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I adore this kind of art...the sort of old painted and airbrushed sci-fi art that would appear in magazines and on the covers of books. Sometimes I buy old sci-fi books just for the cover art. Invariably there is smut in the opening 5 pages lol. Just a pattern I've noticed :p
Really? And which ones would that be? Just so I don't actually buy them. Takes out a notepad and dons his glasses
Haha. If you go to Half Priced Books, you may find a spinning tower rack of sci-fi books with amazing covers, all of which are also in plastic sealed baggies.
Go nuts!
I don’t know about invariably, but I’ve definitely had that experience picking up a cool looking old 70s sci-fi book and then it’s a book about lesbian sex communes in the future.
We were skiing as a child and there was a magazine from Isaac Asimov laying around in the apartment. Had detailed plans of various spaceships in it.