I was walking along the bountiful bookshelves of Powell's last night and checking out the Science Fiction section, a bewildering place because I know nothing about it except for the fact that Mark likes it; so I often venture into the dragon-filled, paperback world and find myself dumbfounded. What to get? Does he like Knights and Dragons science fiction, Martian Fiction, Wizards Fiction, or Futuristic lore? (Does that even make sense, anachronistically?) I don't know what he likes, I don't know what authors are good, and, quite frankly, all of the books look the same, which is so confusing.
It's true. They all look like romance novels with men in action poses, riding dragons or horses or space ships. That is, they all did, until Simon Morden revolutionized the Science Fiction book cover, shaking it to its core. I mean, just look at his geometric covers and then the goulash of books around them. They stand out. They "speak volumes!", they're different. They're all optical illusions, which is in perfect theme with the content of his work.
Bravo, Orbit. It'd be cool to know who the designer behind the covers is. Do you know? Do you have a favorite book cover?
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