Good Show Sir

May 08

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Good Show Sir Comments: From the engorged pen of Larry Correia who last graced these pages with his Monster Hunter Badonkadonk comes his latest Baen-tasm: Noir Fatale. Here is a veritable arsenal of new stories which eager readers can’t wait to crack open. Some of Baen’s best writers are behind this masterpiece. A wide assortment; you’ll be bummed if you miss out on this cheeky title!

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Published 2019

(Average: 6.46 out of 10)

Tagged with: Baen Books • bangs • blaster • catsuit • city • damsel • David Weber • eschergirl • font problems • Kacey Ezell • Larry Correia • Laurell K. Hamilton • Sarah A. Hoyt • Sir Mix-A-Lot

Jan 14

User Friendly

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Was it really necessary to chain it to the post? Click for larger image

The Bookkeeper Comments: Being wrapped in metal foil like a baked potato was a poor clothing choice for burning day.

Published 1998

(Average: 7.24 out of 10)

Tagged with: Baen Books • computers • David Mattingly • fire • inadequate armor • mainstream religion • mob rules • no one expects the Spanish Inquisition • pope • Spider Robinson

Jan 10

The Years of the City

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Window washers of the future! Click for larger image

Monty Comments: Those colors.

Published 1995

(Average: 6.50 out of 10)

Tagged with: Baen Books • David Mattingly • font problems • Frederik Pohl • geometric oddities • little people • under construction

Dec 11

Man-Kzin Wars XV

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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man-Kzin Click for larger image

Good Show Sir Comments: Breaking News from Baen Books! Our esteemed colleagues at Baen have released an Advanced e-Reader’s Copy of the latest installment in the wildly popular Man-Kzin Wars series and we’d like to be one of the first to give them all the free publicity they can stand.

THE POPULAR MAN-KZIN WARS SERIES ROARS BACK INTO ACTION! New stories of the war between humanity and the catlike Kzin from Brad R. Torgersen, Brendan DuBois, Martin L. Shoemaker, and more!

Get the EARC today! #ebook #amreading https://t.co/mD1hPO5KXp

— Baen Books (@BaenBooks) December 10, 2018

Lately we have been made to realize that some of us at Good Show Sir have been a bit harsh on the Baen enterprise (looking at you, ex-Noob 😄 ). Some Baen honchos believe we go too far in featuring so many splendid and, I must admit, VERY COMPETENT WORKS OF ART done by their artist minions on a weblog with the temerity to feature the byline “Only the worst Sci-fi/Fantasy book covers”. C’mon guys, you know that by “terrible” we mean “awesome”. Get on fleek with how the kids are slangin’ these days.

We give a tip-of-the-bowler-hat to today’s featured cover artist Steve Hickman. What can we say but IT IS GOOD ART. Not some Unknown Artist Institute™ knock-off. In fact, one might expect to see this hanging in some tony Soho art gallery, except that, you know, it’s a cat-person portrait and all that. But the talent is there for all to see. He looks so real you can almost smell him!

So anyway people, check out Man-Kzin Wars XV! That’s number XV! If they are numbering them like Super Bowls you know they got to be good. Buy more Baen Books! Our future here at GSS depends on far-sighted publishers like Baen keepin’ the faith.

–GSS Admin

[P.S. to our friends at Baen. Don’t feel that sending us free swag like new books and single-malt whiskey is a violation of our Code of Ethics!]

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(Average: 6.09 out of 10)

Tagged with: Baen Books • Brad R. Torgersen • Brendan Dubois • cat people • font problems • Hal Colebach • It's Howling Time! • Jason Fregeau • Jessica Q. Fox • Larry Niven • Man-Kzin Wars • Martin L. Shoemaker • Steve Hickman • throne