Three Puffins.

(1968 / cover illustration by Peter Warner) 

 (1976) 

(1982) 

Simon’s post about the ‘Dark is Rising’ cover last month got me thinking about some of my own favourite Puffin cover/design/title combos, so… here are three of them. Shamefully, I’ve not actually found the time to read any of these, but the last two in particular sound very interesting; is anyone familiar with them?

Four Day Weekend

Friday, 29 April 2011

Found yesterday for 50p in Bedford. Despite the cover art this is a fairly basic 'rise of the machines/cars' story giving a 1966 vision of 2015. The tagline relates to little more than the hero's rise from a husband who is mercilessly nagged as one of the last public-transport commuters in Los Angeles to day-saver (as in one who saves the day rather than some sort of bus ticket). The Four Day Weekend refers to the optimal time for the cars to attack ... Not exactly 'The Changes' though.

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Demon Lover : Dion Fortune

Monday, 25 April 2011

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More old Ballards

Wednesday, 27 October 2010

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