Good Show Sir

Oct 09

Mrs Jones Comments: “How to Pick Up Girls” by Conan.

Published 1987

(Average: 6.75 out of 10)

Tagged with: anatomical issues • ax-wielding • bladed weapons • boats • Conan series • damsel • dude • fog • font problems • Fritz Leiber • Henry Kuttner • Karl Edward Wagner • Ken W. Kelly • long haired men • muscles • Robert E. Howard • shuriken of approval • Tor Books

Jun 25

Night of Power

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Trick or treat, muthafucka! Click for larger image

Alice Comments: Sucks when the last three guys you met on Tinder get together to compare notes.
Published 1986

(Average: 6.21 out of 10)

Tagged with: ax-wielding • Berkley Books • dude • fire • font problems • maces • mask • mohawk • shotgun • Spider Robinson • Unknown Artist Institute

Apr 24

The Best From Fantasy & Science Fiction

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The hookah-smoking caterpillar went thataway Click for larger image

Sgt Rock vs. Asterixy Click for larger image

It’s a Two-fer Tuesday: Worst of the Best from F&SF

Ace E. Doocy Comments:

1. The FBI Taint Team swings into action.

2. Better add a rocket or they’ll never know it’s science fiction.

Published 1962, 1975

(Average: 7.21 out of 10)

Tagged with: Ace Books • Alfred Bester • Anthony Boucher • ax-wielding • bladed weapons • Ed Valigursky • Edward L. Ferman • font problems • Frederik Pohl • frog people • fungi • Harlan Ellison • hunkbutt • Joseph Lombardero • male skirts • mullet • pointing • Poul Anderson • rocket • shuriken of approval • skulls a-poppin' • sky-eyes • soldier • starkers • Stephen Tall • two-fer

Sep 20

Swords in the Mist

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Calm down Faux-nan. Don't get your knickers in a twist. Click for larger image

Good Show Sir Comments: Cover art, suitable for framing, from the artist’s website.
From his biography:
Peter died much too soon but at least he was sitting in a bar with a drink in front of him. There are worse ways to go. At his funeral the vicar said he was probably “getting in the rounds” in heaven. I like to think he’s painting there too … He was intelligent and widely read and a regular member of his local pub’s quiz and cricket teams, though he would say that was mainly for the beer! He died in March 1998 in Skegness while he and some colleagues were working on a mural at Butlins, relaxing in the hotel bar after work.

Published 1979

(Average: 7.84 out of 10)

Tagged with: ax-wielding • booties • cephalopod • cleavage • damsel • eye-yi-yi • Faux-nan • Fritz Leiber • Good Show Sir • hunkbutt • long haired men • Mayflower Books • muscles • nappy • Peter Elson • ridiculous hat • sword • white-clothed protagonist

Apr 01

The Last Dangerous Visions

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I'm almost done my next anthology: Dangerous Visions, Post Mortem Click for full image

Good Show Sir Comments: Harlan Ellison has been promising to publish this for a long time. He allegedly had to wait for all the contributing authors to die off, so he could save money not paying them royalties.

Published 2017

(Average: 8.42 out of 10)

Tagged with: A. Bertram Chandler • A.E. van Vogt • Alfred Bester • Algis Budrys • Anne McCaffrey • Anthony Boucher • April • Arthur Byron Cover • author in the comments • Avram Davidson • ax-wielding • Baen Books • Bob Leman • Bob Shaw • Bruce Sterling • Chan Davis • Charles L Harness • Charles Platt • Christopher Priest • Clifford D. Simak • Cordwainer Smith • corpse mountain • D.M. Rowles • damsel • Daniel Keyes • Daniel Walther • David Wise • Delbert Casada • Doris Piserchia • Doris Pitkin Buck • Edgar Pangborn • Edmond Hamilton • Edward Bryant • Faux-nan • Felix C. Gotschalk • Firesign Theatre • font problems • Frank Bryning • Frank Herbert • Franklin Fisher • Fred Saberhagen • G.C. Edmondson • George Alec Effinger • Gerard Conway • Gordon Eklund • Gordon R. Dickson • Graham Charnock • Graham Hall • Grant Carrington • Hank Davis • Harlan Ellison • Harry Harrison • Howard Fast • Ian Watson • Jack Dann • Jack Williamson • James Gunn • James Sutherland • Janet Nay • Jerry Pournelle • Joe Haldeman • John Christopher • John Jakes • John Morressy • John Varley • Jonathan Fast • Joseph F. Pumilia • Joseph Green • Kit Reed • Langdon Jones • Laurence Yep • Leigh Brackett • Leonard Isaacs • Leslie A. Fiedler • Lisa Tuttle • Mack Reynolds • Manly Wade Wellman • Michael Bishop • Michael G. Coney • Michael Moorcock • Mildred Downey Broxon • moon • Nelson Bond • Octavia E. Butler • Orson Scott Card • P.C. Hodgell • P.J. Plauger • Pamela Zoline • Philippe Curval • Raul Judson • Raylyn Moore • Richard E. Peck • Richard Wilson • Robert Lilly • Robert Sheckley • Robert Thom • Robert Thurston • Robert Wissner • Ron Goulart • Russell Bates • skulls a-poppin' • Stan Dryer • Steve Herbst • Steven Bryan Bieler • Steven Utley • Susan C. Lette • Thomas N. Scortia • Tom Reamy • Unknown Artist Institute • Vonda N. McIntyre • Wallace West • Ward Moore • William E. Cochrane • William Kotzwinkle • Wilson Tucker

Mar 27

Ruby Flames

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Who you callin Puss n Boots? Click for full image

Tom Noir Comments: Release Notes for Catware 3.7:

– Reduced shedding by 15%
– Catpeople can now wield glaives, halberds, and Beretta AR70s
– Removed ridiculous names from Author Name Generator
– Tail toggle added to preferences
– Text correction: mages cast ‘fireball’, not ‘hairball’
– Runaway reproduction issue now fixed

Published 1999

(Average: 7.45 out of 10)

Tagged with: ax-wielding • beard-wielding • booties • cat people • David A. Cherry • framed cover art • Pocket Books • Richard A. Knaak • shuriken of approval • staff • sword • Wizaaaaaaaard!