Feb 08
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Claire’s Art Direction: Hum, riders on the wind. Well obviously lots of wind in a pretty colour, and a rider – I know, a naked chick with body tats. Throw in some standard fantasy stuff, like a castle and a wizard dude et voila!
Published 1988
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Tagged with: Ace Books • castle • cleavage • damsel • Darrell K. Sweet • devil's dumplings • font problems • horses • Jack L. Chalker • space sheep • Wizaaaaaaaard!
Jul 20
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Grady Comments: I’m disappointed, to be honest. The back of the book says, “They speak German. They carry whips. And they are connected in some mysterious way with Nazi experiments carried out in the charming old Irish castle during World War II.” Meh, I’ve seen more charming Irish castles.
Published 1968
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Tagged with: Avon Books • castle • damsel • dude • dwarf • evil • Good Show Sir • Hector Garrido • nazi • whip it good • WTF
Jun 21
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Matt Comments: Whatever is going on in Mr. Ellison’s mind, if that’s who the gent on the cover is supposed to be, it seems to involve a Tattooiene-esque castle while he speaks of an alien feigning submission in a bespoke suit. Perhaps too much spicy pizza before bed?
Published 1974
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Tagged with: Bob Pepper • castle • dude • Harlan Ellison • Signet Books • WTF
Apr 22
It’s that time of the year again where people might just get a longer weekend! And that usually means an honourable mentions but unfortunately I have been pretty ill this week and have been sitting with some soup while watching TV and reading a few books!
Anyway, instead I give you a MisterBOB mega post! He’s sent in enough covers to start a book shop so here’s a few to keep your weekend going! Enjoy your holiday weekend!
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MisterBob Comments: A spaceman looks out his window and sees the face of GOD!
Published 1986
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MisterBOB comments: Please, do not show that teenagers can time travel by putting a plastic bag on their head.
Published 1989
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MisterBOB Comments: A particolored unicorn, so start with where the horn is, as the rest is just a horse…
Published 1987
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Tagged with: Ace Books • Alun Hood • Avon Books • beard-wielding • booties • castle • Darrell K. Sweet • Diana Wynne Jones • dude • evil children • font problems • Jon Decles • Methuen Books • once you see it • space • space ships • space suit • Stephen Leigh • trains • Unicorns! • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Jul 23
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Art Direction: I looked, and there before me was a pale Pegasus! It’s rider was named Martin, the local high school geography teacher.
Published 1994
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Tagged with: Avonova Books • castle • clouds • dude • flying horse • horses • Michael Scott Rohan • Rowena A. Morrill
Jul 22
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David Comments: It took me a long time to notice that the naked red man with spikes on his feet and a horn in his forehead is holding his sword in a rather odd way.
Published 1973, 1974 & 1975
Many thanks to David!
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Tagged with: bladed weapons • Bob Haberfield • capes • castle • cleavage • daemons • damsel • eye-yi-yi • floating face • giant birds • horns • horses • long hair • Mayflower Books • Michael Moorcock • mountains • muscles • once you see it • pyramids • strange creature • sword • talons • Unicorns! • volcano • wand • WTF
Jun 23
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Andy Comments: The art department obviously wanted to cram as much as possible in (even though this is apparently the second novel in a trilogy). I wouldn’t be surprised however if it was an image ripped from the text. I really like the bloke standing on the ear of dragon – it seems to go well with the tag line. The spaceship is supposed to be vivid purple (the first line of the book) but is obviously out-done in the purple stakes by the dragon.
Published 1995
Ah the days of… yellow jeans…
Many thanks to Andy!
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Tagged with: castle • damsel • Del Rey Books • dragon • dude • fire • horns • jeans and a t-shirt • Lawrence Watt-Evans • magic • magical weapon • Peter Peebles • planets • space ships • strange creature • Worlds of Shadow Trilogy
May 25
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Jen Comments: A warlock and his robotic horse battle a carnivorous tree who collects stuffed animals and leprechauns, while farting evil smoke into the mouth of a nearby menacing castle. Meanwhile, a knight and his lady ride past, oblivious. Sadly, a surprisingly accurate depiction of the book. And yes, I paid $5 for it.
Insane thanks to Jen!
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Tagged with: Ace Books • bladed weapons • bow-tie • call 555-orthodontic-emergency • captain's hat • castle • Christopher Stasheff • cloaks • dragon • dude • dwarf • evil • horses • knights • magic • once you see it • skulls a-poppin' • tasteful smoke • teddy people • waistcoat • Wizaaaaaaaard! • wraparound cover
Apr 30
Well it’s reached that time again were here in the UK we are blessed with bank holidays! So for those like myself who will be relaxing with an extra long weekend, here are some honourable mentions.
These covers break our explicit and hard kept rules, which are enforced with an iron fist. These are part of a franchise (this time of adventure choice novels), but nonetheless each of them sports an excellent cover so I hope you enjoy them.
Also just to say thanks to everyone who has been sending me in covers! We’ll slowly get through them all so keep an eye out and I promise they will appear at some stage.
Have a great weekend for those benefiting from it!
To face the evil rabbit turn to page 8
To run away turn to page 57
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Tagged with: Armada books • ax-wielding • bladed weapons • Brian Salmon • castle • cloaks • daemons • David Jackson • evil • forest • Gary Chalk • Honourable Mentions • Jamie Thonson • Jason Hook • Joe Dever • Jones • Lone Wolf Books • Lone Wolf series • maces • Mark Smith • planets • robots • shields • shuriken of approval • space ships • Sphere Books • sword
Apr 15
These collections of books were submitted by Eron Rauch. Thanks to Eron for making my day full of Icelandic volcano ash that little bit easier! Check out Eron’s site www.eronrauch.com which shows off some of his great photography, some of it also brilliantly nerdy!
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Eron Comments: The first of three in this series. I mean, how else do I explain it more than the title “Camelot in Orbit”, except I don’t really understand logic of the title, since they seem to be on another planet. I guess technically that planets are in orbit, but that’s rather redundant. Also, King Arthur seems to be riding a beaked dinosaur that is so pathetic that He-Man would be caught near it. I mentioned that before right? A fecking armored dinosaur.
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Eron Comments: The second in the series, I think, I mean it’s hard for me to care really, but this cover is passably bad until you notice the creepy-as-sin inbred ewok/mogwai knock-off sitting just to the bottom left of the girl. Staring. Into your soul with hollow black eyes. Seriously the stuff of nightmares.
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Eron Comments: The third in this utterly original series. Which features “Magick” with the added “k” which must mean serious fantasy is about to be had! In addition, we get a phenomenal rendering of the back of some random knight and a severely constipated dragon trying desperately to crap himself in terror at the War of the Worlds spaceship blowing the hell our of it’s castle with a laser that comes from nowhere.
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Tagged with: Arthur H. Landis • bladed weapons • Camelot series • castle • DAW Books • dragon • frickin laser beams • knights • lance • lizards • planets • shields • space ships • strange creature • sword • Thomas Barber Jr
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