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Ryan Art Direction: “Yeah, it’s another Van Vogt. Let’s see, paint up a haggard floozy, Evil Blue Buddha, and the guy from the cover of the first Enigma album. Also make sure none of the furniture has any visible means of support.”

Published 1979

(Average: 7.86 out of 10)

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Tat Wood Comments: Fifty years on, the title’s still hilarious. But note how Jeff Jones has emphasised the turtle’s head and the hero’s arms while leaving it ambiguous what exactly is going on or how many limbs each party is supposed to have.

Published 1969

You might remember this from here and here.

(Average: 6.33 out of 10)

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Marvin Comments: Caution! Do not stare at idol with remaining eye!

Published 1961

(Average: 7.43 out of 10)

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Alice Comments: I snapped this bodice-ripper at the local Rite-Aid.

Published 2017

(Average: 6.85 out of 10)

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Scott B Comments: I’m not sure this new remake of “Home Alone” is going to catch on.
Published 1969

(Average: 7.45 out of 10)

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Cyril Comments: Is Ren Magritte in the house?
Published 1972

(Average: 7.24 out of 10)

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Frank Comments: First we have The Star-Crowned Kings a Daw Books publication. I haven’t read it so don’t know what the lady-in-chain has to do with the story. But, I thought, she looks familiar, and I thought I knew where I’d seen her before: Up to the Sky in Ships, a NESFA Press collection of some of A. Bertram Chandler’s short stories. Chandler and Freas were Guests of Honor at that year’s Worldcon, which was the occasion for the book. I guess it was thought that this would be offered to a more adult audience and so the model got to stand up for this painting, so we could all see that the lady-in-chain really is a blonde.
Star Crowned Kings published 1975
Up to the Sky in Ships published 1982

It’s dos-a-dos like an Ace Double and if you flip it over you see the cover for the other collection of shorts in the book, this one from Lee Hoffman.

(Average: 5.37 out of 10)

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Stephen Comments: Words cannot do this justice. So much amaze.
Published 1975

(Average: 8.41 out of 10)

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Binky Comments: Well, the major theme of this book is of the individual yearning to break free of his faceless, collective society and…oh, okay. You didn’t have to depict it that literally, but okay.
Published 1970

(Average: 7.67 out of 10)

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