Look Here: Five paperback covers with art by Bruce Pennington

31 March 201410 August 2016 RCLeave a comment

More scans of books selected from the piles that continually rise and fall and fall and rise again around me here in our tiny home office; the artist this time around is Bruce Pennington:

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**ABOVE:** Laurence James, *Starcross* (London: Sphere, 1974), with cover art by Bruce Pennington.

**ABOVE:** Clark Ashton Smith, *Lost Worlds: Volume 1* (Frogmore: Panther, 1974), with wraparound cover art by Bruce Pennington.

**ABOVE:** Mack Reynolds, *The Towers of Utopia* (NY: Bantam, 1975), with cover art by Bruce Pennington.

**ABOVE:** Ronald Holmes, ed., *Macabre Railway Stories* (London: Star, 1983), with cover art by Bruce Pennington.

**ABOVE:** Robert Silverberg, ed., *Alpha 5* (NY: Ballantine, 1974), with cover art by Bruce Pennington.

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Look Here: ROLLERBALL MURDER with cover art by Bob Peak

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**ABOVE:** William Harrison, *Rollerball Murder* (London: Futura, 1978), with cover art by Bob Peak.

The artwork for the above cover, which I just scanned from the battered copy in my personal collection, is uncredited and unsigned, but the style is unmistakable — even if one didn’t already know that the image had been recycled from the Rollerball movie poster.

Finally, apropos of nothing, here’s a bit of discontinuity that I noticed: although the cover of William Harrison’s book sports the title “Rollerball Murder” (two words), the title page says it’s “Rollerball [one word]: 13 Selected Stories by William Harrison,” while the actual title of the short story upon which the movie Rollerball was based is given in two places — the contents page and the story’s title page — as “Roller Ball Murder” (three words). A mistake, or a case of the publishers wanting to have their cake and eat it? You decide.

BONUS IMAGE:

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Look Here: Two lovely mystery covers with art by McGinnis

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**ABOVE:** Erle Stanley Gardner, *The Case of the Golddigger’s Purse* (Montreal: Pocket Books, 1963), with cover art by Robert McGinnis.

**ABOVE:** Erle Stanley Gardner, *The Case of the the Bigamous Spouse* (Montreal: Pocket Books, 1964), with cover art by Robert McGinnis.

Wish the books were in better condition, and cleaner, but cheapskates can’t be choosers. “Buy low, pile high” is my motto. Okay, not really; I just made that up. Clever turn of phrase, though. And true, all too true, too. Just ask my wife.

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Look Here: One lovely cover with kaleidoscopic art by Wilson McLean

10 March 201410 August 2016 RC4 Comments

I collect ’em (if they’re cheap enough), I scan ’em (when I can force myself to do the work), I process ’em (though I have no idea what I’m doing), and I post ’em (with a modicum of commentary, when the mood strikes; with blather like this, when I can’t think of anything interesting to say, which these days is nine times out of ten):

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**ABOVE:** Douglas R. Mason, *Dilation Effect* (NY: Ballantine, 1971), with cover art by Wilson McLean.

Scottish artist Wilson McLean was inducted by the Society of Illustrators into its Hall of Fame in 2010.

BONUS COVER SCANS:

**ABOVE:** Arthur C. Clarke, *The Wind from the Sun* (Scarborough: Signet, 1973), with uncredited, unsigned cover art.

**ABOVE:** D.G. Compton, *Synthajoy* (NY: Berkley, 1979), with cover art by Richard Powers.

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Look Here: Three PBK covers with airbrush art by Grossman, by Pound, and by Pritchett

26 February 201410 August 2016 RCLeave a comment

More scans? Yes, of course! Why not?! More scans…

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**ABOVE:** Donald E. Westlake, *Jimmy the Kid* (NY: Ballantine, 1976), with cover art by Robert Grossman.

**ABOVE:** Tim Lukeman, *Rajan* (NY: Doubleday, 1982), with cover art by John Pound.

**ABOVE:** Gordon R. Dickson, *The Space Swimmers* (NY: Ace, 1979), with cover art by Tom Pritchett.

You like? I like.

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Look Here: The cover of Edmund Cooper’s SEED OF LIGHT, with art by Jim Burns

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I scanned the front cover of Seed of Light from my personal copy; the JPEG of the artist’s airbrushed artwork sans text is from Paul Hartzog’s Flickr photostream.

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**ABOVE:** Edmund Cooper, *Seed of Light* (Kent: Coronet Books, 1977), with cover art by Jim Burns.

Not sure which of the two images above displays the correct colour, but at this moment, I think I prefer the one with the overall greenish cast and softer focus, i.e. the printed cover.

Finally, yes, the cover of my copy of Seed of Light has a wraparound image. But the fact is, earlier today, when I scanned the front, I simply was not in the mood to scan the spine and the back and piece it all together.

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Look Here: One lovely cover with surrealistic art by Gervasio Gallardo

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Yes, once again, a book cover scanned from the library of yours truly, and hey — bonus! — this one is in nice condition:

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**ABOVE:** Lin Carter, ed., *Imaginary Worlds* (NY: Ballantine Books, 1973), with cover art by Gervasio Gallardo.

BONUS IMAGE:

From Salvador Dali on abstract art…:

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Look Here: Two “Women fleeing from…” covers with art by Vic Prezio

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Scanned by me, just for you:

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**ABOVE:** Ruby Jean Jensen, *The Girl Who Didn’t Die* (NY: Warner, 1975), with cover art by Vic Prezio.

**ABOVE:** Dorothy Daniels, *Image of a Ghost* (NY: Warner, 1973), with cover art by Vic Prezio.

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Look Here: SF surrealism by Gudynass, McInnerney, and Ochagavia

16 January 201410 August 2016 RC1 Comment

More cover scans by me. Big surprise.

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**ABOVE:** Robert A. Heinlein, *The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag* (London: New English Library, 1980), with cover art by Peter Gudynass.

Larry Niven, *Neutron Star* (NY: Ballantine Books, 1971), with cover art by Michael McInnerney.

**ABOVE:** Keith Laumer, *The Best of Keith Laumer* (NY: Pocket Books, 1976), with cover art by Carlos Ochagavia.

BONUS IMAGE:

**ABOVE:** René Magritte, *The King’s Museum* (1966), oil on canvas, 89 x 130 cm. Via TRANSISTORADIO.

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Look Here: The Runestaff tetralogy, with cover art by Bob Haberfield

10 January 201410 August 2016 RCLeave a comment

I posted two of the Runestaff covers displayed below back in October 2013, but the other two are freshly scanned from old paperbacks that I purchased yesterday at a 60% discount from a local used bookstore that is closing its doors for good at the end of the month:

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