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Sep 08

This is how big my skull should be, I suffer from tiny headitis.Click for full image

Sonya’s Art Direction: Instead of two views of wonder, how about a riot of color and image? Perhaps a plant for every short story in the collection? Oh, and throw in a Frida Kahlo lookalike holding a skull ala Hamlet to show that these are serious stories…
Published 1974

Many thanks to Sonya!

Actually, that cover is a visual feast!I would pick that one up.Neeaaa, I've seen worse.Interesting, but I would still take it on a train.It's somewhere between the awful/good scale.Would not like to be seen reading that!Awful... just awful...I swear, thats my flatmates!Gah... my eyes! They are burning!Good Show Sir.... Good Show! (Average: 5.67 out of 10)
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7 Responses to “Two Views of Wonder”

  1. Deborah Says:

    okay, I’m not reading any particular meaning into the disproportionately small head atop the torso with big boobs.

  2. SI Says:

    It’s not really the worst cover but the proportions are… a little off.

    I thought she’d look a bit happier after receiving all the flowers. Maybe it was the skull that came with them all that put her off.

  3. Pat Says:

    Or the cactus she is leaning against.

  4. Brian B Says:

    I kinda dig this cover actually! Well other than the funky head size. If this was a collection of latino authors it would be particularly cool. However I’m not sure how many latino scifi authors were being pubished in English in 1974.

  5. Tom Noir Says:

    Only the alien skull could save the maiden from being consumed by the hideous Flower Thing!

  6. Evad Says:

    The cover is what I’ve come to expect. But showing the not-quite subliminal HP color ink cartridge is a cheap attempt at viral marketing.

  7. A.R.Yngve Says:

    “At long last, the Lost Skull of Picasso is mine! MINE!”

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