Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Play time -

"Imaginary Cover for a Henry Kuttner Novel"
manipulated digital drawing by Mick Mather
As I was resizing this old digital drawing some of the more abstract, sci-fi paperback covers of the 1950's and 1960's came to mind. In particular, I began thinking about Henry Kuttner novels (I've read more than a few) and thus attached this image to him. A quick search elicited few illustrations in this vein but it still feels right somehow.

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10 Comments:

Blogger SusuPetal said...

Never read Kuttner.

Cool colors. Oh yes.

6:17 AM  
Blogger Mick said...

SusuPetal:
Oh, you really should if possible. I rated him close to the top of that list of authors of the so called "Golden Age" of science fiction.

2:01 PM  
Blogger Lucky Dip Lisa said...

Just trippin dude...

4:37 PM  
Blogger Mick said...

Lisa Sarsfield:
Like, put down the bong and pass the snacks, Cher.

7:49 PM  
Blogger hpy said...

Don't know Kuttner either! But I like the yellow lightening up the less bright colours.

2:37 AM  
Blogger Mick said...

hpy:
Kuttner was married to C. L. Moore - perhaps the better known sci-fi author. They often wrote together under pseudonyms, Lewis Padgett and Lawrence O'Donnell for the most part. Kuttner died young, at 42, but left a long legacy of stories and books.

5:23 AM  
Blogger John M. Mora said...

Hey - looks like a Garcia silk tie to me.

Does Lisa have bongo drums?

7:29 AM  
Blogger Mick said...

John:
I had a tie like this once ... the bad flashbacks weren't worth it. :O

8:17 AM  
Blogger Mary Stebbins Taitt said...

oooh, pretty pretty pretty! Great design/pattern and colors!

9:51 AM  
Blogger Mick said...

Mary Stebbins Taitt:
Thank you, Mary. :)

1:16 PM  

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