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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Powers That Be

1950s and 60s (and beyond) Science Fiction paperback covers  were dominated (at least from my point of view) by the artwork of Richard Powers. 

Powers brought an abstract quality (literally) to the genre with wildly imaginative designs. The first cover shown below was not sci-fi, but the quiet design appealed to me even as a kid. The Time Machine cover is also a big favorite of mine.
 




Posted by Thomas Haller Buchanan at 1:05 AM
Labels: A few of my favorite things, Richard Powers

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Have you seen this flikr set?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlevar/sets/72157600100782664/

I'm also a big powers fan and own many of these paperbacks.

July 31, 2009 at 8:09 AM

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