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Old 08-17-2026, 10:21 AM   #1
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Can anyone help me out with a better cover for Peter David's The Rift?
I bought this on Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/de/en/ebook/the...DHQncPR&cPos=1

And I looked at Amazon, Thalia etc. and everywhere just the same crappy photographed cover. Does anyone have the book and can help me out with a scan? This just looks so awful.

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Old 08-17-2026, 10:35 AM   #2
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How about this one?

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/...L._SL1096_.jpg

They seemingly redid it so it doesn't have that weird "clearly airbrushed in afterwards" look for the cloud around Spock.
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Old 08-17-2026, 10:36 AM   #3
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There seems to be only one different cover, which I've attached.
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Old 08-17-2026, 10:41 AM   #4
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The Interenet Science Fiction Database doesn't either has other ones:
https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/titlecovers.cgi?3722
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/...L._SL1096_.jpg)

There is this one: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9c/9e...b7fa30ae99.jpg
Or one that might be from the comic's adaption? https://comicvine.gamespot.com/star-...ft/4000-35555/
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Thank you everyone! The isfdb seems to have the closest one and I'm happy with that
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I bought this on Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/de/en/ebook/the...DHQncPR&cPos=1

And I looked at Amazon, Thalia etc. and everywhere just the same crappy photographed cover. Does anyone have the book and can help me out with a scan? This just looks so awful.

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Here is the a better version of the cover you posted.
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Old 08-17-2026, 11:42 AM   #7
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I have an even better cover made from an the original image I found online.
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Which cover does everyone prefer? I prefer the second cover I posted.
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There seems to be only one different cover, which I've attached.
That cover is wrong. The part of the story that takes place with Kirk takes place between Star Trek V and Star Trek VI. So the uniform is the wrong one. Spock's uniform is also wrong. That's the uniform is from when Kirk was captain and not the uniform when Pike was captain.
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Which cover does everyone prefer? I prefer the second cover I posted.

The first one, to be honest. The second one looks like Kirk wears a dress, the proportions aren’t right.

But I like that it removes Spock‘s aura.
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The first one, to be honest. The second one looks like Kirk wears a dress, the proportions aren’t right.

But I like that it removes Spock‘s aura.
Is this any better?
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That cover is wrong. The part of the story that takes place with Kirk takes place between Star Trek V and Star Trek VI. So the uniform is the wrong one. Spock's uniform is also wrong. That's the uniform is from when Kirk was captain and not the uniform when Pike was captain.
Yeah, I know really nothing about Star Trek, never watched or read any of it. I thought the OP wanted a different cover and that's the only different cover there is. Actually the OP just wanted a better quality cover, not a different one.
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Is this any better?
Yes, thank you.
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Here's one from: https://archive.org/details/rift0000davi_u1v9/mode/2up
Lightly retouched.
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