- ARCHIVE / February, 2009
- The Exploration of Space by Arthur C. Clarke
A few years ago, I approached a publisher of space books with the idea of producing a series of volumes that would reprint the most important texts of the space age. The publisher passed, citing it being outside their business model, and they weren’t set up to work with outside designers. I still think it’s [...]
- The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler
This is the third, and probably final, post about Tom Adams’ paintings for the works of Raymond Chandler. Above is how The Lady in the Lake appeared when published. Adams left a quiet space at the top of each composition for the title and byline, and in those days that was all that was needed [...]
- The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
My favourite novel was written by Philip K. Dick and first published in 1962. The Man in the High Castle won the 1962 Hugo award, the Oscars of science fiction, for best novel of the year. Above is my idea of what would make a good cover for the book. I designed the first version [...]
- A long time ago, in a lake far, far away…
So, that summer I was 10 and I found the watch in Peckham’s Lake outside Cranbrook, BC. Dad said Timex might be interested in hearing about it, so I wrote them a letter and they got back to me. Dad and I were flown out to Toronto by Grey Advertising, then Timex’s Canadian agency, where [...]
- More Raymond Chandler by Tom Adams
This is a follow-up to my previous post on Tom Adams’ covers for the works of Raymond Chandler. Approximately 10 years after the covers, Adams’ teamed up with crime novelist Julian Symons on The Great Detectives in 1981. The book was written as a “Whatever Happened to…” for famous fictional detectives. For Philip Marlowe, Symons [...]