It does provide viewers with a glimpse of some white mountains in the background.Īnother cover that appears to be from 1988, this Turtleback cover gives the whole thing a sort of Hardy Boys meet the Tripods tone. The human characters aren’t immediately visible in the foreground shadow, and the Tripod could be mistaken for a piece of futuristic mining equipment if you don’t look more closely. This Simon Pulse cover (which appears to be from 1988) just doesn’t do it for me. Honestly it’s a fascinating cover, with clear and present danger for our protagonist who is in a desperate bid to escape. covers I found to show this kind of vivid and earthy detail. It’s the only cover out of the various U.S.
aliens, or a medieval world meets mechanical monsters feel. I think this 1976, Beaver publication is delightfully different. The cover doesn’t quite capture the sense of danger, and comes across as static. In this Knight Books, 1970 publication, readers actually glimpse a mountainous terrain (the White Mountains of the title?) Three silhouetted figures indicate our protagonists, but the tripods look a tad bit like clumsy land-bound jellyfish. The depiction of the tripods, however, is suitably menacing and evocative. Th actual drawings of the boys on the cover seems a little creepy if I study it for any length of time. It has a certain psychedelic flair to it, but definitely portrays a sense of danger and young boys on the run. The original Simon & Schuster publication from 1967.
Since The White Mountains (book one in the series) came out in 1967, it has continued to be a staple on library shelves.įor today’s Art Interlude I thought I’d look at some of the covers The White Mountains has had over the decades.
This classic science fiction series for kids about a future in which aliens have seized control of the earth continues to be reprinted for new generations to encounter. John Christopher’s The Tripods trilogy is one of the best examples. As I’ve discussed before, many science fiction works don’t have a long shelf life.
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