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Click for full imageMr Cliftopher Comments: I can only guess that the only available artist was a 5 year old with some brand new crayons.
Published 1967
aka The Stars My Destination
Many thanks to the Cliftopher!
(Average: 9.20 out of 10)
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(9.26 out of 10)
March 7th, 2011 at 10:01 am
And Alfred Bester could never again wash away the “Furry” taint from his reputation.
March 7th, 2011 at 11:17 am
Sweet fancy Moses, that thing could give you nightmares!
March 7th, 2011 at 12:22 pm
The odd placement of teeth scares me… so does the rest of it.
I want to sleep with the light on tonight.
March 7th, 2011 at 1:12 pm
“I just saw that new Beatles cartoon while totally tripping…you’ve GOT to give me something in that style!”
March 7th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
Good lord! A fancy Vulcan Thundercat!
March 7th, 2011 at 1:24 pm
The Pepperland My Destination
March 7th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
!
March 7th, 2011 at 2:26 pm
Did Tiger Tiger just kill Phil?
March 7th, 2011 at 2:53 pm
Wow, that’s just bizarre. I love the grill on that cat … the “ting mark” is a nice effect too.
Art Deco and narcotics meet, and the effect is jutht thtunning. Growl.
March 7th, 2011 at 2:59 pm
Can’t sleep… Tiger! Tiger! will eat me…
March 7th, 2011 at 3:19 pm
I like to think the bowtie revolves. Maybe in the pop-up book version? Or is that what this is?
March 7th, 2011 at 3:48 pm
Not so much “fearful symmetry” as “really creepy distortion”. Gah!
March 7th, 2011 at 8:07 pm
Ah, TSMD. Has there ever been a better book subjected to a run of more awful covers?
March 7th, 2011 at 8:08 pm
The crew of the spaceship, Vorga-T:1669, would like to know when exactly Mr G.Foyle is due to “kill them filthily”, and also the lost property office would like to know who does own this kilo of Pyre-E, in isomer form, otherwise it’s up for auction next week, as no-one’s claimed it…
March 7th, 2011 at 9:33 pm
But look at the bright side! At least you can safely read this book on the bus or train, without being suspected of reading some trashy “science-fiction” publication…
March 7th, 2011 at 9:57 pm
Only its head is there. The rest has presumably jaunted away. (Yuck.)
March 7th, 2011 at 10:02 pm
That’s a novel concept – Vampire Tiger from Outer Space!
March 7th, 2011 at 10:50 pm
My Dad has that copy, and I have to say that cover scared the beejesus out of me when I was a five year old. Thankfully I’ve grown up to be a fully well adjusted adult 😉
March 8th, 2011 at 3:09 pm
The artstyle kinda reminds me of this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQyoiFknPrw
March 8th, 2011 at 3:22 pm
@ A.R.Yngve: Very true, compared to the art on some books, I could read this without someone necessarily thinking I was weird because of the book (doesn’t keep them from thinking I’m weird for other reasons though).
March 8th, 2011 at 10:46 pm
I have only one question: where can I buy a poster version of this!?
There is no way in hell any of my students would DARE question me again if they saw THAT staring them down in my office!
March 11th, 2011 at 7:25 pm
OMG! I own this copy, inherited by my English parents. I love the book, and bemoan the cover. The cover on his Golem is just as bad – http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Jx3XXTHvidA/S83HKI_5uYI/AAAAAAAAArk/c4w_CfYpivw/s1600/Golem+cover+a.jpg
March 21st, 2011 at 6:31 pm
Swheaties, at first glance I read the title on your cover as “Golemioooooooo”. Actually I like it a lot, except that the creature at the top (a) doesn’t look like a golem and (b) is Bowser.
March 23rd, 2011 at 6:50 am
JESUS DEAR CHRIST STOP WITH THE LSD ALREADY
May 2nd, 2011 at 9:25 pm
You know how I can tell the illustrator didn’t read past the title of this book?
June 21st, 2013 at 5:38 am
Somewhere there’s a reference photo for this cover…and it’s apparently Gene Simmons being slapped in the face with a flying-fish.
December 10th, 2014 at 10:05 am
An excellent Alan Aldridge design – I love this whole series of sci fi cover he did for Penguin in 1967.
December 10th, 2014 at 6:22 pm
I love this whole series of sci fi cover he did
ADAM AND ALAN, SITTIN’ IN A TREE
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
ALAN’S GOT A PAINT-BRUSH, ADAM’S GOT A SMILE
LET’S LEAVE THE TWO OF THEM ALONE FOR A WHILE!
December 11th, 2014 at 11:20 am
The whole series can be seen here. Excellent work, in my opinion, though as you see not everyone (including the authors) agreed: http://www.penguinsciencefiction.org/10.html
December 11th, 2014 at 11:28 am
It’s interesting to compare variant covers over succeeding years here: http://www.penguinsciencefiction.org/covers.html#2620
December 23rd, 2014 at 1:03 pm
@A.R.Yngve: It’s a different kind of tiger. Please don’t bring up furry taints.
December 26th, 2021 at 11:41 am
I never knew the Cheshire Cat danced the Tango. Learn something every day.