Myth Master, 1973

June 24, 2010 | Filed Under Sci-Fi | No Comments

Lovely. The type, I mean.

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A detail of the back. Of the book, I mean.

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Dilation Effect, 1971

June 11, 2010 | Filed Under Sci-Fi | No Comments

Wow. Trippy. Art by Wilson McLean.

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SF 3, 1967

May 24, 2010 | Filed Under Sci-Fi | No Comments

An earlier volume from the series I posted last.

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SF 6, 1971

May 20, 2010 | Filed Under Sci-Fi | No Comments

Cover painting appears to be by David McCall Johnston.
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Ring Around the Sun, 1967

May 7, 2010 | Filed Under Sci-Fi | 2 Comments

Though the design’s a little cramped and “mass-markety,” I dig the crazy artwork.

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Sleep Eaters (1969) and Froomb! (1967)

April 26, 2010 | Filed Under Sci-Fi | No Comments

Come on, tell me you don’t wanna read “Froomb!” based on the title alone.

The cover art on the left is by John Fargasso, but the cover art on the right is by Jack Fargasso. Yet their styles are so similar…

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The Lotus Caves, 1971

April 20, 2010 | Filed Under Fiction, Sci-Fi | 2 Comments

Psychedelic…

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An ABC of Science Fiction, 1968

March 5, 2010 | Filed Under Sci-Fi | No Comments

Typographic illustration by Ronald Walotsky.

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Fury, 1955

February 15, 2010 | Filed Under Sci-Fi | 1 Comment





B.E.A.S.T., 1967

January 27, 2010 | Filed Under Sci-Fi | No Comments

Lemme spell it out for ya: “Biological Evolutionary Animal Simulation Test.”

I have a feeling it doesn’t go well.

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(No illustration credit! A crime!)

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