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1 A labyrinth for the Minotaur
An introduction to the Art of Penguin Science Fiction.
2 The rise of Homo superior
Early Penguin science fiction, Edward Young's classic cover design and Jan Tschichold's refinement of it.
3 A sheep in Wolfe's clothing
Hans Schmoller and science fiction in the vertical cover format.
4 The bride stripped bare
The transition from typographical to pictorial covers.
5 Revolutions
Tony Godwin, Germano Facetti and the Marber grid, 1960–62.
6 Memory of the future
Modern art and part one of the Penguin Science Fiction series, 1963–66.
7 As sure as x is x
The ones that got away.
8 Back in black
Alan Aldridge and part two of the Penguin Science Fiction series, 1966–67.
9 Dystopia and other pronouns
Science fiction in Penguin Modern Classics.
10 Science friction!
Pop Art and Alan Aldridge's psychedelic covers of 1967.
11 Mayday
The panic of '68, its impact on science fiction, and the arrival of David Pelham.
12 Picking up the pieces
Take Time Out with Penguin Science Fiction.
13 The third Italian renaissance
Franco Grignani's science fiction covers of 1969-70.
14 In memoriam
The Penguin John Wyndham, with artwork by Harry Willock in 1970.
15 Déjà vu
What goes around comes around: sequels, reprints and strange recurrences in the early '70s.
16 A bigger bang
David Pelham's minimalist triptych of 1971.
17 A night to remember
David Pelham's iconic cover design for A Clockwork Orange in 1972.
18 Into the computer age
David Pelham's science fiction covers of 1972-73.
19 A Ballardian reboot
Relaunching J G Ballard in 1974 with David Pelham's celebrated cover art.
20 Strange fruit
A lustrum of change, a medley of guises, as Penguin sf experiments with style in 1974-79.
21 Triffidus redivivus
John Wyndham's posthumous entry to the Penguin pantheon in 1979-80, with cover art by Peter Lord.
22 The best of all possible worlds
A new series, a new logo and cover art by Adrian Chesterman in 1979-82.
23 The product
Selling science fiction in 1984-85.
24 The cult of pulp
Penguin pays tribute to the golden age of sf with a Classic Science Fiction series in 1987-88.
25 Classic sf from A to Z
Science fiction in Penguin Classics from Abbott to Zamyatin.
26 The millennium bridge
Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics, and Modern Classics for the twenty-first.
27 Full circle
Edward Young's original Penguin cover makes a comeback.
28 Not quite nowhere backwards
The Art of Penguin Science Fiction in print.
The gallery
Penguin science fiction covers year by year, from 1935 to the present day.
Acknowledgments
Index
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