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.

The white mountains by john christopher