You know what I haven't done for a while? A thread of bad science fiction covers!
Come this way...
The Best of Walter M. Miller, Jr. Pocket Books, 1980. Cover by Mara McAfee.
"Best," mind you!
Those are some epic "who farted?" faces.
A Vision Of Beasts: The Second Kingdom, by Jack Lovejoy. Tor Books, 1984. Cover by Victoria Poyser.
Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke. Lanterne SF, 1971. Cover by Peter Haars.
I see what you did there Peter...
Not Freudian. Nope.
The Secrets of Synchronicity, by Jonathan Fast. Signet Books, 1977. Cover by Boris Vallejo.
Worst. Dream. Ever!
The Iron Dream, by Norman Spinrad. Timescape, 1982. Cover by Rowena Merrill.
Runts of 61 Cygni C, by James Grazier. Belmont Books, 1970. Cover artist unknown, fortunately...
Your obedient servant...
Servants of the Wankh, by Jack Vance. Mayflower, 1975. Cover by Peter Goodfellow.
They even spelt his name wrong...
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov. Digit Books D164, 1958. Cover is possibly by Henry Fox.
Virgin Planet & Star Ways, by Poul Anderson. Baen Books, 2000. Cover by Clyde Caldwell.
Is she choking that chicken?
(don't get me started on bad Poul Anderson covers...)
In the future there will be jumpsuits...
Neuromancien, by William Gibson. J'ai Lu, 1988. Cover by Barclay Shaw.
Star Wars speeder bikes just got real.
We Who Are About To... by Joanna Russ. Magnum Books, 1978. Cover by Geoff Taylor.
"A future classic."
The Snow Queen, by Joan D. Vinge. Orbit Books, 1981. Cover by Peter Jones.
They won't notice...
Galaxy 666 by Pel Torro (aka the Reverend Lionel Fanthorpe). Tower Books, 1969.
The apocalypse: pants optional.
Mort En Catastrophe. Elvifrance, 1976.
Kitten avenger!
The Green Millennium, by Fritz Leiber. Orbit, 1976. Cover by Bob Haberfield
More bad book covers another time.
You can't judge...
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