Disposable People was a paperback original published by Tower
Books in 1980, which is the very edition that caught my eye. The cover
successfully, if a bit psychotically, incorporates several elements in to a
whole. The background is a spooky dark green and black, and how can you walk
away from the doctor’s half face, half skull? The artist: Bob Larkin.
The opening paragraph:
“The
somber-faced man in green stood at the lectern on the small stage, throat mike
looped under his chin, watching the audience file in. There were about thirty
men and half a dozen women, all wearing ordinary street clothes except for a
sprinkling of military uniforms, and all with tense and solemn expressions.
After they were seated the only sound in the auditorium was a whisper of
chilled, filtered air being pumped six stories underground.”
2 comments:
Ben, I'd have no hesitation in picking up this book. I like sf and sf covers too.
Me too. I haven't read it yet, but the story reminded me a little of early Michael Crichton.
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