Oct 02
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Scott B’s Art Direction: I know the cover is late, so just give me whatever clip art you have lying around that looks vaguely science-fictional. Guy In Huge Metallic Helmet, brilliant. Old-Timey Person In Armor, Old-Timey Person With Gun, sure, great. Wait, underwear-clad wrestlers, really? You know I’ve warned you about that more than once. Well, I guess we don’t have time to redo it…
Published 1971
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Tagged with: dude • F.L. Wallace • geometric oddities • Groff Conklin • Isaac Asimov • J.T. McIntosh • James H. Schmitz • Kingsley Amis • knights • loincloth • Pyramid Books • Ron Walotsky • WTF
Oct 01
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Don’s Art Direction: I want a seriously bronzed (think gallons of Man-Tan) hero on a gryphonish thing with wings growing out of his butt.
Published 1982
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Tagged with: beast-riding • bladed weapons • bracers • capes • DAW Books • dude • flag • Good Show Sir • horns • Keith Stillwagon • lightning • Lin Carter • long haired men • mighty moustache • muscles • once you see it • planets • pole weapons • shields • spear • strange creature • sword • Ting! • wings • WTF
Sep 28
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Hakan Comments: I picked this up in Picocon 29 in London today. Cost me a grand total of 1. Interestingly this was mainly before the hippy ages so I am not sure what they were smoking.
Published 1967
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Tagged with: Ace Books • bladed weapons • collage • dude • Fritz Leiber • Hoot von Zitzewitz • knights • muscles • sky-eyes • spear • WTF
Sep 27
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DaveFromGP Comments: As if the creature in the star spangled thong isn’t enough, I find my eyes drawn to the creature at the rear: “What are you gonna do? I’m a giant bat, bitches!”
Published 1983
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Tagged with: aliens • anthropomorphism • boater hat • bow-tie • Don Ivan Punchatz • dude • lizards • mighty moustache • Mike Resnick • monsters • pouch • Signet Books • strange creature • waistcoat • whip it good • WTF
Sep 25
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Vincent’s Art Direction: So here’s what I’m thinking. A man and a woman in a landfill. I want the woman tastefully nude, so have the man covering her naughty bits even though they’re standing about twenty feet apart. Lastly, have an army of giant preying mantises coming over the hill.
Published 1976
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Tagged with: Alfred Bester • cleavage • damsel • dude • giant insects • Jack Woolhiser • jeans and a t-shirt • monsters • Nelson Doubleday SFBC • starkers • strange creature
Sep 24
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Nanoalchemist Comments: The first 49 shades of grey apparently involved space furries. And giant furry based robots. And a bubble helmet, so you know it’s in space.
Published 2010
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Tagged with: anthropomorphism • cat people • Chris Moore • damsel • DAW Books • frickin laser beams • gun • Lisanne Norman • robots • space • space suit • strange creature • WTF
Sep 21
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MisterBob Comments: I think a GRYPHON is like a griffin, but hunts ladies of the night?
Published 1989
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Tagged with: Avon Books • damsel • font problems • glowing eyes • Ken Barr • magic • monsters • nonsensical shadows • strange creature • Ting! • Tom Deitz
Sep 20
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Clay Comments:This junior-high rendition of what seems to be a mad scientist and his platinum-haired babe along with their webbed victims has absolutely nothing to do with this book. Bryant is a very literary writer with a New Wave bent.
Published 1974
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Tagged with: baldness • Collier Books • damsel • dude • Edward Bryant • Gray Morrow • Haircut 100 • space ships • WTF
Sep 19
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Joachim Comments: A robot with a rocket crotch — literally…
Published 1985
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Tagged with: Chris Foss • Isaac Asimov • Panther Books • robots • WTF
Sep 18
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Frank Comments: This is actually not so terrible a cover. But given that you’ve got two other covers up for this title, I thought you might enjoy this one.
Published 1985
You might remember The Door into Fire from here and here
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Tagged with: Diane Duane • dude • fire • font problems • horses • horses on fire • once you see it • strange creature • Susan Shay Collins • Tor Books
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