A friend on Facebook posted about this set, and I immediately ordered it for our home. It’s not quite a good as I’d hoped. And ultimately it’s the older earlier-era covers I like the most. The middle period stuff is ok, if rather Yellow-Submarine/psychedelic, but the more modern stuff is less appealing to me. Hence the star rating.
Nevertheless, this is still an interesting collection, even if only for the sub-set of ‘chosen’ or preferred images. And it is of course constrained by the remit of Penguin only book covers. There are other series of Sci-Fi book and magazine covers with even greater ‘vintage futurism’ type appeal.
Of course one can also use these as, um… postcards!? And bookmarks. I love a nice postcard bookmark! But the main reason for the purchase is to create a multiple image display piece for somewhere in our home. When that’s done, I’ll doubtless share it here.
This set is certainly nicely presented, and cheaper like this than in the also available book form. I’m guessing the latter might also have textual components? Not checked as yet.
