Paperbacks from Hell

For Halloween or Xmas, what could be a better gift? A brilliant art and history book about the crazy-ass horror novel covers of yore?

Read a review here.

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Alex Boese Alex is the creator and curator of the Museum of Hoaxes. He's also the author of various weird, non-fiction, science-themed books such as Elephants on Acid and Psychedelic Apes. Paul Di Filippo Paul has been paid to put weird ideas into fictional form for over forty years, in his career as a noted science fiction writer. Contact Us

Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 24, 2017
Category: Horror | Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art | Books | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s

Comments

In the same way that vinyl album covers gave way to CD jewel boxes and then digital thumbnails, paperback book covers are being subsumed by Kindles and smartphones. Lost art, indeed.

Posted by Brian on 10/26/17 at 10:14 PM

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