Category Archives: cover art

First, Jack Gaughan’s cover — weirder, I think, than many of his, though the lack of background is typical of his work.

Second, Ed Veligursky’s cover foreshadowing the world of climate change.

Third, a nicely weird looking but uncredited cover.

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Another one where I don’t think either cover works.

This Stan Zuckerberg cover, for instance — I like the use of the reflecting mirror but the cop’s expression looks too dyspeptic at the sight of the woman.

Despite the swastikas, Julian Paul’s cover here looks more like shenanigans around a swimming pool than anything else.

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This Tom Dunn cover captures an era when women working in Washington way outstripped the number of available men. This was a thing in WW I; I don’t know if it was true when this book came out in hardback in 1951.

This is one of those covers that looks a little strange in every era. Artist is uncredited.

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This Lou Feck cover makes me want to find out what the book is about.

This Frank Cazzorelli cover has a German expressionist quality to it, as if the woman’s terror were distorting the surroundings

This Richard Powers cover is from a Y/A book I read as a teen. It’s not as wild as many of his covers but it conveys the sense of Olympics+Science Fiction well.

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First this paperback cover. “A century ahead of her sex” refers to the adversaries being homo superior, I believe.

Second, this one, which the source credited to Bergey. Those are some comical looking aliens, aren’t they?

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I did read a couple of books this week but I’m still exhausted from coping with sick dogs so the reviews will be postponed. Instead, here’s a cover by Ralph Brillhart —

— and two uncredited covers.

And to finish up, here’s an old favorite, Gervasio Gallardo’s cover for The Last Unicorn.

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First, the one and only Richard Powers

Second Paul Stahr.

Third Clark Hulings.

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First, by the great Richard Powers

Ralph Brillhart’s cover here reminds me a little of Powers with that weird figure, though everything’s much more concrete on this cover.

And last, but not least, Margaret Brundage. I’ve read Seabury Quinn often included nudity in his stories because he knew that increased the odds of landing a cover slot.

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Earle Bergey. The woman for once is not the center of the image (for comparison, click here).

Frank R. Paul is up next. I must say, that’s an eyecatching one.

Edmond Zwiatek shows us someone sciencing. I suspect it will not work out as planned.

And last, this one by Howard Brown.

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