Friday, March 15, 2013

Tower of Death

Deduction of points, Agent T.  No "The" in this title.  However, you are correct.  I just started reading this one and am looking forward to the early thrills that this one promises to deliver.  The submitted title was "Tower of Doom", potato/potahto in my mind.  The cover is, well, pretty cool even though it doesn't showcase our hero in a physical sense.  I guess it really embodies the early concept that Gibson wrote so well, the eerie elongated shadow that seemed to come from nowhere.  All in all, I am pretty taken with this illustration and it should have really helped sales.  After all, the cover art was designed to serve one purpose in the pulp world, sell dime magazines that no one thought would hang around after the initial reading.  Heh, I wonder if they would have spent a bit more time on the art overall if they knew how long this character would last.

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