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can we please observe the Ace 1965 covers and how, among other things, a My Little Pony has evidently mated with a bat?



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Also, you know, I really actually quite like this one. Except that it doesn't make sense. But that's okay.



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Also, you know, I really actually quite like this one. Except that it doesn't make sense. But that's okay.
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Date: 2013-01-12 12:42 am (UTC)This is probably just me, but for the Return of the King cover I saw the giant, pointy rock tower rising up in front of (what is presumably) Sauron, and immediately thought...
*runs away*
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Date: 2013-01-12 12:52 am (UTC)And all those little plant people or gull aliens or whatever are like OH SHIT GUYS SAURON IS GOING TO COVER ALL THE LANDS WITH HIS--
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Date: 2013-01-12 01:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-01-12 02:08 am (UTC)I love that "doesn't make sense" cover for purely sentimental reasons. That was the edition (pictured in 1L's post below) that my brother brought home from college in 1968. I immediately grabbed the paperbacks and didn't emerge from my room for a few days.
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Date: 2013-01-13 12:20 am (UTC)Cool! I think they're really nice covers whether they make sense or no, which is much more than I can say about Gandalf the Gold, My Batshit Pony, and Cyclopean!Priapic!Sauron above.