Good Show Sir

Mar 13

Scott B Comments: If I don’t get to sit in the fancy chair, I will taunt you by mimicking your body language behind your back. Using only one of my many arms, obviously.
Published 1989

(Average: 7.00 out of 10)

Tagged with: antennae • anthropomorphism • architectural framing • BEHIND YOU! • bird people • Bryn Barnard • butler • damsel • david bowie • DAW Books • double trouble • goblet • Ian Wallace • robots • statuesque • sundial • supernumerous limbs • throne • WTF

Mar 12

Forests of the Night

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Is she staring at my tail again? *Sighs* My face is up here you know! Click for full image

David A Comments: I assume after losing 80% of their population over the past 100 years, tigers are finally going to get even with the human race… with the help of a sexy female sidekick, naturally.
Published 1993

(Average: 7.86 out of 10)

Tagged with: anthropomorphism • casually walking away from an explosion • cat people • cut-offs • damsel • DAW Books • explosion • fire • font problems • Good Show Sir • gun • Jim Burns • metropolitan apocalypse • once you see it • S. Andrew Swann • scars

Mar 08

The Mating Cry

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1960! Only 95% sexist! Click for full image

Frank Comments: Now here we have an example of how to punch up a work by giving it a new title and new cover art. The story is from 1950, and was previously published as “The House That Stood Still”.
Published 1960

(Average: 7.76 out of 10)

Tagged with: A.E. van Vogt • baldy bad man • Beacon Books • chucky the evil toy doll • cleavage • damsel • dude • Galaxy Science Fiction • Gerald McConnel • rope

Mar 05

The Towers of Toron

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Everyone knows cyborgs are instantly attracted to the Ting! of high heels! Click for full image

Bibliomancer Comments: Face off between the Man with the X-ray eyes and the Invisible Woman, I like what I DON’T see!
Published 1964

(Average: 7.26 out of 10)

Tagged with: Ace Books • baldy bad man • cape • cybernetics • damsel • dude • Ed Emshwiller • half a face • living tissue over metal endoskeleton • robots • Samuel R. Delany • Ting!

Mar 04

The Paw of God

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Yes... of course... this will be on the cover of cosmo... now pout please! Click for full image

Joachim’s Art Direction: Make sure her antennae/horns are made of felt…
Published 1967

(Average: 8.48 out of 10)

Tagged with: antennae • damsel • font problems • Rex Gordon • Tandem Books • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF

Feb 27

The Destruction of the Temple

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Awww come on, stop eating that burger and come and play with my ship! Click for full image

Benjamin Comments: “Listen, if this book sells more than 30 copies it’ll be a miracle. It’s done up in a strawberry-ice-cream-pink cover with a bright green toy rocket ship and some cheap plaster busts of LBJ and JFK and a coke bottle and a hamburger on the front — I showed it to a classroom full of gifted children up at the College of Marin and one kid said ‘That’s a toy book.'” – Richard A. Lupoff (Locus #159, 1974)
Published 1974

(Average: 8.64 out of 10)

Tagged with: bad science • Barry N. Malzberg • damsel • dude • explosion • Good Show Sir • Pocket Books • political figure • space ships • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF

Feb 21

6 x H

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6 x H = (J / T) + (O - P) Click for full image

Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: He’s writing about the fourth dimension? Well I bet there are plenty of space ships, space suits, afros, statues, men in grass skirts and party streamers there!
Published 1963

(Average: 7.28 out of 10)

Tagged with: damsel • dude • Jack Gaughan • magic • maths! • Pyramid Books • Robert A. Heinlein • space ships • space suit • WTF