Summer:  The Summer 1994 cover provided the promised second part to the Spring cover.

We had only a hint of what was to come back then and we didn't want to jump the gun.  But for Summer, we had all the confirmation we would need.  We would be hosting a massive hacker gathering in the States this year and it would be known as Hackers On Planet Earth (HOPE).

The cover shows a hacker (the one we've become familiar with from covers in 1993) standing on our boxed barcode which happens to be on the moon, armed with a keyboard and a really long cord that's attached to Earth.

We see pieces of the Spring cover floating in space, along with rockets, people, and various planets and stars.

The word "HOPE" can be seen from space on the northeastern part of the United States.

The headband tribute to imprisoned hacker Phiber Optik continues.

A bus seen launching from the moon and heading to Jupiter has "PENNSYLVANIA (1122)" written on top - November 22nd was the day Phiber was set to be released from prison in Pennsylvania.

The destination of Jupiter was also that of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which was set to collide with the planet in July.

And the bus says "Pearl Tours" on the side because the comet was also known as the "string of pearls" comet.

The mini-cover is some simple clip art of a finger pointing to a telephone icon.

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