Time Travelers Strictly Cash: 2014

Tuesday, 6 May 2014

Podkayne of Mars

Podkayne of Mars by Robert Heinlein.

Top: Berkley, 1970. Cover uncredited.

Bottom: Berkley, 1971. Cover uncredited.

There's probably about 40 covers for this book but I enjoy the juxtaposition here of what one might expect of this story depending on which cover they saw.

Saturday, 3 May 2014

The Last Defender of Camelot

The Last Defender of Camelot by Roger Zelazny. Pocket, 1980. Cover: Carl Lundgren

Ringworld

Ringworld by Larry Niven. Ballantine, 1976. Cover: Rick Sternbach

Wednesday, 30 April 2014

Chthon

Chthon by Piers Anthony. Ballantine, 1967. Cover uncredited.

As far as I know this is Piers Anthony's first book. It's about a woman who can only love when she's getting hurt. I think he was better served moving to Xanth.

Tuesday, 29 April 2014

The Illustrated Man

The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury. Bantam, 1972. Cover: Dean Ellis

An excellent cover for an excellent book.

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by Robert Heinlein. Ace, 1985.

This is the weirdest credit so far: "Cover: "For more information about the cover art please contact Glass Onion Graphics PO box 88; brookfield; CT; 06804"

Monday, 28 April 2014

Callahan's Secret

Callahan's Secret by Spider Robinson. Berkley, 1986. Cover: James Warhola.

Gotta love those wraparound covers.

The Crack In Space

The Crack in Space by Philip K. Dick. Ace, 1966. Cover uncredited.

Mission to the Stars

Mission to the Stars by A.E. Van Vogt. Berkley, 1971. Cover uncredited.

Inferno

Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Timescape, 1976. cover uncredited.

This is a personal favourite in which a skeptical science fiction writer dies and takes a trip though Dante's nine circles with a very unexpected guide.

Sunday, 27 April 2014

A Canticle for Leibowitz

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller, Jr. Bantam, 1968. Cover uncredited.

The City and the Stars

The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke. Signet, 1956. Cover uncredited.

Operation Chaos

Operation Chaos by Poul Anderson. Lancer, 1971. Cover uncredited.

The Outward Urge

The Outward Urge by John Wyndham & Lucas Parkes. Penguin 1970. Cover: Harry Willock

Clans of the Alphane Moon

Clans of the Alphane Moon by Philip K. Dick. Ace, 1964. Cover: Peter Jones.

Triton

Triton by Samuel R. Delany. Bantam, 1976. Cover uncredited.

While hunting in vain for the name of the cover illustrator I instead found this nugget: "The lyrics on pages 171-174 are by Bruce Cockburn from his album Night Vision and are reprinted by permission."