Oct 26
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Durbin Comments: Book officials were shocked when it was revealed that an elderly parishioner had painted over a deteriorating fresco with a haphazard splattering of paint. “The once-dignified portrait now resembles a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic,” one official says.
Published 2010 (maybe)
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Tagged with: Baen Books • dude • font problems • frickin laser beams • gun • handguns • Larry Dixon • Lois McMaster Bujold • shuriken of approval • space • twins • WTF
Aug 14
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MisterBOB Comments: Astronauts and furry alien return from a fishing trip, without a fish.
Published 1987
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Tagged with: Alan Gutierrez • aliens • Baen Books • bubble helmet • damsel • dude • Grant Callin • helmet-cam • jazz hands • once you see it • shoulder pads • space ships • space suit
Jul 04
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Scott Comments: Cat People always make a great cover, but a steam-dragon-train, that’s something else!
Published 1993
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Tagged with: anthropomorphism • Baen Books • bladed weapons • cat people • dragon • E J Cherhavy • font problems • Larry Elmore • mountains • once you see it • Rose Estes • strapping outfit • trains • WTF
May 29
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Alessandra Comments: Ow, ow, ow! I’m doing a dental self-exam, my back is thrown out, and I’m carrying this armful of light-sabre blades!
Published 2010
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Tagged with: Baen Books • Catherine Asaro • David Mattingly • dude • fantastical rock star • glow • Haircut 100 • lens flare • mullet • planets • Saga of the Skolian Empire • shuriken of approval
May 17
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Mangraa’s Art Direction: OK, the main character’s a hot chick, so slap a Barbie head on a soldier’s body, that’ll work. Make this cover look like the end of a Michael Bay sci-fi clusterf***! I want not one, but TWO ships blasting away at her, the entire city burning, maybe throw in a lava spout just to be safe. I want NO EMPTY COVER SPACE!
Published 2004
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Tagged with: Baen Books • damsel • David Mattingly • explosion • font problems • frickin laser beams • gun • Michael Z. Williamson • once you see it • proportional issues • space ships
Apr 17
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Tom Noir’s Art Direction:
“Scotty, we need more clip-art!”
“She can’t take much more captain! We push her any harder and we risk a font overload!”
“Dammit, just do it man!”
Published 1999
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Tagged with: ape • author on the cover • Baen Books • David Mattingly • dude • floating face • font problems • James P. Hogan • lens flare • monkeyshines • once you see it • planets • robots • space • space chimp • space suit • strange creature • WTF
Mar 28
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Tom Noir Comments: Naked cybernetic armed cat woman in an improbable pose bursting through a cover of shiny 3D fonts? This is what happens when cover designers play Bingo. This cover is SO shiny that the camera couldn’t quite deal with it. Pretty much everything that looks black is actually highly-reflective chrome.
Published 1998
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Tagged with: anthropomorphism • Baen Books • cat people • cybernetics • devil's dumplings • font problems • Good Show Sir • Greg Bear • gun • handguns • Jerry Pournelle • Larry Niven • Man-Kzin Wars • once you see it • S.M. Stirling • shiny oh so shiny • space sheep • Stephen Hickman • WTF
Mar 06
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Rusty Comments: How one can tell a true hero from a common man is by whether his shirt disintegrates in an alluring yet ferocious manner at the drop of the hat.
Published 2011
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Tagged with: Baen Books • Catherine Asaro • dude • fantastical rock star • music • planets • Saga of the Skolian Empire • shuriken of approval • Unknown Artist Institute
Feb 29
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GK Comments: When you point your finger at someone, there are three pointing back at you.
Published 2004
Tag Wizard Comments: We’re on holiday this week. Enjoy these blasts from the past!
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Tagged with: Baen Books • dude • font problems • frickin laser beams • gun • jazz hands • Kurt Miller • monsters • Timothy Zahn
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