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Post by Anthony on May 4, 2020 4:33:25 GMT
I love retro covers, I swapped a pristine copy of the fog by james herbert for this one, just because of how 70s cool the cover is. Lots see some of yours.
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Post by wolf on May 24, 2020 18:39:53 GMT
This is a cool thread!
Sorry my SK collection is gone.
One of my favorite SK book covers is the original "Christine".
I've seen pictures of the newer cover, I like it too.
But I think the original was the best.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2020 3:31:25 GMT
I don't like how a lot of cover arts now take such a minimalistic approach even when it doesn't fit the book's tone or plot. I like a lot of retro covers with their epic and sometimes over-the-top cover art, like Pet Semetary and IT. I think the expression of "not judging a book by it's cover" is only half true when it literally comes to books, covers should grab people's attentions with an elaborate display of what might be in the story, done perfectly with the original US Pet Sematary cover. More people will likely check out your book if it has cool art instead of just plain minimalism.
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Post by Anthony on May 25, 2020 5:20:09 GMT
I don't like how a lot of cover arts now take such a minimalistic approach even when it doesn't fit the book's tone or plot.  |
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Post by Wicked Esther on Jun 18, 2020 16:09:15 GMT
I love retro covers, I swapped a pristine copy of the fog by james herbert for this one, just because of how 70s cool the cover is. Lots see some of yours.
These are beautiful! Let me figure out how to post pix here so I can show you a few of my favorites. I love old paperbacks .❤️ |
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Post by Wicked Esther on Jun 18, 2020 16:31:39 GMT
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Post by Wicked Esther on Jun 18, 2020 16:48:01 GMT
Some H.G.Wells....that good old guy. The War of the Worlds book is from 1963 .It was my Dad’s copy and he loved it to bits, by the looks of it. Attachment Deleted |
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Post by His Majesty on Jun 18, 2020 17:35:02 GMT
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Post by Wicked Esther on Jun 18, 2020 18:31:22 GMT
I love this cover of Dandelion Wine so much, I wish I could get it printed on a shirt. It’s also one of my favorite Bradbury books. This is a copy from 1969- I think I accidentally stole it from my Pops. Oops. Attachment Deleted |
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Post by Wicked Esther on Jun 18, 2020 22:32:15 GMT
Your Six Million Dollar Man book reminded me that I have a 1977 copy of Logan’s Run.It must have come out around the same time as the movie with Farrah. Attachment Deleted |
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Post by His Majesty on Jun 19, 2020 12:24:47 GMT
Your Six Million Dollar Man book reminded me that I have a 1977 copy of Logan’s Run.It must have come out around the same time as the movie with Farrah.
I had that book, too!!! As a kid!! I adored Logan's Run, even going so far as to glue little pieces of colored plastic to my palm!
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Post by Wicked Esther on Jun 19, 2020 15:18:55 GMT
Your Six Million Dollar Man book reminded me that I have a 1977 copy of Logan’s Run.It must have come out around the same time as the movie with Farrah.
I had that book, too!!! As a kid!! I adored Logan's Run, even going so far as to glue little pieces of colored plastic to my palm!
😄 haha I love it! See? We had to be creative in the 70’s. |
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Post by Wicked Esther on Jun 19, 2020 15:21:16 GMT
There’s no rule that says we have to stick to sci-fi, right?! Here’s my beloved S.E. Hinton collection. ( Don’t get me started on Matt Dillon 😍) Attachment Deleted |
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Post by His Majesty on Jun 19, 2020 16:32:44 GMT
There’s no rule that says we have to stick to sci-fi, right?! Here’s my beloved S.E. Hinton collection. ( Don’t get me started on Matt Dillon 😍)
And I had every stinking one of those, too!!
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Post by Anthony on Jun 20, 2020 23:29:05 GMT
There’s no rule that says we have to stick to sci-fi, right?! Here’s my beloved S.E. Hinton collection. ( Don’t get me started on Matt Dillon 😍) View Attachment
No rules here, just retro looking. You have some amazing looking books there, I love the h.g wells books. The only other copies of his books I have are in the form of a 5 novel anthology - war of the worlds, the time machine, the invisible man, the first men in the moon, and the island of dr moreau
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Post by Anthony on Jun 20, 2020 23:39:06 GMT
This is pretty retro, the untouchables, my copy is from 1967
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Post by Wicked Esther on Jun 21, 2020 3:44:10 GMT
There’s no rule that says we have to stick to sci-fi, right?! Here’s my beloved S.E. Hinton collection. ( Don’t get me started on Matt Dillon 😍)
No rules here, just retro looking. You have some amazing looking books there, I love the h.g wells books. The only other copies of his books I have are in the form of a 5 novel anthology - war of the worlds, the time machine, the invisible man, the first men in the moon, and the island of dr moreau
Thank you, Anthony. Old paperbacks are like little works of art sometimes. They don’t make ‘em like they used to. I have lots more! I’ll find some interesting ones and post more pics soon!😎 |
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Post by Wicked Esther on Jun 21, 2020 3:45:15 GMT
This is pretty retro, the untouchables, my copy is from 1967 Oh now that is gorgeous. I think the 60’s may be my favorite decade for these. |
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Post by Wicked Esther on Jun 22, 2020 22:23:51 GMT
A couple of Ray Bradbury books from the 80's. I got these for Christmas one year and also had The Halloween Tree, but I can't find that one.  (Also-the guy on the cover of "Something Wicked.." looks like Hugh Jackman for some reason.)  |
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