I happened to stop at the local library’s weekly basement sale, and I was pleasantly surprised to find find some new-to-me Heinlein covers: a freaky 1960s reprint of Waldo and Magic, Inc., a Sixth Column with a cover by John Melo, and a Glory Road and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress whose covers I suspect might be by James Warhola. They have been scanned and posted to the appropriate pages of my Heinlein cover art galleries, so now all I have is the several-inch adjustment to the alphabetized shelves in my own attic library.
In addition, these folks also had a nice newish reprint of Frank Herbert’s The Dragon in the Sea—which in its 1980s printing was called Under Pressure—so I grabbed that with glee, duly scanned it, and then put ’er in the “Paperbacks, Etc.” section of my “Other SF Art” galleries.
When I taught this book in my SF class around the turn of the century, it was out of print, so I had to get permission from the publisher for the bookstore to make copies for all the students... What was worse than the mere hassle, however, was the melancholy knowledge that this exquisite novel, which to me was alive and breathing because I had the paperback always ready on my shelf, was in fact actually forgotten, and unreachable by newer readers. I am particularly glad, therefore, to see this wonderful old novel back in print, and even under its original 1950s title, too.
In any event, I hope you enjoy the additions to my galleries.
Rafeeq
In addition, these folks also had a nice newish reprint of Frank Herbert’s The Dragon in the Sea—which in its 1980s printing was called Under Pressure—so I grabbed that with glee, duly scanned it, and then put ’er in the “Paperbacks, Etc.” section of my “Other SF Art” galleries.
When I taught this book in my SF class around the turn of the century, it was out of print, so I had to get permission from the publisher for the bookstore to make copies for all the students... What was worse than the mere hassle, however, was the melancholy knowledge that this exquisite novel, which to me was alive and breathing because I had the paperback always ready on my shelf, was in fact actually forgotten, and unreachable by newer readers. I am particularly glad, therefore, to see this wonderful old novel back in print, and even under its original 1950s title, too.
In any event, I hope you enjoy the additions to my galleries.
Rafeeq
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