Just ordered a dozen of Lem’s books that I already have (in multiple copies, even), just because these covers are so, so good.pic.twitter.com/y3r3RsHfvb
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Just ordered a dozen of Lem’s books that I already have (in multiple copies, even), just because these covers are so, so good.pic.twitter.com/y3r3RsHfvb
A few more, some of them also available as posters here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/libricons pic.twitter.com/YLV4fBdJ5j
Other beautiful contemporary Lem covers, from Penguin Classics, designed by Hayley Warnham (@Haywarn): https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/stanislaw-lem/112840 …pic.twitter.com/yLZElZ6xOC
Of older editions, these 1970s mass market paperbacks were… something else.pic.twitter.com/1n2E4Fvy0i
I can’t say I *love* them, but they are amazing. I imagine Lem himself must have hated those, since they seem so… American.pic.twitter.com/dD1uxdkqoi
My favourite out of American editions must be the first hardcover print of Return From The Stars.pic.twitter.com/uGez2tfVbu
Speaking of stuff Lem would hate… I had no idea of the deluge of Solaris covers featuring Clooney and McElhone from Soderbergh’s adaptation.pic.twitter.com/rOznDtbfgg
But the most American of covers might be this. “They broke the greatest law of all – probability.” Holy lord!pic.twitter.com/6uXxiyW8EX
Contrast with various European covers for The Invincible from around the same time. They took… a different turn.pic.twitter.com/FUHNRmxAef
A few new covers of Lem from the series I started this thread with, including my favourite Fiasco.pic.twitter.com/upaDqD2YSM
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