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mostlyghostie · 9 months
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What books have you done this to?
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dduane · 7 months
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“Understand that when you’re competing for the attention of a teen reader, you aren’t competing against games, movies, and social media. A teen reader is reading, just reading differently. Often, they are reading fan fiction—on their phone. They are part of a secret club, finding comfort in characters they already know and scenarios that are reassuring (and yes, maybe titillating, but these are teens we’re talking about). However, there’s something else extremely important to remember about fan fiction: it’s free.
“Maybe part of the decline in YA sales is because books for the average teen are not affordable to the average teen.”
Hmm…
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browsethestacks · 2 months
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Paperbacks That Never Were - Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia
Art by Nickolej Villiger
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Vintage Paperback - Alfred Hitchcock's Once Upon a Dreadful Time by Alfred Hitchcock
Dell (1964)
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70sscifiart · 9 months
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Black Mirror and retro sci-fi paperback cover art
Someone on the Black Mirror team really knows their late-60s sci-fi paperbacks! Spoilers for Season 6 ep "Beyond the Sea." 
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This paperback is a 1967 edition of Ray Bradbury's 'The Illustrated Man,' with a top-tier Dean Ellis cover.
Ellis was a great paperback artist: He balanced one central image with intricate details, making covers simple yet engaging. Ellis covers don't usually have this much ennui, which makes this one a particularly good pick for the episode, about an astronaut who also feels alone.
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The other main paperback featured in the episode is a 1968 edition of 'The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress,' by Robert A. Heinlein, with a cover by Paul Lehr.
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Lehr is an icon of 60s/70s covers, so he's a great artist to include. This particular cover has one of his signature tropes - A crowd of tiny figures gathering around a single object, in this case a moon base.
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That said, that particular Lehr cover looks more similar to the style of Richard Powers (a surreal 50s artist who influenced Lehr) than is typical for Lehr. Here are a few other 1968 Lehr covers that I think represent him better, with more shadows and monochrome.
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But here's what blows my mind: We never see the cover to one paperback spine in this scene. It's this 1967 Richard Powers cover, with the yellow spine.
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It seems to show a man enviously watching a woman from behind a screen - incredibly on-the-nose symbolism for this episode.
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I wonder if the prop person for the show came up with multiple options and the Powers cover lost out to the Lehr one. Either way, it's an amazing Easter egg. 
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starrywisdomsect · 1 year
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Vintage paperback editions of Lord Dunsany’s works from Ballantine Books.
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poetdreaming · 28 days
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Paperbacks
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vintagegeekculture · 11 months
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Gray Morrow.
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thehauntedrocket · 4 months
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Vintage Paperback - Aldair: The Legion Of Beasts by Neal Barrett Jr.
Art by Ken Kelly
DAW (1982)
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Books by the great British horror writer James Herbert born 8 April 1943
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dozydawn · 3 months
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Model: Linda Tonge.
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mostlyghostie · 1 month
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New stickers!
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paintermagazine · 12 days
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‘Running scared!’
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‘Pulp fiction style’
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browsethestacks · 6 months
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Alchemy And Academe (1980)
Art by Rowena Morrill
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5 Random Alfred Hitchcock Paperbacks
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slaughter-books · 7 months
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Day 19: JOMPBPC: Paperbacks
Four beautiful green paperbacks! 💚
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