Favorite Covers

BenG · 11-03-2009, 01:22 PM

Is there any book that you particularly love the cover of? Post 'em here.

I'm partial to the covers on these Raymond Chandler reprints.

zelda_pinwheel · 11-03-2009, 01:35 PM

wow, those are brilliant !

so very kitsch, and yet stylie.

thanks for sharing them. especially since amongst them is a chandler book i don't think i've ever heard of, "pickup on noon street", i thought i had read them all ! i'll have to look into that (it's possible i read it in french and i just don't recognise the title, i guess).

here are a couple of covers i just saw recently that caught my eye. i'm a big fan of good covers, so i can probably come up with a few more later on.

BenG · 11-03-2009, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

wow, those are brilliant !

so very kitsch, and yet stylie.

thanks for sharing them. especially since amongst them is a chandler book i don't think i've ever heard of, "pickup on noon street", i thought i had read them all ! i'll have to look into that (it's possible i read it in french and i just don't recognise the title, i guess).

Those covers are great.
I don't have Pickup on Noon Street but I suspect it may be a collection of shorter works.

Amalthia · 11-03-2009, 04:44 PM

I'm partial to the Katharine Kerr's Deverry Series covers. I also like almost all of Michael Whelen's cover art.

zelda_pinwheel · 11-03-2009, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BenG

Those covers are great.
I don't have Pickup on Noon Street but I suspect it may be a collection of shorter works.

ah, that would explain it.

GA Russell · 11-04-2009, 12:16 AM

By golly, Ben! When I saw the title of this thread, the first thing I thought of was those Raymond Chandler covers from the 70s.

Yes, Pickup on Noon Street is a collection of short stories he wrote, as I recall all of which before he wrote The Big Sleep.

I had the entire collection except one. The Long Goodbye had its cover replaced by one featuring Elliott Gould from the movie (then current, 1974 as I recall). I would have preferred the cover that went with the rest of the series, but it was not available.

PS - Thinking back on it, I think the series artwork was from 1973.

neilmarr · 11-04-2009, 12:29 AM

You should be on some kind of sales commission, Ben: Those covers reminded me how much I used to like Chandler's work and I've just bought half a dozen of his novels for a re-read. Thanks. Neil (who's pretty tall -- but he didn't mean to be)

BenG · 11-04-2009, 09:50 AM

Tom Adams is the artist for those covers. He also did some Agatha Christie covers in the 70s.

Some more Chandler covers (including The Long Goodbye) and more about the artist can be found here:
http://www.thewaterworks.ca/?p=66

BenG · 11-04-2009, 12:29 PM

Another cover I like, Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk.

GA Russell · 11-04-2009, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BenG

Tom Adams is the artist for those covers. He also did some Agatha Christie covers in the 70s.

Some more Chandler covers (including The Long Goodbye) and more about the artist can be found here:
http://www.thewaterworks.ca/?p=66

Thanks for that link, Ben! I see that it says that the covers were from 1971. I'm pretty sure that the Gould movie came out in the fall of '73 or the winter of '74, so the Tom Adams series was still in print then.

chlorine · 11-06-2009, 04:15 PM

The French sci-fi collection Ailleurs et demain (elsewhere and tomorrow) has great covers, depending on the period.
You can check one style I like here, and have a look at some of their cool metal-like covers on the front page of their website.

BenG · 11-07-2009, 09:24 AM

Some more of my favorite covers. I still have these Lovecraft paperbacks from the 70s.

Ea · 11-07-2009, 09:39 AM

I'd love to have this cover as a poster.
.

BenG · 11-07-2009, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Ea

I'd love to have this cover as a poster.
.

That would look great hanging on the wall.
I don't think I'd want my Lovecraft covers on my wall.

Elsi · 11-07-2009, 10:33 AM

Those Lovecraft covers may be the very reason why I didn't read Lovecraft when I was younger. While I love science and speculative fiction, I'm not much for mutilation and gore. To me, "Horror" is not well-defined and when it involves gruesome torture, then I give it a pass. Unfortunately, it's not always easy to know what the story contains simply by the cover.

