Book Cover Throwback: Mathemagics
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Mathemagics by Margaret Ball. What I Love about This Cover: “A Chicks in Chainmail Novel”–when I was in middle & high school, stuff like this was right up my alley. Cheesy + cheesy covers = Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Elvenbane
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Elvenbane by Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey. What I Love about This Cover: I was pretty young when I read this, but I loved the idea of a young girl (like me at the time I Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Damia
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Damia by Anne McCaffrey, art by Larry Hampton. What I Love about This Cover: I love the leggings the women in this series wear. I always wanted a pair as a kid. I also love Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Don’t Bite the Sun
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Don’t Bite the Sun by Tanith Lee. What I Love about This Cover: I love the imagery and the style of detail in this cover. I had no idea Brian Froud was the cover artist Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: A Wizard of Earthsea
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin. What I Love about This Cover: I had an entire box set of these in this style. They were simplistic by design, yet intricate and detailed. I Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: A Wrinkle in Time
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. What I Love about This Cover: This was the original cover on my copy as a kid, and I loved the abstract feel of the cover. What I Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: First Book of Swords
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: The First Book of Swords by Fred Saberhagen. What I Love about This Cover: The cover drew me in as a kid because there was a picture inside the hilt of the sword. I thought Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Dragon Prince
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Dragon Prince by Melanie Rawn. Since I was already talking about this book in my discussion of re-reading, it seemed fitting to use it as this week’s Throwback Thursday. What I Love about This Cover: Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Sassinak
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Sassinak by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Moon. This was the first Elizabeth Moon novel I ever read. In fact, it was the first space opera I ever read as well. What I Love about This Cover: Read More…
Cover Throwback: The Hitchhiker’s Guide
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. This past weekend at NorWesCon 38, I watched someone mangle this cover during an odd variation on Pictionary. What I Love about This Cover: It’s absurdity. Read More…
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