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Science fiction and fantasy are genres that are rife with horrible book covers. So much so that the blog Good Show Sir is entirely dedicated to hilariously awful science fiction book covers. As a result, anyone who reads in the genre quickly learns to simply ignore the truly bad covers and just flip open the books to get to the actual reading. But just to pick a few, here is a handful of examples of some pretty bad covers that I have sitting on my bookshelves:
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Oooh, I totally agree about the bad science fiction covers! What's with that? New GFC follower. :)
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I can't say I'ma huge fan of these either....New GFC Follower !
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~Caitlin :)
Just hopping through :D **New Follower via GFC**
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Those are kind of hilariously dated & I sorta love them for that.
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Is it weird that I kind of like them? I can dig a retro cover! New GFC follower. My FF
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ReplyDeleteyeah, those are awful, lol, I actually always hatted the Harry Potter covers, especially the first few books, the later ones were better, but I never liked how they portrayed Harry or the other characters. But they were not this bad, lol.
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@Mary: I can't say for sure, but I suspect that the reason science fiction books have had a track record of lousy covers is that they were (and in some places still are) perceived as low-quality books attractive only to people who had bad taste.
ReplyDelete@Caitlin YA Bookworm: And I only posted a few examples. If I spent some serious time on it, I could probably post dozens, if not hundreds, of really bad science fiction covers.
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ReplyDelete@Casi Haggard: Beyond Apollo and Merlin's Ring are definitely examples of dated covers, but Child of Flame was published in 2000, so I don't think it has that excuse.
ReplyDelete@Kathryne (Paperback Fantasies): Not at all. I have a soft spot for really bad covers on science fiction books. That doesn't change the fact that they are pretty awful though. They are just awful in a fun way.
ReplyDelete@Allie Reichelt: That is definitely true. I'm not sure exactly why, although I do have a few theories.
ReplyDelete@Concise Reviews by Michelle: My brother has a theory that (at least with the American versions) you can figure out everything you need to know about a Harry Potter book simply by looking at the cover.
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