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Dick Illustre

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Philip K. Dick initially wrote short stories for American SF pulps and magazines. About one hundred, most of them written in the 50s (Dick wrote fast, 44 short stories written in 1953 and 1954!). Cover magazines presented here highlight the american SF graphical art of this period. Their 'space-opera' style reveals the hiatus between what the readers were looking for and the dickian thematic already present in his first writings.
Among presented illustrations, those of Virgil Finlay are in our opinion the closest to Dick's spirit (All we Marsmen, What the dead men say), while others are poorly figurative. When searching for these illustrations, we could notice some distortions between the original texts and their French translations. It seemed to us useful to attach to these illustrations the portions of text that inspired them (a difficult choice sometimes) so that bilingual visitors could appreciate them by themselves.

Thanks first to all eBay sellers (a gold mine for cover scan collectors) from whom we borrowed covers presented here. Among them, Jim Gardner (pseudo JLG), top SF seller and connoisseur, helped us in documenting this site.
Many thanks to Jacques Hamon (his site Collectors Showcase is the most complete we are aware of regarding American SF pulps and magazines) who left us accessing his fabulous SF collection.

The American site philipkdick.com is the most complete of the Web. One can find there an impressive gallery of Dick novel covers from all countries.

The French ParaDick by Gilles Goullet (a Dick translator) does justice to the privileged relationship that France and Dick have always had. Here is the reference list of links. Impeccable presentation, organization and writing. Its faultless bibliography facilitated greatly the realisation of this site. Thank you and hats off to Gilles.

We like very much the French site dedicated to the movie Blade Runner.

Calling for help

The Dick Illustre is incomplete and perfectible. Many illustrations are missing, as they are practically impossible to find in France and costly on eBay the American auctions site (the Dick rate is rising constantly, some magazines selling for over 40$). Some covers are of poor quality, in particular those of the later years. Also, there are certainly some mistakes or misprints.

So, I am appealing to the Dick collectors community to help me improve the Dick Illustre. Illustration scans (and corresponding extracts of text as well), cover scans or remarks pointing out all types of mistakes are to be sent to camarillo_767@yahoo.fr

Thanks in advance.

1952	1953 Page 1, 2, 3, 4	1954 Page 1, 2, 3, 4	1955	1956	1957/1958
1959	1963	1964	1965/1967	1967-1970	1974-1981

Remerciements
Merci d'abord à tous les vendeurs d'eBay (une mine d'or pour tous les collectionneurs de couvertures électroniques) à qui nous avons emprunté les couvertures présentées. Parmi eux, Jim Gardner (pseudo JLG), vendeur et connaisseur de SF émérite, nous a aidé à renseigner ce site. Un grand merci a Jacques Hamon (dont le site Collectors Showcase est le plus complet que nous connaissions en termes de couvertures de pulps et magazines SF américains) qui nous a ouvert sa fabuleuse collection de science fiction.
		Thanks
	Thanks first to all eBay sellers (a gold mine for cover scan collectors) from whom we borrowed covers presented here. Among them, Jim Gardner (pseudo JLG), top SF seller and connoisseur, helped us in documenting this site. Many thanks to Jacques Hamon (his site Collectors Showcase is the most complete we are aware of regarding American SF pulps and magazines) who left us accessing his fabulous SF collection.

Liens
*Le site américain philipkdick.com est le plus complet du Web. On y trouve une impressionante galerie de couvertures de romans de Dick, tous pays confondus.* Le ParaDick français de Gilles Goullet (traducteur de Dick) fait honneur à la relation privilègiée qu'ont toujours eu la France et Dick. C'est là que se trouve la liste de liens de référence. Présentation, organisation et écriture impeccables. Sa bibliographie sans faille a grandement facilité la réalisation de ce site. Merci et chapeau Gilles. *Nous aimons bien le site français consacré au film Blader Runner.*
		Links
	The American site philipkdick.com is the most complete of the Web. One can find there an impressive gallery of Dick novel covers from all countries. The French ParaDick by Gilles Goullet (a Dick translator) does justice to the privileged relationship that France and Dick have always had. Here is the reference list of links. Impeccable presentation, organization and writing. Its faultless bibliography facilitated greatly the realisation of this site. Thank you and hats off to Gilles. We like very much the French site dedicated to the movie Blade Runner.

*Présentation du site*
Philip K. Dick a d'abord écrit des nouvelles pour les pulps et magazines de SF américains. Une centaine, la plupart écrites dans les années 50 (Dick écrivait vite : 44 nouvelles en 1953 et 1954!). Les couvertures des magazines présentées ici rendent compte de l'art graphique de science fiction américain en vogue à cette époque. Leur style très 'space-opera' met en évidence le hiatus qui existait entre ce que voulaient les lecteurs et la thématique dickienne déjà bien présente dans ses premiers écris. Parmi les illustrations présentées, celles de Virgil Finlay restent à notre sens les plus proches de l'esprit dickien (Nous les martiens, Ce que disent les morts), quand d'autres restent platement figuratives. A l'occasion des recherches de ces illustrations, nous avons pu constater quelques distorsions entre les textes originaux et leurs traductions françaises. Il nous est apparu intéressant d'accoler aux illustrations les extraits de textes les ayant inspirés (un choix parfois difficile) afin que les visiteurs bilingues puissent juger par eux-mêmes. nb : le site français *Le ParaDick inclut un chapitre dédié aux problèmes de traductions.*
		Site presentation
	Philip K. Dick initially wrote short stories for American SF pulps and magazines. About one hundred, most of them written in the 50s (Dick wrote fast, 44 short stories written in 1953 and 1954!). Cover magazines presented here highlight the american SF graphical art of this period. Their 'space-opera' style reveals the hiatus between what the readers were looking for and the dickian thematic already present in his first writings. Among presented illustrations, those of Virgil Finlay are in our opinion the closest to Dick's spirit (All we Marsmen, What the dead men say), while others are poorly figurative. When searching for these illustrations, we could notice some distortions between the original texts and their French translations. It seemed to us useful to attach to these illustrations the portions of text that inspired them (a difficult choice sometimes) so that bilingual visitors could appreciate them by themselves.

Appel à l'aide
Le Dick Illustre est incomplet et perfectible. Il y manque beaucoup d'illustrations, pratiquement impossibles à trouver en France et coûteuses sur eBay, le site d'enchères américain (le cours du Dick monte constamment, certains magazines se vendant au delà de 40$). Quelques couvertures sont de piètre qualité, notamment celles des dernières années. Enfin, il s'y trouve certainement quelques inexactitudes ou coquilles. J'en appelle donc à la communauté des collectionneurs de Dick pour m'aider à parfaire le Dick Illustre. Les scans d'illustration (ainsi que les extraits de texte originaux correspondants), les scans de couvertures ou les remarques signalant des erreurs en tout genre sont à envoyer à camarillo_767@yahoo.fr *D'avance merci.*
		Calling for help
	The Dick Illustre is incomplete and perfectible. Many illustrations are missing, as they are practically impossible to find in France and costly on eBay the American auctions site (the Dick rate is rising constantly, some magazines selling for over 40$). Some covers are of poor quality, in particular those of the later years. Also, there are certainly some mistakes or misprints. So, I am appealing to the Dick collectors community to help me improve the Dick Illustre. Illustration scans (and corresponding extracts of text as well), cover scans or remarks pointing out all types of mistakes are to be sent to camarillo_767@yahoo.fr Thanks in advance.