Good Show Sir

Jul 31

J Greely Comments: Nothing says alien sex like crosshairs targeting an eyeball filled with Saturn.

Published 1992

You might remember this from here. And maybe here.

(Average: 7.67 out of 10)

Tagged with: Ellen Datlow • eye-yi-yi • Harlan Ellison • Larry Niven • Lewis Shiner • Pat Murphy • planets • Roc Books • sexytime • sky-eyes • Unknown Artist Institute

Jul 18

Earthmen and Strangers

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Chippendales --- in space! Click for larger image

Mosquito Wenzi Comments: A transparent space suit to show off his impressive muscles! …GAAHHH!!

Published 1968

(Average: 7.20 out of 10)

Tagged with: Algis Budrys • Arthur C. Clarke • bubble helmet • Damon Knight • Dell Books • dino-mites • dude • Eric Frank Russell • glove • Harlan Ellison • ill-fitting spacesuit • Isaac Asimov • Jeff Jones • muscles • penis pump • Poul Anderson • Randall Garrett • Robert Silverberg • rocket • sixpack abs • Ting!

Apr 24

The Best From Fantasy & Science Fiction

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The hookah-smoking caterpillar went thataway Click for larger image

Sgt Rock vs. Asterixy Click for larger image

It’s a Two-fer Tuesday: Worst of the Best from F&SF

Ace E. Doocy Comments:

1. The FBI Taint Team swings into action.

2. Better add a rocket or they’ll never know it’s science fiction.

Published 1962, 1975

(Average: 8.00 out of 10)

Tagged with: Ace Books • Alfred Bester • Anthony Boucher • ax-wielding • bladed weapons • Ed Valigursky • Edward L. Ferman • font problems • Frederik Pohl • frog people • fungi • Harlan Ellison • hunkbutt • Joseph Lombardero • male skirts • mullet • pointing • Poul Anderson • rocket • shuriken of approval • skulls a-poppin' • sky-eyes • soldier • starkers • Stephen Tall • two-fer

Dec 07

Good evening, and welcome to a private showing of three paintings, displayed here for the first time. Each is a collectors’ item in its own way – not because of any special artistic quality, but because each captures on a canvas, and suspends in time and space, a frozen moment of …

OK, that’s just a Rod Serling Night Gallery quote I copped off of IMDB. But here, for your consideration, are three cover submissions that didn’t make the cut. Not because they aren’t terrible. Not because they are based on a franchise. Not because they are parody or comedy. Not because … well, just because …

Boob Tube? Click for larger image

Raoul Comments: That 70s Show.
Published 1975

I've been hitchhiking for an hour. Why can't I get a ride? Click for larger image

Alice Comments: “Let the Magic Journey begin! Oh crap. Wher’d my ass go?”.
Published 1988

Sheep! Click for larger image

Maureen Comments: Click all you want. No boobs under the sheep.
Published 1972

Oh, and Tag Wizard sent me this racism and dared me to post it. Now you owe me a pint:

Chinese GSS is going to have a shit fit Click for larger image

(Average: 8.83 out of 10)

Tagged with: author on the cover • boredom • Chang-San • clown • Dell Books • devil's dumplings • Diane Dillon • dude • floating face • font problems • Harlan Ellison • Harvey E. Ward • Honourable Mentions • John Nichols • Leo Dillon • long haired men • Lynn Hall • Mei Ya Publications • Pocket Books • Pyramid Books • rocket in my pocket • Sheep! • shortbow • skeletons • Unknown Artist Institute • USA! USA!

Apr 01

The Last Dangerous Visions

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I'm almost done my next anthology: Dangerous Visions, Post Mortem Click for full image

Good Show Sir Comments: Harlan Ellison has been promising to publish this for a long time. He allegedly had to wait for all the contributing authors to die off, so he could save money not paying them royalties.

Published 2017

(Average: 8.82 out of 10)

