Saturday, 28 January 2012

THE GREKS BRING GIFTS

Madfadden paperback, second printing, February 1968.
Cover artist uncredited.

"THE GREKS WERE PEOPLE-HATERS 
They came to Earth in their space ship, bearing fabulous gifts - such as machines that did any day job automatically, and fertilizer that made plants shoot up overnight. But they presented their gifts with contempt, and with a look in their eyes that made people feel "creepy". 
Still, because of the brave new world they promised, they Greks could be forgiven anything - until they left and people discovered the machines were breaking down. Then their only choice was to beg the Greks to come back, on their own terms. And they knew the terms would be hard..."
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous25 February 2012 at 06:12

    I'll admit, I'm ridiculously fond of this cover, and have been since I bought this book in the mid-1970s.

    Would you by any chance have a larger scan?

    Mark

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  2. Unknown25 February 2012 at 11:49

    Hi Mark,

    I (or rather, Google) keep all the scans from this blog on a picasaweb page where you can view all the images in their original resolutions; here's the Greks one:

    https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/eYr9GZiSxEUd1lDauWzml9MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink

    Glad you like the cover by the way, it's certainly unique - I wish I knew the artist responsible.

    By the way, here's the link to the entire picasaweb page:

    https://picasaweb.google.com/109798846868485267662/SkiFfy#

    Cheers,
    Jeff.

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  3. Unknown25 February 2012 at 11:51

    PS. It's well hidden, but the zoom function is near the top-right of the page.

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