Honestly, there are huge swathes of late 60s and 70s science fiction that I never read purely because of the off-putting and dumba$$ covers like this one.
Who (except for serious Vogt fans in 1976 who are also completists) would look at this book and think, “Yeah, I need to spend two bucks on this!”
Lots of good stories, hidden forever from readers by the fecal montages featured on the front.
A hilarious mix-up by the printer led to this book release… in the same week as the book THE SOCIOLOGY OF MODERN ART IN BRITAIN was released with a Chris Foss cover.
January 30th, 2020 at 8:49 am
Skeleton lady discovers stabbing yourself in the hand really hurts.
January 30th, 2020 at 10:24 am
“Oh I do like to be beside the homicide…”
January 30th, 2020 at 4:06 pm
This would make a great cover for Fear and Loathing in Ancient Egypt were there to be such a book. For any other book, not so much.
January 30th, 2020 at 4:22 pm
‘Lifeforce’ sun tan lotion. Get a tan and lose weight at the same time.
January 30th, 2020 at 4:41 pm
Honestly, there are huge swathes of late 60s and 70s science fiction that I never read purely because of the off-putting and dumba$$ covers like this one.
Who (except for serious Vogt fans in 1976 who are also completists) would look at this book and think, “Yeah, I need to spend two bucks on this!”
Lots of good stories, hidden forever from readers by the fecal montages featured on the front.
January 30th, 2020 at 9:58 pm
She’s screaming because she just saw herself on the cover of this book.
January 30th, 2020 at 10:10 pm
I’m not sure if the woman should be screaming or singing opera.
January 31st, 2020 at 12:19 am
Someone misunderstood the term ‘beach body’.
January 31st, 2020 at 4:41 am
I don’t recall a scene like this in any of van Vogt’s books. So it’s yet another example of the stuff what put @Ryan off SF in his younger years.
@Francis: We also would have accepted it as a cover for a book titled “Snowdrift Mummy Massacre”.
January 31st, 2020 at 9:14 pm
A hilarious mix-up by the printer led to this book release… in the same week as the book THE SOCIOLOGY OF MODERN ART IN BRITAIN was released with a Chris Foss cover.
February 1st, 2020 at 2:18 am
@ARY: And nobody noticed much in either case.