Look Here: Nine more SF covers with art by Richard Powers

14 September 201110 June 2022 RCLeave a comment

Once again, RCN presents an assortment of vintage paperback covers scanned from my very own collection of SF “classics”:

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richard-powers_outpost-mars_ny-dell-1952 — **ABOVE:** Cyril Judd, *Outpost Mars* (New York; Dell, 1952; 760), with cover art by Richard Powers. “Cyril Judd” was a pseudonym of Cyril Kornbluth and Judith Merril.

richard-powers_earthlight_ny-ballantine-1955 — **ABOVE:** Arthur C. Clarke, *Earthlight* (New York: Ballantine, 1955; 97), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_the-city-and-the-stars_ny-signet-1957 — **ABOVE:** Arthur C. Clarke, *The City and the Stars* (New York: Signet, 1957; P3429), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_reach-for-tomorrow_ny-ballantine-1963 — **ABOVE:** Arthur C. Clarke, *Reach for Tomorrow* (New York: Ballantine, 1963; U2110), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_odd-john_ny-berkley-1965 — **ABOVE:** Olaf Stapledon, *Odd John* (New York: Berkley, 1965; F1128), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_assignment-in-nowhere_ny-berkley-1968 — **ABOVE:** Keith Laumer, *Assignment in Nowhere* (New York: Berkley, 1968; X1596), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_trader-to-the-stars_ny-berkley-1976 — **ABOVE:** Poul Anderson, *Trader to the Stars* (New York: Berkley, 1976; Z3199), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_the-trouble-twisters_ny-berkley-1976 — **ABOVE:** Poul Anderson, *The Trouble Twisters* (New York:, Berkley, 1976; Z3245), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_homeward-and-beyond_ny-berkley-1976 — **ABOVE:** Poul Anderson, *Homeward and Beyond* (New York: Berkley, 1976; D3162), with cover art by Richard Powers.

To view all of the paperbacks with cover art by Richard Powers that I’ve posted so far, click here.

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Look Here: Ten SF paperbacks, 1958 to 1977, with cover art by Richard Powers

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From my own library:

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richard-powers_the-skylark-of-space_ny-pyramid-1958 — **ABOVE:** Edward E. Smith, *The Skylark of Space* (New York: Pyramid, 1958), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_the-worlds-of-clifford-simak_ny-avon-nd — **ABOVE:** Clifford Simak, *The Worlds of Clifford Simak* (New York: Avon, n.d.), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_creatures-of-the-abyss_ny-berkley-1961 — **ABOVE:** Murray Leinster, *Creatures of the Abyss* (New York: Berkley, 1961), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_beyond-the-barrier_ny-macfadden-books-1965 — **ABOVE:** Damon Knight, *Beyond the Barrier* (New York: Macfadden Books, 1965), with cover art by Richard Powers.

**ABOVE:** William F. Nolan, *Impact-20* (New York: Paperback Library, 1966), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_galactic-odyssey_ny-berkley-1967 — **ABOVE:** Keith Laumer, *Galactic Odyssey* (New York: Berkley, 1967), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_the-glory-that-was_ny-paperback-library-1971 — **ABOVE:** L. Sprague de Camp, *The Glory That Was* (New York: Paperback Library, 1971), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_out-of-their-minds_ny-berkley-1975 — **ABOVE:** Clifford D. Simak, *Out of Their Minds* (New York: Berkley, 1975), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_the-future-now_ny-fawcett-1977_front — **ABOVE:** Robert Hoskins, ed., *The Future Now* (New York: Fawcett, 1977), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_the-future-now_ny-fawcett-1977_back — **ABOVE:** Robert Hoskins, ed., *The Future Now* (New York: Fawcett, 1977), with cover art by Richard Powers. This is the back cover, obviously, but note that the art doesn’t appear on the spine, which is a solid colour.

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Look Here: Six from the Sixties, with cover art by Richard Powers

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Look Here: Three early 1970s SF paperbacks, with cover art by Richard Powers

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From my personal collection of crumbling mass-market paperbacks:

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**ABOVE:** Dan Morgan, *The High Destiny* (New York: Berkley, 1973), with cover art by Richard Powers.

**ABOVE:** Dan Morgan, *Inside* (New York: Berkley, 1974), with cover art by Richard Powers.

**ABOVE:** Christian Leourier, *The Mountains of the Sun* (New York: Berkley, 1974), with cover art by Richard Powers.

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Look Here: Three more SF paperbacks with cover art by Richard Powers

10 January 201110 June 2022 RCLeave a comment

As the title of this post says, here are three more SF covers with art by Richard Powers, scanned by yours truly from my own Private Idaho of brittle old paperbacks.

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richard-powers_a-mirror-for-observers_ny-dell-1958 — **ABOVE:** Edgar Pangborn, *A Mirror for Observers* (New York: Dell, 1958), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_the-greks-bring-gifts_ny-macfadden-books-1964 — **ABOVE:** Murray Leinster, *The Greks Bring Gifts* (New York: Macfadden Books, 1964), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_the-spacejacks_ny-berkley-1975 — **ABOVE:** Robert Wells, *The Spacejacks* (New York: Berkley, 1975), with cover art by Richard Powers.

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Interlude: “Powers” by Andy Partridge

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Promotional film for Andy Partridge’s album, Powers: 12 Sound Pieces Inspired by the Art of Richard M. Powers, which was released on Partridge’s Apehouse label in early 2010, was available as a limited-edition CD, and is available now only as a digital download:

Designed to look like a worn SF pulp paperback, the cover of the limited-edition CD incorporates a painting by former XTC front-man Andy Partridge intended as an homage to the classic Powers style:

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Look Here: Two SF covers, with art by Richard Powers

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richard-powers_brain-wave_ny-ballantine-1960 — **ABOVE:** Poul Anderson, *Brain Wave* (New York: Ballantine, 1960), with cover art by Richard Powers.

powers_brain-wave-wraparound — I don’t own the edition of *Brain Wave* with the wraparound cover, but here’s a little image that’ll give you an idea of how lovely it is.

richard-powers_the-planet-of-the-blind_ny-paperback-library-1969 — **ABOVE:** Paul Corey, *The Planet of the Blind* (New York: Paperback Library, 1969), with cover art by Richard Powers.

When I saw that second cover with the raggedly applied paint, the swooping linear accents, and the colourful little shapes fluttering along the edges of the forms, I immediately was reminded of certain works by Bill Sienkiewicz and by his teacher/mentor, Barron Storey. Like this well-known cover, for instance:

But would either Sienkiewicz or Storey recognize Powers as an influence? I have no idea…

BONUS LINK:

The Powers Compendium — the images are tiny, but there sure are a lot of them! I see that the Compendium site also includes that same little scan of the wraparound Brain Wave cover.

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Look Here: Two more terrific covers by Richard Powers

23 July 201011 August 2016 RCLeave a comment

I bought these two paperbacks with covers by Richard Powers on Thursday morning at “Poor Michael’s Bookshop, Art, & Cafe” in Onanole, Manitoba, just south of Riding Mountain National Park, along with several increasingly-hard-to-find paperbacks with Robert McGinnis and Paul Lehr covers that I’ll post another time and a delicious cup of dark-roast coffee, black, no sugar. Actually, I have quite a few paperbacks from the fifties and sixties with McGinnis covers that I’d like to post. It’s just a matter of finding the time to scan them and type the captions…