His work with bookfly and his experience as an audiobook cover designer have given him the opportunity to create hundreds of covers across a wide range of genres and authors. See more ideas about fantasy book covers, sci fi books and sci fi. Are you on the verge of releasing a brilliant science fiction novel, and want to make sure that your book does more than just sit on a bookstore shelf, or even worse, in your garage. Hundreds of unique premade sci fi book covers created by professional designers. Hundreds of unique premade scifi book covers created by professional designers. Ace books published more than 200 science fiction ace doubles between 1952 and 1973 in tetebeche format a book with two front covers rotated relative to. Battle for the red planet, art by ken kelly new retro sci. It seems to have really gone downhill since the 80s.
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King has written over 50 novels, and thats not even counting his short story collections and works of nonfiction. Because if theres any part of your body that doesnt need protection, its your chest. And a third decade of passersby mistaking terrible covers for bad covers. Hard to believe but good show sir is entering its third decade of curating a panoply of terrible scifi and fantasy book covers. A deeply intimate anthology series, the big loop covers a wide range of genres but usually ends up in some form of scifi. If you give me other choices ill create an honorable mention list below the top 10. Amazing science fiction syndicated lols stay safe and healthy. The cover art is giving me some weird ideas of what this book is about, and the title isnt helping either. On the left is a book cover by legendary artist chris foss for asimovs stars like dust. Nerdwriter pays homage to some of these notable people and their work, and reminds us to have a greater appreciation for cover art. August 1, 2017 april 8, 2018 kiersten in yesterdays post, what makes a good book cover, i talked about what types of book covers i find aesthetically pleasing and which ones i do not.
May 17, 2018 a look at the colorful history of sci fi book covers use this link to get a 30 day free trial of vrv premium. The proud history of science fiction publishing offers a nearlimitless supply of wtf book covers, it seems. Part one i have a ton of books, mostly vintage science fiction, and more often than not, from the 50s, 60s and 70s. Each book cover is 100% exclusive and sold only once. In just over three months my book went from a sales rank of one million plus to a number one best seller in scifi on amazon. Premade ebook covers scifi bookcoverscre8tive book cover. Vintage space vintage art art science fiction cyberpunk arte sci fi 70s sci fi art classic sci fi sci fi books retro futuristic. All types facebook cover twitter header linkedin background youtube channel cover. A books cover is one of the main reasons that book sells or doesnt sell. The glory of bad sf and fantasy cover art this article is more than 8 years old.
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A lot of scifi and fantasy book covers rely on fonts to help showcase the genre in which theyre operating. A look at the colorful history of scifi book covers use this link to get a 30 day free trial of vrv premium. Sir, which makes a virtue of only the worst sci fi and fantasy book covers. Most of his books have come out in multiple editions with different covers over the decades. Titles and author names shown are for illustration. Robinson joined dc comics in 1939 at the age of 17, and would continue his comics career through the rest of the 20th century. Premade ebook covers scifi bookcoverscre8tive book. Send us your terrible covers so we can document the carnage to our eyes. On a whole, these scifi book covers gives a promisory tour ahead with the books. Another round of sf book covers to make you ask, what. Another round of sf book covers to make you ask, what were.
And speaking of milestones, in this past year we celebrated our 10th anniversary and 2,000th cover. Pingback by sf tidbits for 4412 sf signal a speculative fiction blog april 4, 2012 2. Paranoid android reimagines the classic 1997 radiohead song as a paperback sciencefiction novel, specifically philip k. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. Science fiction, fantasy, and paranormal book cover. Sep 11, 20 miblart is a team of professional book cover designers. Hard to believe but good show sir is entering its third decade of curating a panoply of terrible sci fi and fantasy book covers. Back when science fiction was considered pulp fiction, art directors and artists had the freedom to run wild with the cover art for scifi books. Sep 27, 2011 the glory of bad sf and fantasy cover art this article is more than 8 years old. Oct 8, 2017 gino dachille thuvia, maid of mars by edgar rice burroughs 1973 ballantine books. Heres a slide show of vintage covers to science fiction paperback novels of the 50s70s. And yes, i will continue this series next month with top 10 literary sci fifantasy covers of the 1980s, so if you have any suggestions there, you can post them as well, just be sure to denote wither you are talking 70s or 80s. Sep 11, 2017 battle for the red planet, art by ken kelly new retro scifi. So we put people in your people so you can desire while you desire.
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