So many of these look so familiar to me. I love this thread.
― ms. cookie (carl agatha), Monday, 30 July 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.trashfiction.co.uk/horror_pan02.jpg
― mod night at the oasis (NickB), Monday, 30 July 2012 21:03 (eleven years ago) link
http://panhorrors.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/pan24.jpg
― mod night at the oasis (NickB), Monday, 30 July 2012 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
http://img1.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/t0/t403.jpg
http://vaultofevil.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/pan26.jpg
― mod night at the oasis (NickB), Monday, 30 July 2012 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.panbookofhorrorstories.co.uk/communities/8/004/006/637/238/images/4524800383_pre.jpg
― mod night at the oasis (NickB), Monday, 30 July 2012 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
another icon of the era:
http://retrobookshop.com/images/products/display/102620.jpg
― scott seward, Monday, 30 July 2012 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
oh yeah! this one too
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/fear_of_flying.jpg
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Monday, 30 July 2012 22:32 (eleven years ago) link
forgot about all those crichton and cook and follett paperbacks
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Monday, 30 July 2012 22:33 (eleven years ago) link
back when signet was king of the airport bookstand
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Monday, 30 July 2012 22:35 (eleven years ago) link
those 70s farmers were by bob pepper who also did those great PKD covers for DAW in the 80s
And who ALSO did... Forever Changes!
― Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Monday, 30 July 2012 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
"THE MOST UNINHIBITED, DELICIOUS, EROTIC NOVEL A WOMAN EVER WROTE"
― Will Chave (Hurting 2), Monday, 30 July 2012 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
"THE MOST BACKHANDED, SEXIST BLURB..."
― Will Chave (Hurting 2), Monday, 30 July 2012 22:50 (eleven years ago) link
― Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Monday, July 30, 2012 6:37 PM (25 minutes ago)
during my googling today I stumbled across the blog of a guy who theorized that pepper did the uncredited 60s signet cover for do androids dream of electric sheep based on its similarity to forever changes
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Monday, 30 July 2012 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
this one
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/ea063acc.jpg
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Monday, 30 July 2012 23:13 (eleven years ago) link
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm243/andydecker/HerbertDomain-1.jpgThe thirs Herbert Rats book really frwaked me out--nucelar war destroys the waorld, and the surviviors scrabble round in the rubble being eaten by the intelligent rats of the first two books, now rulers of the world.
http://www.bookitinc.com/pictures225/984804.jpgThis is actually pretty good (I'm a big Bainbridge fan), about two girls who decide to kill an adult--based on the same true story as inspired Heavenly Creatures
― computers are the new "cool tool" (James Morrison), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 00:51 (eleven years ago) link
That's very effective, looks like the girls next door in my 70s neighborhood. Wonder if the idea for that Salem's Lot ocver came from the original jacket of White Light White Heat: plain black 'til tilted, when a l'il skull could be seen. Think Reed or Cale said the cover was a photo of a biker's tattoo.
― dow, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 00:54 (eleven years ago) link
More Signet horror covers:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/-V-IBwAUePr4/T6EUxHK2B-I/AAAAAAAAGQo/0e3rEwRROik/chesbro_affairofsorcerers_signet1979_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpghttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aNmqmLah6BU/T848JWzj19I/AAAAAAAAGRQ/G6_3ctPo4FU/s1600/The+Religion+nicholas+conde+1982+Signet+pbk.jpghttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lXubxyM7PEM/T8w8QOQ66zI/AAAAAAAAApc/AmxhTzg8hL4/s1600/scan0006.jpg
A different Rats coverhttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U3nuI31Kmpo/T4NfVYX4sjI/AAAAAAAAFw8/a8XY9z8ddGc/s1600/rats%2Bjames%2Bherbert%2Bsignet%2Bbooks%2Breprint.jpg
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2719/4453537387_279d107384_o.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zKfmA6an1SU/TZSO8ZQwScI/AAAAAAAADTQ/yjW82M9HtLc/s1600/dew%2Bclaws.jpg
― computers are the new "cool tool" (James Morrison), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 00:58 (eleven years ago) link
forgot all about herbert's threads, er, domain I mean
an affair of sorcerers was a detective novel but yeah the cover looks like another escapee from the horror divi
the summer visitors cover is creeping me out
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 04:46 (eleven years ago) link
that second cover of the rats says a lot about the new era of signet. I know styles change but they just lost the plot somewhere along the way. these covers nowadays aren't going to haunt the bedtimes of children or feed their dreams of monstrous smirking reptiles swimming in rivers of fucking blood.
