Weird sci fi book covers

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Looking at these old scifi covers, with their jewellike colors and cryptic, sinister imagery, made me remember the weird thrill i felt when i first saw them as a teen. Little did i know that manga artists are not like illustrators or even comic book artists in the us. Each book cover is 100% exclusive and sold only once. A post apocalyptic scifi that is more unique and unusual than weird but an absolute must read for fans of the genre. Jul 16, 20 looking at these old sci fi covers, with their jewellike colors and cryptic, sinister imagery, made me remember the weird thrill i felt when i first saw them as a teen. With over 25 years of design experience, the team at the cover collection know how to get your book noticed.

There was so much weird, it couldnt be contained on the front cover. It follows the exploits of the titular family in the far future, when humanity has spread across the stars, colonized different worlds, and continued to grow apart. The science fiction book cover is a hard one to get right. Comic book covers presented at cover browser are republished within a fair use. Weird science was an american science fiction comic book magazine that was part of the ec comics line in the early 1950s. Collection of premade book covers for fantasy, young adult, urban fantasy and sci fi genres. Weird fantasy was a sister title published during the same time frame. Yes, its the third book in an ongoing saga, and no, i have not read the first two, but apparently those covers werent disastrous enough for kindle cover disasters, because i couldnt find them.

Black gate scott taylor lists top 10 literary sci fifantasy covers of the 1970s. The decline and fall of the book cover the new yorker. Feb 09, 2017 inspiring illustrative covers so much of what scifi and fantasy writers do is create intricate new worlds and situations, and authors can use their book cover designs to share a piece of their books contents with a new reader. Weird science, book cover art, book covers, book art, sci fi novels, fiction. Your science fiction ebook cover design will include your own title, your author name and any tagline or subtitle you wish to include. This time, its my pleasure to go from earth to space. A look at the colorful history of scifi book covers use this link to get a 30 day free trial of vrv premium. Testimonials whoever said that no one judges a book by its cover is a dirty rotten liar.

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Acting on a tip, we wasted an afternoon browsing the visual excesses of john norman book covers over at the complete john norman. The glory of bad sf and fantasy cover art books the guardian. A books cover is one of the main reasons that book sells or doesnt sell. In the mid1920s, says the nerdwriter, these covers were probably among the strangest art that the average american ever got to see. Maestro of the weird damien g walter offered his opinions on some. Like most guys, ive got posters of heavily muscled men on the walls of my room, and can say that i honestly have no problem staring at the male form for hours on end.

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See more ideas about book art, sci fi books and inspirational books. People dont give sci fi enough creditthese books have a habit of being lowkey hilarious. Amazing psychedelic vintage norwegian scifi book covers. The author brings a lot of his medical career background into the story which makes it feel very authentic with fascinating detail.

But one edition had a special style of terrible that makes us sit back, doff our hat, and say good show sir, good show, indeed. Book covers presented at cover browser are republished within a fair use context. Bujolds vorkosigan saga is the most enduring, mostawarded space opera of the last 30 years. Palmer eldritch is certainly one of his stranger works, set in a future where palmer eldritch, a godlike cyborg recently returned to the solar system, has introduced an alien hallucinogen and evolution treatments to the. Nov 22, 2016 no list of metaphysical scifi could be complete without at least one book by the established grandmaster of the field. Strange tomorrows, by robert hoskins ed theodore sturgeon, short novels, fantasy. Not quite sure whats happening here, but that golden halo is doing something for me. Just so you know, these are soft scifi rather than hard scifi, which. Over a fouryear span, the comic ran for 22 issues, ending with the novemberdecember, 1953 issue. Fans of science fiction novels and fantasy books know they have some pretty insane covers. Whether you are looking for premade book covers for your book in fantasy, ya, romance, drama, action, thriller, suspense, horror, crime, mystery, scifi, adventure, fiction or nonfiction genre. Ace books sci fi books psychedelic space hippie trippy japanese monster science fiction art animation weird art. Darker than fantasy, less technological than science fiction, weird fiction has contributed to some of the most literary and awarded works in the last twenty years. Check out our top 100 short story ideas for every genre here.

Hes just so awesome unless this list is titled other than frazetta 2. Because not everyone can have a perfectly curated book collection. While the book mostly consists of short stories, it does include several novellas and a novel excerpt. Buy classic horror sci fi fantasy films and hard to find movies on dvd. Products archive the book cover designer premade book covers. For a book themed by such a niche genre, stories of the weird, this book covers a huge amount of ground. Pingback by sf tidbits for 4412 sf signal a speculative fiction blog april 4, 2012 2. The series has sold over two billion copies pulp booklets, i. All book covers are designed with the single purpose of helping your book convert and make you more money. The absolute worst part about every fantasy novel, apart from the writing, is the ludicrous cover art they all seem to have. Premade book covers and ebook covers, book covers for sale. We design custom, wellbranded professional ebook and printready covers for your 3book trilogy. Popular weird science books meet your next favorite book. For example, serif fonts that have an older feel to them are often used by fantasy texts, and sans serifs create a modern look are often used in scifi novelsthey convey a sense of the future.

When using illustration or an image on a book cover, its helpful for scifi and fantasy writers to show original images to help set themselves apart from the. With the popularity of andy weirs the martian, futuristic fonts are everpresent elements of science fiction cover design. The first book on their list is alien art by gordon r. 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. It so bad, that ironically enough in this modern age, it still very bad. Jul 22, 2019 explore shape5s board vintage scififantasy book covers. Fortunately for fans, took the time compile a list of their favorite, insane scifi and fantasy book covers.

I read this book because there are actually spiders all over the cover. Best weird fiction books weird fiction is a branch of genre fiction that combines fantastical elements with a twist of the unusual or weird. Whether its the pure insanity of the worlds, or just the banter between characters theyre just like us. We here at gss are familiar with the terrible scifi cover art overachievers at n. See all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Most, if not all, of these covers utilize this last and most glaring trend of modern science fiction book covers. We design book covers for those writing their first novel. Hundreds of unique premade scifi book covers created by professional designers. These weird bookstagram accounts often double as stores. They just dont make book covers the way they used to. Buy classic horror scifi fantasy films and hard to find movies on dvd. Titles and author names shown are for illustration purposes only.