Comments on: a few thousand science fiction covers

a few thousand science fiction covers

jonson — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:00:48 -0800

a few thousand science fiction covers is a flash presentation of thousands of SF magazine covers from the fifties through today, arranged chronologically from left to right, and grouped by color from top to bottom.

By: uni verse

uni verse — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:03:54 -0800

I love s.f. covers! But as for .... an experimental interface Keep experimenting.

By: jonson

jonson — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:09:07 -0800

I should correct my post - the earliest covers I've found are from the 30s, not the 50s.

By: interrobang

interrobang — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:43:12 -0800

Wow, I own quite a few of these.

By: Marit

Marit — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:43:08 -0800

Wow, Nick Jainschigg is in there a lot! He's an awesome guy, and I wouldn't be surprised if he reads Metafilter. Nick's website links to languagehat's -- meta oddness. I love science fiction & science fiction illustrations. As an interface this isn't that great, but it's fun to just look at random pictures.

By: signal

signal — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:10:25 -0800

uni verse writes 'Keep experimenting.' I heartily disagree. How else would you have put so many covers in some semblance of order in such as a small space? Kick ass. IMO.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:44:26 -0800

if this were comic books that would be what the floor of my bedroom looked like as a kid. awesome.

By: jonson

jonson — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:54:26 -0800

Holy crap I wish this were comic books.

By: jjg

jjg — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 20:24:33 -0800

I liked this link better when it was posted earlier today.

By: sambosambo

sambosambo — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:10:19 -0800

Can't help but think there's some "magic eye" image hidden in there, but my eyeballs are already in pain. Anyone else want to give it a go?

By: jonson

jonson — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:21:26 -0800

d'oh! didn't see that, jgg, my bad.

By: jonson

jonson — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:21:36 -0800

Or jjg, even.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 06:17:52 -0800

Yeah, Nick's a great guy (and my site links to his as well—check the "Visual pleasures" part of the blogroll). I liked this link better when it was posted earlier today. What pointless snark. It's not a double post if it was originally linked in a comment; in fact, people are frequently urged to make front-page posts of great links originally hidden away in comments. No need to apologize, jonson. You did good.