SF Rediscovery series (Equinox/Avon)
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The covers of all 27 titles as compiled by the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
SF Rediscovery is a series of trade paperback editions of novels and anthologies by science fiction writers such as Philip José Farmer, Robert Silverberg, Harry Harrison, and E.C. Tubb. Between 1974 and 1977, a total of 27 books were published by Equinox, an imprint of Avon Books. This probably makes it the most extensive use of Eightway, a shaded all-caps grotesque designed by Milton Glaser and George Leavitt.
All book covers feature the Shaded Southwest style, that is the variant with a shadow to the bottom left of the outlined letterforms. This treatment is echoed in the (custom) SF logo as well as the border around the cover art. The last ten books additionally show the series number in the top left corner, revealing that the Eightway typeface also comprised numerals.
Scans of individual covers courtesy of Cadwalader Ringgold.
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#1, Strange Relations by Philip José Farmer. Cover art by Vincent Calabrese.
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#2, The Syndic by C.M. Kornbluth. Cover artist unknown.
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#3, The Reproductive System by John T. Sladek. Cover art by Jack Gaughan
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#4, Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys. Cover art by William Maughan.
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#5, The Man in the Maze by Robert Silverberg. Cover art by Michael Presley.
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#6, The Iron Dream by Norman Spinrad. Cover art by Bob Haberfield.
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#7, Inside Outside by Philip José Farmer. Cover art by Jacques Wyrs.
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#8, Omnivore by Piers Anthony. Cover art by Bill Maughan.
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#9, The Great Explosion by Eric Frank Russell. Cover art by Chris Foss
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#11, No Blade of Grass by John Christopher. Cover art by Michael Presley.
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#12, A Mirror for Observers by Edgar Pangborn. Cover art by Stanislaw Fernandes.
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#13, Bill, the Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison. Cover art by Michael Gross.
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#14, Ultimate World by Hugo Gernsback. Cover art by Vincent DiFate.
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#15, City Under the Sea by Kenneth Bulmer. Cover art by Bill Maughan.
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#16, The Space-Born by E. C. Tubb. Cover art by Vicente Segrelles.
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#17, The Humanoids by Jack Williamson. Cover art by Michael Presley.
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#18, The Judgment of Eve by Edgar Pangborn. Cover art by Patrick Woodruffe.
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#27, Black Easter by James Blish. Cover artist unknown.
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