Oolite Bulletins

No, it's early fifties... a clue:

A sci-fi police procedural.

I easily found the answer using TinEye, does that count?

Rxke wrote:

I easily found the answer using TinEye, does that count?

An interesting tool, TinEye... go on then.

Naaah.... Feels too much like cheating....

That can't be a 1950s edition, though, surely ... it's got to be from the 1970s. It's 4-colour, for a start ... and apart from anything else there's a ribbon cable in there!

Aha! Got it. It's the "police procedural" bit that gave it away. It's



(and the first Penguin edition was from 1966, so I'm going to maintain my assumption that this one is a 1970s cover!)

That's the one. Your turn again... and I think that TinEye should be banned.

TinEye is a new one to me, I have to say ... but it would seem to make this type of question redundant. Anyway, here's an extract from the cover of a novel. Title and author, please!

Heehee, I'm pretty sure that's the kraken wakes? John Wyndham, and I did not use TinEye!

Rxke wrote:

and I did not use TinEye!

Good! I think you're right and you beat me to it by seconds.

It is indeed The Kraken Wakes! Rxke to serve ...

Nice cover.

I'm all out of inspiration, though....

Hm, OTOH, I just bought a series of six books, inspired by Clarke's short stories.

All book titles refer one of his stories. And the main figure is a young woman.

That 'The Kraken Wakes' cover brings back some memories... half a crown!

Rxke wrote:

I just bought a series of six books, inspired by Clarke's short stories.

All book titles refer one of his stories. And the main figure is a young woman.

Too obscure?

Hint: the 'meta' title for all the books has a (real) planet's name in it.

Aha! Cracked it ... it's the Venus Prime series, by Paul Preuss.