Vintage Paperback Covers
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Volume Four |
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• The Case of the Drowning Duck
This cover raises many questions,
including, "Why is there a duck in the aquarium, and did anyone feed the fish yet?" At
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It's A Free Country •
I thought this might be a naughty
teacher story, but these are both "school kids". Yeah. In the surprise ending,
Momma conks daughter dead with a hammer. Why? "Because it's a free country!"
The End. |
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• Mischief
Here the artist gives away the climax of the book, "She
tore at his eyes!", as the vicious baby-sitter changes her mind at the last minute and
asks Jed to leave.
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The Wonderful Flight To The Mushroom Planet •
For a
change of pace, here's a childrens book with a great, classic cover. I'd rather
not analyze this cover, though, thank you.
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• Flee The Angry Strangers
Still life with needle. Ah, the
romance of the drug dependent lifestyle. Our tableux features a jazz musician, a
runaway girl, an old junkie, a black philospher, and maybe one of the angry strangers,
all stuffed in this tiny room. Seems innocent enough, eh?
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Nightmare Cruise •
Now this one's over the top!
Featuring a low-cut chartreuse catsuit, the cover design also freezes time right during
the Shifty Glance contest. It's The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner meets Gilligan's
Island, hosted by Rod Serling.
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• Unholy Flame
Lissa attends one little seance, and, next thing
you know, she's being sacrificed to Satan at an orgy. Heck of a thing, isn't
it? Heck of a dapper Satan, too. But then she wakes up. Phew.
That was a close one.
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One, Two, Three... Infinity! •
How 'bout a little physics,
Scarecrow? I love the keen, airbrushed cover art, like SCIENCE IN ACTION!.
George Gamow actually makes the subject interesting by including over one hundred
quirky explanatory sketches. A classic pre-Asimov science book.
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