Sep 08
Click for full imageSonya’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!
(Rating: 5.68 out of 10)
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September 8th, 2010 at 9:31 am
okay, I’m not reading any particular meaning into the disproportionately small head atop the torso with big boobs.
September 8th, 2010 at 11:34 am
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.
September 8th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Or the cactus she is leaning against.
September 8th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
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.
September 8th, 2010 at 1:11 pm
Only the alien skull could save the maiden from being consumed by the hideous Flower Thing!
September 8th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
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.
September 9th, 2010 at 6:06 am
“At long last, the Lost Skull of Picasso is mine! MINE!”