I've re-organised the Books section of my website, to make it more useful and easier to navigate. Added a few more cover illustrations as well.

And new for 2007 (as they say) is a page of books ABOUT Bradbury.

I would be grateful for any feedback, and notification of any broken links. (I've spent two days at it, and my eyes have had it!)

One last thing: wherever you see a black rectangle, that represents a book I haven't got a cover scan for (either because I don't own the book in question, or because I haven't got the dust jacket!). If anyone can send me covers scans of any of these, I would be eternally grateful. I've already scoured the web to fill in some gaps, but gaps remain.

Well Done, Phil!
I have a British version of "Fever Dream" (and other stories), with a cover I didn't see on your site. I didn't find an image on line and I am scanner-less; but I did find this one of DW. (It's the one we (then) adolescent boys liked.)
Sorry I haven't found any you really need though.
By the way I agree with Nard- your site is wonderful!

Dandelion_Wine.jpg (11 Kb, 12 downloads)

That figures. It's my most-hated DW cover.

Thanks, BII. I've seen this one before, but obviously overlooked it. I'll add it some time soon.

I don't think it's a BAD cover, although I think it is misleading. That skull would make me think it's on of Bradbury's scary books, but it obviously isn't.

Reminds me of the British paperback version that I own, which seems to show a hanging in the background. Whether suicide or lynching, it suggests events I don't remember reading about in the book itself!

Phil, "one of Bradbury's scary books, but it obviously isn't."
- except for the "Lonely One" bit!
Actually the subject of this cover came up long ago on the "Old Board". Dandy and I expressed similar impressions then.
Shall I try to find someone with a scanner for "Fever Dream" for you?

Of course, how could I forget the Lonely One? (Still has nothing to do with a skull, though.)

If you can get that cover scanned, I would be grateful, but don't worry if you can't.

Phil, what a great resource you have for all of us to enjoy! I direct my students to your site often when doing background searches and general intros. Thanks for your ongoing effort.

My least favorite cover, probably:
http://home.wlv.ac.uk/%7Ein5379/covers/fullsize/i_sing.jpg

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fjp, I completely agree! It's a hideous cover, both in it's own terms and as an illustration for that particular book. It happens to be the first copy I ever owned (go it from a secondhand bookshop). I'm amazed that cover ever sold any copies!

I'm always rather bemused by this one as well.

Speaking of covers, this one is a classic:

http://home.wlv.ac.uk/~in5379/covers/fullsize/dandelion3.jpg

The one from my youth - my first memories of this amazing work.

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Originally posted by philnic:
I'm always rather bemused by this one as well.

It's like something Pink Floyd would have done!

I have always been intrigued by this one. This cover is the most unusual, as mentioned on Phil's site, since Mr. B. thought of it as one of his favorites. The catch? The artist of it is unknown! (How could that be?)

It adds to the mystique of the IM collection in an metaphoric manner!

http://www.greenberryhouse.com/000933.jpg

(All due respects to PN, I couldn't enlarge the pic from your site.)

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Of course, someone, somewhere, must know who the artist was. It just isn't known to me, Ray Bradbury, his publishers, or (presumably) his agents. Or Jerry Weist, author of RB: An Illustrated Life.

(Incidentally, for many of the books listed on my site, if you click on those little thumbnail images you will be taken to a page with more information, and sometimes even more images.)

One other person may well know this artist and that is Donn Albright.

...and now I've added a bit on William F. Nolan, including a link to a Bradbury bibliography first published in the 1950s.