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Sep 27, 2020 • 19 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X
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You know what we haven't done for a while? Bad science fiction covers!

Let's remedy that now. Come this way... #SundayMotivation Image
In the future there will be jumpsuits.

Neuromancien, by William Gibson. J'ai Lu, 1988. Cover by Barclay Shaw. Image
I think this is the musical theatre version...

Children Of The Lens, by E E 'Doc' Smith. Berkley, 1982. Image
Inappropriate spacewear alert...

Derai , by E C Tubb. Arrow, 1973. Image
The Best of Walter M. Miller, Jr. Pocket Books, 1980.
Cover by Mara McAfee.

"Best," mind you! Image
"Not now Janet, I'm doing a Decathlon..."

Jewel Of Tharn, by Jeffrey Lord. Macfadden, 1969. Image
Eggheads: always with the sex robots...

The Silver Eggheads, by Fritz Lieber. Four Square Books, 1966. Image
Star Wars speeder bikes just got real.

We Who Are About To... by Joanna Russ. Magnum Books, 1978. Cover by Geoff Taylor. Image
Nothing to see here Twitter, move along now... Image
"A future classic."

The Snow Queen, by Joan D. Vinge. Orbit Books, 1981. Cover by Peter Jones. Image
Does it contain Uranus jokes? What do you think!

Outerspace Sex Orgy by Arthur Faber. Barnaby Press 1970. Image
Lilac, mullets and M16s. This was the future they promised us...

Iduna's Universe, by E.C. Tubb. Arrow Books, 1985. Image
Those are some epic "who farted?" faces.

A Vision Of Beasts: The Second Kingdom, by Jack Lovejoy. Tor Books, 1984. Cover by Victoria Poyser. Image
Not Freudian. Nope.

The Secrets of Synchronicity, by Jonathan Fast. Signet Books, 1977. Cover by Boris Vallejo. Image
Soldiers, by John Dalmas. Baen Books, 2003.

You don't know man, you weren't there... Image
They won't notice...

Galaxy 666 by Pel Torro (aka the Reverend Lionel Fanthorpe). Tower Books, 1969. Image
Fangs For The Mammaries, edited by Esther Friesner. Baen Books 2010. Art by Clyde Caldwell.

I see what you did there Clyde... Image
The apocalypse: pants optional.

Mort En Catastrophe. Elvifrance, 1976. Image
More bad science fiction book covers another time.

Oh there's more, believe me... Image

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Aug 18
Today in pulp... a few covers by Reginald Heade. Image
Vice Rackets Of Soho, by Roland Vane. Archer Books, 1951. Cover by Reginald Heade. Image
Sinful Sisters, by Ronald Vane. Archer Books, 1951. Cover by Reginald Heade. Image
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Aug 16
Time once again for my occasional series "Women with great hair fleeing gothic houses!"

No, I hadn't forgotten... Image
Terror On Duncan Island, by Caroline Farr. Signet Gothic, 1971. Cover by Allan Kass.

Note: this is a sea-circled island. None of your oxbow lake nonsense here... Image
The Fortune Hunters, by Joan Aiken. Pocket Books, 1972.

When fleeing a gothic castle be sure to colour co-ordinate! Image
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Aug 13
If the spacesuit is the symbol of progress, the gas mask is the sign of the apocalypse. In popular culture it signifies that science has turned against us. It's the face of dystopia.

Today in pulp I look at the culture of the mask!
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The first chemical masks were work by Venitian plague doctors: a bird-like affair, the beak stuffed with lavender, matched with full length coat and hat. It was a terrifying sight - the grim reaper come to apply poultices to your tumours. Image
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Aug 10
It's now over half a century since 1970, and I'm starting to wonder if we should bring back its concept of gracious modern living... Image
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Aug 10
Today in pulp I look back at the book cover typefaces of 1975!

I know that's the content you come here for... Image
Now I know what you're thinking: 1975? Surely that was wall to wall Bookman Swash!

Well not quite... Image
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But many newer typefaces were starting to appear too.
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Aug 9
Given how many people have left - or are thinking of leaving - Twitter, I thought I'd reshare an old thread: what on Earth is this platform good for? And should you stay on it?

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