Tagged with: A. Bertram Chandler • A.E. van Vogt • Alfred Bester • Algis Budrys • Anne McCaffrey • Anthony Boucher • April 1st • Arthur Byron Cover • author in the comments • Avram Davidson • ax-wielding • Baen Books • Bob Leman • Bob Shaw • Bruce Sterling • Chan Davis • Charles L Harness • Charles Platt • Christopher Priest • Clifford D. Simak • Cordwainer Smith • corpse mountain • D.M. Rowles • damsel • Daniel Keyes • Daniel Walther • David Wise • Delbert Casada • Doris Piserchia • Doris Pitkin Buck • Edgar Pangborn • Edmond Hamilton • Edward Bryant • Faux-nan • Felix C. Gotschalk • Firesign Theatre • font problems • Frank Bryning • Frank Herbert • Franklin Fisher • Fred Saberhagen • G.C. Edmondson • George Alec Effinger • Gerard Conway • Gordon Eklund • Gordon R. Dickson • Graham Charnock • Graham Hall • Grant Carrington • Hank Davis • Harlan Ellison • Harry Harrison • Howard Fast • Ian Watson • Jack Dann • Jack Williamson • James Gunn • James Sutherland • Janet Nay • Jerry Pournelle • Joe Haldeman • John Christopher • John Jakes • John Morressy • John Varley • Jonathan Fast • Joseph F. Pumilia • Joseph Green • Kit Reed • Langdon Jones • Laurence Yep • Leigh Brackett • Leonard Isaacs • Leslie A. Fiedler • Lisa Tuttle • Mack Reynolds • Manly Wade Wellman • Michael Bishop • Michael G. Coney • Michael Moorcock • Mildred Downey Broxon • moon • Nelson Bond • Octavia E. Butler • Orson Scott Card • P.C. Hodgell • P.J. Plauger • Pamela Zoline • Philippe Curval • Raul Judson • Raylyn Moore • Richard E. Peck • Richard Wilson • Robert Lilly • Robert Sheckley • Robert Thom • Robert Thurston • Robert Wissner • Ron Goulart • Russell Bates • skulls a-poppin' • Stan Dryer • Steve Herbst • Steven Bryan Bieler • Steven Utley • Susan C. Lette • Thomas N. Scortia • Tom Reamy • Unknown Artist Institute • Vonda N. McIntyre • Wallace West • Ward Moore • William E. Cochrane • William Kotzwinkle • Wilson Tucker

Jul 15

Unicorns!

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foUnicorns!

Tom Noir Comments: Unicorns!
Published 1982

(Average: 5.38 out of 10)

Tagged with: Ace Books • Avram Davidson • Beverly Evans • Eric Nolden • foliage • Frank Owen • Gardner Dozois • Gene Wolfe • Harlan Ellison • Jack Dann • L. Sprague De Camp • Larry Niven • Roger Zelazny • Stephen R. Donaldson • T.H. White • Thomas Burnett Swann • Unicorns! • Unknown Artist Institute • Ursula K. Le Guin • Vonda N. McIntyre

Jun 11

Cybersex

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No it's by MY SELF not Will Self... I bet he hears that one everyday of his life... sorry. Click for full image

Tom Noir Comments: I guess this cover is a fairly realistic depiction of cybersex. I mean, he IS only using one hand…
Published 1996

(Average: 8.91 out of 10)

Tagged with: Candas Jane Dorsey • cleavage • computers • Connie Willis • damsel • David Gerrold • dude • eff Duntemann • Frederik Pohl • Gene Wolfe • George Zebrowski • Greg Egan • Harlan Ellison • Ian Watson • James Tiptree Jr • Jeff Noon • Joe Haldeman • Kathe Koja • Kurt Vonnegut Jr • L. Timmel Duchamp • Lisa Tuttle • Martin Amis • mega limbs • Michael Hemmingson • muscles • Nancy Kress • Pat Murphy • Phil Marritt • Raven Books • Richard Glyn Jones • Robinson Publishing • sexytime • shiny oh so shiny • Will Self • WTF

May 23

Honourable Mentions 13

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YES! It’s not only a bank holiday on Monday but the site is working! Woo! That means we can finally do another Honourable Mentions!

Thanks to all of you who constantly checked the site for over a month to see if it was working again! I missed all your comments, though oddly I actually got some work done. Anyway, I’m back to my normal pace now! Till the site breaks again…

Dude... you should get some cream for that or something! Click for full image

Scott W’s Art Direction: Ok, I need me a Ben Franklin, some lecherous 18th century dudes copping feels (or having their feels copped) by busty harlots, and oh yeah, can you possibly have Mr. Hundred Dollar Bill ride in on a cardboard lightning bolt with a pleasantly startled expression on his mug?
Published 1980

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Matt Comments: It wasn’t the airplanes. It was chain smoking that killed the beast.
Published 1977

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Ian R Comments: Do you accept old pulp sci-fi magazine covers? I hope you use them, if only because of that… thing on the woman’s neck/shoulder. It looks quite uncomfortable.
Published between 1955 & 1958

BONUS SPECIAL OFFER!

(Average: 8.88 out of 10)

Tagged with: ape • Arthur C. Clarke • bird hairdo • bracers • cigar • cleavage • damsel • Donald Zochert • dude • electricity • fire • font problems • frickin laser beams • Fritz Leiber • goblet • gun • Harlan Ellison • helicopters • Honourable Mentions • lightning • long haired men • megaphone • monkeys • once you see it • Penguin Science Fiction • pointing • Richard Wilson • space ships • Star Books • suggestive • suits you • tunnels • utility belt • Walter Wager • WTF

May 09

Fantastic

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And we are back! Woo hoo! Enjoy all these great covers and pieces of art from Frank!

We keep the devil downstairs... my daughter paints his nails. Click for slightly larger image

I couldn’t help but wonder what this cover art was about: the Cosmic Striptease, or The Devil Downstairs. So I looked within, where I found….
Published 1957

Nothing like a good fedora to make women spontaneously combust! Click for slightly larger image