tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443933124289099355.post857256023779062256..comments2024-01-10T14:40:45.031-05:00Comments on Marooned - Science Fiction & Fantasy books on Mars: 10 astounding Mars pulp coversPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15663810610475228826noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443933124289099355.post-16587510538339942022010-05-01T12:31:13.686-04:002010-05-01T12:31:13.686-04:00I'm more of a "what does Mars look like?&...I'm more of a "what does Mars look like?" kind of guy. So I'm digging the Dec 1952 cover which conveys a sense of the 'magnificent desolation' of the martian landscape.K.E.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443933124289099355.post-70231428018048074532010-04-30T16:36:36.123-04:002010-04-30T16:36:36.123-04:00i love all of them! there's a quaint kitschine...i love all of them! there's a quaint kitschiness to these old coversEeleen Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15221723342556515161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443933124289099355.post-13799478129560797422010-04-30T12:12:04.909-04:002010-04-30T12:12:04.909-04:00Agreed, the Freas Martian is probably one of the m...Agreed, the Freas Martian is probably one of the most enduring SF images. If I recall, the Merril Collection at the Toronto Public Library uses it as a promotional piece.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15663810610475228826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443933124289099355.post-83887630830930347992010-04-30T04:58:23.850-04:002010-04-30T04:58:23.850-04:00Hi Paul,
Great, great covers!
Killraven is back in...Hi Paul,<br />Great, great covers!<br />Killraven is back in<br />"Marvel Zombies 5 02(of 5)"<br />http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.12175.preview~colon~_marvel_zombies_5_%232Doc Marshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17061570267066977815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443933124289099355.post-35602743101384154082010-04-29T15:57:52.831-04:002010-04-29T15:57:52.831-04:00The Freas cover is one of the few pulp covers to h...The Freas cover is one of the few pulp covers to have had a life of its own, as it has been re-used elsewhere, and it probably the best.<br /><br />However, for sheer pulpiness I like the "Monsters of Mars" one, with those alligator creatures on the cover and the Earthman boldly leaping, boots first, towards them.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216810702125906530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443933124289099355.post-2565082490325762192010-04-29T15:22:09.109-04:002010-04-29T15:22:09.109-04:00I met Mr. Freas in 1982, the the World Science Fic...I met Mr. Freas in 1982, the the World Science Fiction Convention in Chicago...as I recall a rather nice fellow. I like his work.Jeffrey Runokivihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10067752574382856219noreply@blogger.com