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…
Book Cover Throwback: Get off the Unicorn
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Get Off the Unicorn by Anne McCaffrey. Cover art by Paul Alexander. What I Love about this Cover: The original title of this book was called Get of the Unicorn–Get being the main character–but the publishers Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Childhood’s End
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Childhood’s End by Aruthr C. Clarke. What I Love about this Cover: There is a simplicity to everything being central on that cover, yet a complexity in what is on the cover. This is one Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Small Gods
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Small Gods by Sir Terry Pratchett. What I Love about this Cover: I came late to the Discworld party, so I didn’t read this as a child. Despite that, I love the old covers for Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Dragonsong
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey. What I Love about this Cover: The blues in this cover fit the sea setting of the book, and I love the fire lizards. Mix music & dragons and I was Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: I Am Legend
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: I am Legend by Richard Matheson. What I Love about this Cover: The contrast between the castle and the main character. It’s eye catching in an old book cover way. What I Don’t Love about Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Daughter of Destiny
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Daughter of Destiny by R.A.V. Salsitz. What I Love about this Cover: It has a unicorn. For child-me, these were second only to dragons. What I Don’t Love about this Cover: I hate that Rhondi Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Dune
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Dune by Frank Herbert. What I Love about this Cover: A nice, old-style sci-fi cover. That’s what it is. Simple and yet it gets the job done. What I Don’t Love about this Cover: Based Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: CYOAS
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: CYOAS, otherwise known as a Choose Your Own Adventure Series. In particular, Dragonfire by Jody Lynn Nye. The CYOAS folks did two such books set in the the world of Anne McCaffrey‘s Pern: Dragonfire and the Read More…
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