It was the best of cover art, it was the worst of books.

featuring silly and exciting art from pulp fiction paperbacks of days of yore

[the25centpaperback]

The Starchild Trilogy by Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson, cover by Unknown Artist (1977?)

[the25centpaperback]

Starwolf #3: World of the Starwolves by Edmond Hamilton, cover by Jack Gaughan (1968)

[spacemerchants]

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA 🦑 // Jules Verne Cover // Tony Roberts Publisher // Corgi (1975)

[spacemerchants]

THE ILLUSTRATED MAN 🪡 // Ray Bradbury Publisher // Corgi (1974)

[wonderful-strange]

Night Monsters by Fritz Leiber, Ace Books 1969.

Greystoke Trading Company.

[spacemerchants]

DRAGONFLIGHT 🐉 // Anne McCaffrey Cover // Bruce Pennington Publisher // Corgi (1973)

[the25centpaperback]

Isaac Asimov’s Magical Worlds of Fantasy 4: Spells, edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft (1985)

[phantastische-illustrationen]

Clifford D. Simak - City (Ed Valigursky)

[spacemerchants]

THE BALLAD OF BETA-2 🔥 // Samuel R. Delany Cover // Ed Valigursky Publisher // Ace [Double] (1965)

[70sscifiart]

Henri Lievens’s cover art for a 1974 French edition of Robert Silverberg’s Recalled to Life

[the25centpaperback]

Hellstrom’s Hive by Frank Herbert, cover by R. Shore (1974)

[wonderful-strange]

Avon Fantasy Reader No. 2. 1947,

Greystoke Trading Company.

[70sscifiart]

Uncredited 1975 cover art to Who?, by Algis Budrys

[wonderful-strange]

The Spell of Seven. Cover art by Virgil Finlay. First Printing 1965.

Greystoke Trading Company.

[andhumanslovedstories]

I’m about to reblog this post with a cover of a book. The book’s title is Who Can Replace A Man. I want you to imagine a cover for that title, perhaps even a cover that answers the question of who in fact can replace a man. I’ll even help you out: it is a science fiction book. This will not really help you. There is truly no way you will be able to imagine this cover. But try anyway. It’ll be a fun experiment.

[andhumanslovedstories]

[paperbackben]

Imaro by Charles R. Saunders 1981 

Cover by Ken Kelly

[70sscifiart]

Frank Kelly Freas