11-03-2009, 01:22 PM	#1
BenG Trouble Is My Business Posts: 706 Karma: 5435 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Kentuckiana Device: Amazon Kindle DX	Favorite Covers Is there any book that you particularly love the cover of? Post 'em here. I'm partial to the covers on these Raymond Chandler reprints. __________________ Ben Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

11-03-2009, 01:35 PM	#2
zelda_pinwheel WWHALD Posts: 22,830 Karma: 86918 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: ebookwise 1150	wow, those are brilliant ! so very kitsch, and yet stylie. thanks for sharing them. especially since amongst them is a chandler book i don't think i've ever heard of, "pickup on noon street", i thought i had read them all ! i'll have to look into that (it's possible i read it in french and i just don't recognise the title, i guess). here are a couple of covers i just saw recently that caught my eye. i'm a big fan of good covers, so i can probably come up with a few more later on. __________________ I don't want none of that mischief on my eels! - pdurrant Hurricane Zelda of the Amazing Raining Frogs Join Adorable Madness -.-- --- ..- / -.-. .- -. -. --- - / .-. . ... .. ... - / - .... . / ..- -. ..- - - . .-. .- -... .-.. . / ... .. .-.. .-.. .. -. . ... ... "Resistance is futile, y'all." --DixieBorg by popular demand, we bring you the next exciting avatar in zelda's wardrobe, by the inimitable WetDogEared and his amazing dancing mice !! a round of applause, everybody !

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GA Russell Addict Posts: 367 Karma: 628 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: North Carolina Device: Hoping to get a jetBook Lite for Christmas.	By golly, Ben! When I saw the title of this thread, the first thing I thought of was those Raymond Chandler covers from the 70s. Yes, Pickup on Noon Street is a collection of short stories he wrote, as I recall all of which before he wrote The Big Sleep. I had the entire collection except one. The Long Goodbye had its cover replaced by one featuring Elliott Gould from the movie (then current, 1974 as I recall). I would have preferred the cover that went with the rest of the series, but it was not available. PS - Thinking back on it, I think the series artwork was from 1973. Last edited by GA Russell; 11-04-2009 at 01:52 AM.

11-04-2009, 12:29 AM	#7
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 453 Karma: 921 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	You should be on some kind of sales commission, Ben: Those covers reminded me how much I used to like Chandler's work and I've just bought half a dozen of his novels for a re-read. Thanks. Neil (who's pretty tall -- but he didn't mean to be) __________________ Visit www.bewrite.net for new fiction (£1, $2.00, E1.50 per download). Ebooks (about 120 titles) in PDF only until a range of new formats are made avbailable in 2010.

11-04-2009, 09:50 AM	#8
BenG Trouble Is My Business Posts: 706 Karma: 5435 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Kentuckiana Device: Amazon Kindle DX	Tom Adams is the artist for those covers. He also did some Agatha Christie covers in the 70s. Some more Chandler covers (including The Long Goodbye) and more about the artist can be found here: http://www.thewaterworks.ca/?p=66 __________________ Ben Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

11-04-2009, 12:29 PM	#9
BenG Trouble Is My Business Posts: 706 Karma: 5435 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Kentuckiana Device: Amazon Kindle DX	Another cover I like, Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk. __________________ Ben Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

11-06-2009, 04:15 PM	#11
chlorine Zealot Posts: 115 Karma: 424 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Cybook Gen3, Palm T\|X	The French sci-fi collection Ailleurs et demain (elsewhere and tomorrow) has great covers, depending on the period. You can check one style I like here, and have a look at some of their cool metal-like covers on the front page of their website.

11-07-2009, 09:24 AM	#12
BenG Trouble Is My Business Posts: 706 Karma: 5435 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Kentuckiana Device: Amazon Kindle DX	Some more of my favorite covers. I still have these Lovecraft paperbacks from the 70s. __________________ Ben Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

11-07-2009, 09:39 AM	#13
Ea Wizard Posts: 1,290 Karma: 2908 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 2, Sony PRS-505, iRex DR1000S, iPod Touch	I'd love to have this cover as a poster. . __________________ Autumn light, Denmark, Oct. 2009 My Shelfari Bookshelf - My Goodreads Page

11-07-2009, 10:33 AM	#15
Elsi Wizard Posts: 2,380 Karma: 12000 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas, USA Device: Kindle; Sony PRS 505; Blackberry 8700C	Those Lovecraft covers may be the very reason why I didn't read Lovecraft when I was younger. While I love science and speculative fiction, I'm not much for mutilation and gore. To me, "Horror" is not well-defined and when it involves gruesome torture, then I give it a pass. Unfortunately, it's not always easy to know what the story contains simply by the cover. __________________ Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all. -- Henry David Thoreau Currently reading: *Kiln People* by David Brin (MM Paperback) ... *A Play of Isaac* by Margaret Frazer (Kindle) ... *Birthright* by Nora Roberts (Audio CD) Books read in 2009: 117

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