SO....what's a PorPor Book ?
'PorPor' is a derogatory term my brother used, to refer to the SF and Fantasy paperbacks and comic books I eagerly read from the late 60s to the late 80s.
This blog is devoted to those paperbacks and comics you can find on the shelves of second-hand bookstores...from the New Wave era and 'Dangerous Visions', to the advent of the cyberpunks and 'Neuromancer'.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Gallery of 70s SF paperbacks
from David Kyle's 'A Pictorial History of Science Fiction', Hamlyn, London,1977
The Steranko illustration used on the cover of the edition of Brackett's Ginger Star in this gallery was later used by IBooks for the cover of their 2000 omnibus of the first two Callisto books by Lin Carter.
I've read both Ginger Star (in a 1974 Ballantine edition) and the aforementioned Callisto omnibus, and can report that they are both mediocre but not unpleasant planetary romances. Brackett's work is more polished than Carter's, and she doesn't follow the Edgar Rice Burroughs mold as slavishly as does Lin Carter.
If any other books surface using this Steranko painting I will feel duty bound to read them as well.
The image was again printed, finally in it's original format as part of the Steranko Trading Card set. It can be seen here: http://thedrawingsofsteranko.blogspot.ca/2013/02/moving-in.html
The Steranko illustration used on the cover of the edition of Brackett's Ginger Star in this gallery was later used by IBooks for the cover of their 2000 omnibus of the first two Callisto books by Lin Carter.
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I've read both Ginger Star (in a 1974 Ballantine edition) and the aforementioned Callisto omnibus, and can report that they are both mediocre but not unpleasant planetary romances. Brackett's work is more polished than Carter's, and she doesn't follow the Edgar Rice Burroughs mold as slavishly as does Lin Carter.
If any other books surface using this Steranko painting I will feel duty bound to read them as well.
Oh, the glory days before Photoshop! Lovely stuff indeed.
ReplyDeleteThe image was again printed, finally in it's original format as part of the Steranko Trading Card set. It can be seen here:
ReplyDeletehttp://thedrawingsofsteranko.blogspot.ca/2013/02/moving-in.html