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 05:01 (eleven years ago) link
I remember staring at this cover for long periods of time.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GfiJkpBdA5E/TirlDlHQf-I/AAAAAAAADz8/OemIso8AqZ0/s1600/in%2Bthe%2Bflesh.JPG
― The Thnig, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
freaky, looks kinda like robert williams
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
omg this entire thread is basically junior high for me
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 17:25 (eleven years ago) link
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/the_killing_gift.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/the_visitor.jpg
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
From James Herbert's wiki entry
James Herbert, OBE (born 8 April 1943, London[1]) is a best-selling English horror writer who originally worked as the art director of an advertising agency. He is a full-time writer who also designs his own book covers and publicity. His books have sold over forty-two million copies.[2]
― Theodora Celery, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 00:56 (eleven years ago) link
I can't believe herbert designed *all* his book covers
cuz that means the guy who came up with this
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/lair_sm.jpg
also came up with this
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/herbertlair.jpg
and I don't want to live in that world
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Wednesday, 1 August 2012 16:10 (eleven years ago) link
not a signet book but this thread made me check if this cover art was half as frightening to me as when i read it as a kidhttp://ca.pbsstatic.com/xl/80/6380/56380.jpglolnope
― arby's, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 19:44 (eleven years ago) link
Plenty of fun covers to be found here:
http://uncledougsbunkerofhorror.blogspot.com/
I had this one as a lad and it scared me good:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qpg4IricKFw/UCfO7cBr2CI/AAAAAAAAAyo/DiZ3m0sm4v0/s1600/late-at-night-1.jpg
― The Thnig, Monday, 14 January 2013 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
Been a long time since I read it, but liked this:
http://www.neconebooks.com/BOOKS/TheFaceThatMustDie_COVER.jpg
― dow, Monday, 14 January 2013 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
a friend has it with this cover
http://www.brixpicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/face.jpg
― dow, Monday, 14 January 2013 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
But this is the one I still have
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AeV-ZglWJk0/TipZhO_M6sI/AAAAAAAAAY0/wJfdZfLbgh4/s1600/scan0047.jpg
― dow, Monday, 14 January 2013 19:26 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.strangethingsarehappening.com/britcultmovies.html
― Ward Fowler, Sunday, 8 September 2013 18:29 (ten years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bYtLwlwME8M/UiQEwdd-a7I/AAAAAAAAKXc/ChyB1AcePe4/s1600/Berserkers+-+Apr+1974,+ed.+Roger+Elwood,+pub+-+Pocket+Books,+0-671-77769-6,+C.95,+191pp,+pb,+anth+-+Cover+-+Mike+Gross.JPG" class="noborder">.95,+191pp,+pb,+anth+-+Cover+-+Mike+Gross.JPG" class="noborder">.95,+191pp,+pb,+anth+-+Cover+-+Mike+Gross.JPG" class="noborder">.95,+191pp,+pb,+anth+-+Cover+-+Mike+Gross.JPG" class="noborder">.95,+191pp,+pb,+anth+-+Cover+-+Mike+Gross.JPG" class="noborder">.95,+191pp,+pb,+anth+-+Cover+-+Mike+Gross.JPG" class="noborder">.95,+191pp,+pb,+anth+-+Cover+-+Mike+Gross.JPG" class="noborder">.95,+191pp,+pb,+anth+-+Cover+-+Mike+Gross.JPG" class="noborder">.95,+191pp,+pb,+anth+-+Cover+-+Mike+Gross.JPG" class="noborder">
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 8 September 2013 19:09 (ten years ago) link
arrgh... sorry about the garbage code
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4039/4493513282_b6cb57299d_z.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 8 September 2013 19:12 (ten years ago) link
ooh those are good. i like the skull especially.
― no fomo (La Lechera), Sunday, 8 September 2013 20:30 (ten years ago) link
These always remind me of books my dad used to read on the beach
I like the Ballantine Lovecraft covers also:http://i40.tinypic.com/zob380.jpghttp://i41.tinypic.com/2lt3cls.jpghttp://i44.tinypic.com/2j3mi9z.jpg
― los blue jeans, Sunday, 8 September 2013 20:40 (ten years ago) link
ok well maybe that third one is kinda goofy
― los blue jeans, Sunday, 8 September 2013 20:41 (ten years ago) link
He's just a fun guy from Yuggoth, look at his cheeky little face.
― emil.y, Sunday, 8 September 2013 21:12 (ten years ago) link
Hooooooooly shit: http://www.quirkbooks.com/book/paperbacks-hell#
― Duane Quarterdump (Old Lunch), Friday, 30 June 2017 03:32 (six years ago) link
Wow
― Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 30 June 2017 03:34 (six years ago) link
full disclosure, i'm involved with this but:
http://www.booklistreader.com/?s=we+read+dead+people
― The Thnig, Thursday, 6 July 2017 17:28 (six years ago) link
That Grady Hendrix book is a collection of his Tor.Com articles
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 6 July 2017 17:31 (six years ago) link
In all honesty, I'd happily buy a book of '80s horror paperback covers with nothing but lorem ipsum dolor text filling the space between them, so that's cool.
― Duane Quarterdump (Old Lunch), Thursday, 6 July 2017 17:38 (six years ago) link
both of these links are v v useful to me!
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 6 July 2017 17:40 (six years ago) link
The Tricycle!
I'm always glad when this thread rises from the dead.
― Brad C., Thursday, 6 July 2017 20:35 (six years ago) link
― emil.y, Sunday, 8 September 2013 22:12
I was thinking "damn, I wish I'd thought of that!" but subsequently discovered there's an essay series in Crypt Of Cthulhu magazine called Fun Guys From Yuggoth from the 80s.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 23:12 (six years ago) link
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 6 July 2017 18:31 (four months ago)
Actually it isn't. His Tor reviews of books were quite lengthy but Paperbacks From Hell has quite brief summaries of books. People are definitely tracking down the recommended books, they pop up in my goodreads feed.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 17 November 2017 00:04 (six years ago) link
that book is fantastic by the way, got through it very fast
― jamiesummerz, Monday, 14 May 2018 13:06 (five years ago) link
It really is. I was very pleasantly surprised by how many (hundreds) of covers Hendrix was able to pack into that thing.
― Delightful in Microdoses (Old Lunch), Monday, 14 May 2018 13:17 (five years ago) link