3Of9UoI.jpg https://i.imgur.com/HM00yQR.jpg https://i.imgur.com/7VScBZJ.jpg And some rad illustrations https://i.imgur.com/X8HZJ15.jpg
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The second one and the illustrations have to be Jack Kirby.
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They are. They're the ones involved in the Argo operation the CIA ran to smuggle people out of Iran during the Embassy Crisis of the late 70s.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5_GJOsbLrk
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They did manga style cover illustrations for the Japanese release of all of the Honor Harrington novels. I was reading a bit about it and it seems a lot of fans prefer these because the character design/other stuff going on on the cover is more accurate to how things are described in the books.   The most  about them is how the later covers don't show her left arm.
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free hubcaps posted:he's probably most famous for his covers for Anne McCaffrey but he has done them for a shitload of fantasy and sf books Also got famous for actually bothering to read the books and make sure the people and stuff he drew for the cover matched the descriptions given in the text. Which was otherwise not the norm.
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That reminds me: Guess. Go on, guess The Japanese cover of a Doctor Who novelization. Specifically, Spearhead from Space
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Japanese covers still tend towards illustrations which tend to be the best. US covers favor quick and dirty cgi jobs. Check out the Japanese cover for IT:  While we're on illustrations though, one thing that does not get enough credit are the fake book covers made for In the Mouth of Madness (1995)  Blu-Ray alternate cover. They made a whole series of them for the movie. These are the biggest I could find but if you bother to zoom or just squint you can read the backs. Not gonna lie I want to read every single loving one of these, particularly The Breathing Tunnel and Whisperer of the Dark.      .In the movie itself they get good screen time, but you never get to read the back. The events of The Feeding and The Hobb's End Horror are directly referenced during the plot. Still not the best movie, but these bits are definitely the highlight.
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I've always really loved the paperback cover for The Worm Ouroboros
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free hubcaps posted:I've always really loved the paperback cover for The Worm Ouroboros Man, that's a book that I never hear anyone talk about. It's pre-Tolkein fantasy so the ideas in it are super weird.
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Eddison is one of the actual greats of fantasy, too bad nobody reads him nowadays. If you think TWO has weird ideas, try reading his other book(s), Zimiamvia. It’s bonkers
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I've only ever read TWO but it is seriously excellent. With the unfinished frame story I guess you could say its technically SF? Apparently the same guy who did the cover for that edition of TWO also did them for the zimianvia trilogy. guess i need to track these down.   something about this art just screams 60s fantasy (though i know they were written decades earlier) at me in the best possible way. I like the original dell yearling covers for the Prydain chronicles for the same reason I think  
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free hubcaps posted:With the unfinished frame story I guess you could say its technically SF? When he talks about the planet Mercury, he doesn’t exactly mean the Mercury in space. Zimiamvia will make it clearer...or maybe not Anyway SF proper has no monopoly on fuckin sweet cover art 
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 While not the cover I remembered, I like this one more, and after Steven Brust this was an early exposure to Zelazny before I read the Amber books. The title absolutely grabbed me. Bell_ fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Jun 7, 2020 |
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These covers were done by Barbara Remington, who's better known for those weird early paperback versions of LotR:   
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Bell_ posted:
Zelazny didn't like the title, but it's definitely much more evocative than the one he wanted to go with (The Leviathan of Venus).
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Bell_ posted:
She is lovely... Meteoooooooooora
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Action Jacktion posted:These covers were done by Barbara Remington, who's better known for those weird early paperback versions of LotR: i unironically love these
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free hubcaps posted:i unironically love these When I read LOTR in grade 7 it was these I can't quite recall now, but I think the three covers are a triptych
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 the genius of this cover is that the painter left a big, clear gap intended for the title etc, but whoëver did the layout decided to leave it empty and let the space ladies look/point right at the space sleigh. the empty space makes it look like a larger gulf is between the flying thing and the folks on the ground, and makes sure they flying thing doesnt look like an afterthought hovering above the words. plus its just eye-catching and cool
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That cover's by Mitchell Hooks, who you might know from this He also did a lot of pulp covers. have an ebook cover for The Lani People that is firmly in the modern style  edit:  
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This thread is amazing. It makes me wish I still had access to the guy I knew in high school who's whole family were giant nerds and they had a huge library of sci fi and fantasy going back to the 50s. Some of the covers on them were insane and amazing. He loved that I could perdict within 5 years of any book simply based on its cover. Like late 70s looked way different than the early 70s and so on. Funny thing, his parents were cartographers which makes me wonder if that was one of those jobs nerds in the 50s and 60s ended up in before computers were a major thing. Seems like it.
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Which brain genius decided to put the company logo directly in the focal point of this? Come on, people. That poo poo belongs on the spine, if anywhere.
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 Saw this at the used book store in February and it reminded me of the cover of Steppenwolf i have
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DevCore posted:that's a weird OnlyFans set... Immediately reminded me of this: 
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This was a crazy one to scroll down.
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Zetsubou-san posted:have an ebook cover for The Lani People that is firmly in the modern style The Anime Convention People.
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