Classic Rock Album Cover Or Book Cover? You Decide!

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Some classic rock albums have cover art so trippy, it could be pulp science-fiction book covers. (Like that Queen one.) Can you tell the difference between album covers and pulp book covers? Take our quiz!

And before anyone else says it, yes there a few well-known covers sprinkled in here. Because I couldn't resist. I'll post what all these covers are either tomorrow or Wednesday.

Classic Rock Album Cover Or Book Cover? You Decide!

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DISCUSSION

capnrob

4/27/09 5:45PM

So, Mr. Anders ... I think you're not using a valid definition of "pulp SF" here.

_The Number Of The Beast_ isn't pulp SF; pulp ended around 1949-1950, and that was published in 1980. Neither is _The Tar-Aiym Krang_, which appeared in 1972. _The Chronicles of Corum_ isn't even SF; it's fantasy. Most of the other SF novel covers that I recognize are also from 1960-1980, meaning you've got a ten-year gap at least, there.

Pulp is not just "old SF", it's "Old SF from a particular era". Like "screwball comedy", let's not dilute a perfectly valid term by using it to refer to something outside its definition.