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Dionysius Rogers Art Direction: Don’t we have some rejected cover art for that last printing of Stranger in a Strange Land? Where there’s a burning, lightning-struck monster in the middle of it for some reason?

Published 1977

(Average: 8.44 out of 10)

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Mosquito Wenzi Comments: Why wouldn’t you wear a gown and high-heels to a sword fight when all the Ting will surely blind your enemies anyway?

Published 2008

(Average: 8.50 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: My wish was for a Playboy Fantasy and the genie handed me this.

Published 1981

(Average: 7.89 out of 10)

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JuanPaul Comments: “Scroooooooooooge!”

Published 1981

(Average: 8.77 out of 10)

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Bibliomancer Comments: You would all look prettier if you smiled more.

Published 1981

(Average: 7.83 out of 10)

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Ozzy Comments: Gordon Ramsay gets the gang back together … Celine Dion, Tonto, and Carl the human Chewbacca!

Published 1984

(Average: 8.23 out of 10)

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Alice Comments: “[Each word is spelled with] convincing characters [You’ll only read this if you’re drunk so eat some mints to stay] breathless [There is no] action [so you’d better make that drink a double] old fashioned [The proofreaders need to work on their] reading fun[damentals]”

Published 2005

(Average: 8.00 out of 10)

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It’s a Two-fer Tuesday – Borders of Infinity Showdown!

Mosquito Wenzi Comments: $1.99 Edition! That’s how much we spent on this cover art!

Good Show Sir Comments: Judo Hulk smash!

Published 1999, 2007

(Average: 7.88 out of 10)

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Tag Wizard Comments: Nicola Alter writes the Thoughts on Fantasy blog and last year she set out to create an over-the-top fantasy book cover including all the standard fantasy clichés. As she wrote:

“I’ve encountered a few covers that take it a bit far, but I thought it’d be amusing to go even further, and have a bit of fun with the tropes of my favourite genre… so here is my recipe for a no-holds-barred, all-boxes-ticked, epic high fantasy book cover (accompanied by examples from the most clichéd design I can muster).”

Well, we here at Good Show Sir! consider ourselves the experts on bad covers. So we’ll be the judge of that!

So check out her post where she walks you through the steps:

How to Make a Clichéd High Fantasy Cover

And be sure to visit the rest of her site and welcome her to join us here at Good Show Sir: the home of ethnic and erudite book cover curation.

Published 2017

(Average: 8.50 out of 10)

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Dunwiddie Comments: I cannot imagine how that leg is connected to her body.

Published 1978

(Average: 7.43 out of 10)

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