Favorite Book Covers
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Even some of the Starfleet Academy covers are favorites, such "Capture The Flag", "Atlantis Station" (unfortunately t he story doesn't live up to the cover art) and "Crossfire".
Anyone who hasn't seen it yet should check out the recently announced cover for Armageddon's Arrow!
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I don't know if this counts, but I love the color palette used for the Greater than the Sum cover. The spine, in particular, really stands out on my bookshelf and my eyes are always drawn to it.
Which is actually a recycled Ships of the Line calendar image, but it's a gorgeous image, so I'm happy with that. (I just wish I'd known about it in time to write in some scene that resembled the cover.)
I became a huge John Picacio fan because of his Trek covers. I was lucky enough to have met him and have him sign my copies of Day of Vipers and the McCoy Crucible book, which is signed by David R. George as well.
And the Disavowed cover is one of my favorites as well.
Another favorite cover of mine is From History's Shadow. It's a fun cover that really fits the mood of the book. And Foundations as well.
As a kid, I can remember going into Walden Books or B.Dalton Books (remember those?) and seeing some of the covers for the first time.
I remember seeing titles like:
"Dreams of the Raven", "The Final Reflection", "How Much For Just the Planet?", "Uhura's Song", "Tears of the Singers" and all the early 80s Bantam covers, and all these covers would just BLOW MY MIND.
It jarred my imagination into warp drive, particularly the first 50 or so of the Pocket Books line along with the Bantam line.
And they gave off this mysteriousness, grace and yet many of those covers were infused with the TOS mystique.
Man, I'm surprised that I don't see more of the older titles listed. It seems like everyone is picking the more recent stuff.
For me, the older covers EXUDE a sense of awe.
I remember seeing titles like:
"Dreams of the Raven", "The Final Reflection", "How Much For Just the Planet?", "Uhura's Song", "Tears of the Singers" and all the early 80s Bantam covers, and all these covers would just BLOW MY MIND.
It jarred my imagination into warp drive, particularly the first 50 or so of the Pocket Books line along with the Bantam line.
And they gave off this mysteriousness, grace and yet many of those covers were infused with the TOS mystique.
Man, I'm surprised that I don't see more of the older titles listed. It seems like everyone is picking the more recent stuff.
For me, the older covers EXUDE a sense of awe.
I don´t like the original covers, but the German ones
http://www.cross-cult.de/titeldetails-422/items/star-trek-the-next-generation-doppelhelix.html
I don´t like the original covers, but the German ones
http://www.cross-cult.de/titeldetails-422/items/star-trek-the-next-generation-doppelhelix.html
Cross Cult definitely has a lot of great covers. Makes me wish I read German sometimes.
Now that's the sign of a great book cover!
I do not know the Original Covers, but the German ones from Cross Cult are really great
Destiny Trilogy, for example.
The Original Double Helix Covers look awkward, more or less.
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