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A labyrinth for the Minotaur
An introduction to the Art of Penguin Science Fiction.
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The rise of Homo superior
Early Penguin science fiction, Edward Young's classic cover design and Jan Tschichold's refinement of it.
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A sheep in Wolfe's clothing
Hans Schmoller and science fiction in the vertical cover format.
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The bride stripped bare
The transition from typographical to pictorial covers.
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Revolutions
Tony Godwin, Germano Facetti and the Marber grid, 1960–62.
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Memory of the future
Modern art and part one of the Penguin Science Fiction series, 1963–66.
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As sure as x is x
The ones that got away.
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Back in black
Alan Aldridge and part two of the Penguin Science Fiction series, 1966–67.
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Dystopia and other pronouns
Science fiction in Penguin Modern Classics.
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Science friction!
Pop Art and Alan Aldridge's psychedelic covers of 1967.
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Mayday
The panic of '68, its impact on science fiction, and the arrival of David Pelham.
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Picking up the pieces
Take Time Out with Penguin Science Fiction in 1968.
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The third Italian renaissance
Franco Grignani's science fiction covers of 1969-70.
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In memoriam
The Penguin John Wyndham, with artwork by Harry Willock in 1970.
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Déjà vu
What goes around comes around: sequels, reprints and strange recurrences in the early 1970s.
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A bigger bang
David Pelham's minimalist triptych of 1971.
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A night to remember
David Pelham's iconic cover design for A Clockwork Orange in 1972.
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Into the computer age
David Pelham's science fiction covers of 1972-73.
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A Ballardian reboot
Relaunching J G Ballard in 1974 with David Pelham's celebrated cover art.
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Strange fruit
A lustrum of change, a medley of guises, as Penguin sf experiments with style in 1974-79.
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Triffidus redivivus
John Wyndham's posthumous entry to the Penguin pantheon in 1979-80, with cover art by Peter Lord.
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The best of all possible worlds
A new series, a new logo and cover art by Adrian Chesterman in 1979-82.
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The product
Selling science fiction in 1983-86.
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The cult of pulp 
Penguin pays tribute to the golden age of sf with a Classic Science Fiction series in 1987-88.
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Classic sf from A to Z
Science fiction in Penguin Classics from Abbott to Zamyatin.
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The millennium bridge
Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics, and Modern Classics for the twenty-first.
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Full circle
Edward Young's original Penguin cover makes a comeback.
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Not quite nowhere backwards
The Art of Penguin Science Fiction in print.
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The gallery
Penguin science fiction covers year by year, from 1935 to the present day.
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Contact us
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Acknowledgments
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Index
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