"Growing up in Tier 3000" by Felix C Gotschalk (1975)
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Gotschalk would be an awesome pseudonym for a chalk talker. Here’s a bit about the author: “Born 1929 in Richmond, Virginia. BS ’54, MS ’56 psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University. Doctoral work at Tulane ’57-’58. Taught psychology at Nicholls College in Louisiana ’58-’62, a psychologist in North Carolina since ’62. Married, two children. Weight-lifter, pianist, composer, poet, model-builder, painter and inventor. Author of 35 short stories, a novelette and one novel.”

"The Reefs of Space" by Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson (1964)
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from the first page blurb: “…the Reefs of Space, the half-mythical bodies that circled the solar system far beyond the orbit of Pluto.”

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The End of Eternity_Isaac Asimov_1971
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This is prolly the only Asimov book that I would feel comfortable about recommending. Also, the cover is yet another incarnation of the Miizzzard’s Tranzdimensional Hypercastle.

"The Anarchistic Colossus" A E Van Vogt (1977)
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I’m sure this book sucks cuz it was written in 1977 but the cover is cool enough to deserve posting. Found at the Half Price Books at 183 and Anderson Mill Rd in Austin.

A Mile Beyond the Moon_C M Kornbluth_1962
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Kornbluth is amazing, and yet he also died young, so tragic. My favorite book by him is “Wolfbane” with Fred Pohl [sic?], but the cover isn’t cool enough to showcase. It’s prolly a better read though, I’ll post it if I ever find a good lookin copy. Pryamid alien mind invasion.

"No Time Like Tomorrow" by Brian Aldiss (1959)
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I think this may be the oldest book cover that I’ve uploaded yet. Brian Aldiss is amazing, I’m sure that I’ve read half of these short stories in other anthologies before. Read “Trillion Year Spree” and you’ll come close to knowing half as much as I do.

"The Quincunx of Time" by James Blish (1973)
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So what is a quincunx, you ask? I don’t know but it inspired this totally badass sf book cover. I think there are several texts that reference it. Some sort of interstellar communicaxion device, Web 2099.0, duh.

Nebula Maker and Four Encounters_Olaf Stapledon_1983
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It could be that only my closest friends know why I consider this such an amazing find, but let me just say this: I’m glad that no one goes to the Half Price Books at MOPAC and Parmer in Austin.

"Krazy Kat" by Jay Cantor (1988)
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Okay this may not strictly be SF but this book is an amazing examination of why Krazy Kat ceased publishing post-1945 (beyond the mere trifle of George Herriman’s death). The atomic bomb changed everything. How much more SF could a work of literature be? Thanks to Meg for the amazing Christmas present.