Good Show Sir

Apr 06

Stalking the Nightmare

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Good Show Sir comments: Phantasia Press receptionist: “There’s a lawyer on the phone. Says he’s from Disney.”

Thanks to Ryan for sending this in!

Published 1982

(Average: 6.27 out of 10)

Tagged with: bighanditis • Harlan Ellison • horns • Jane Mackenzie • lamp • mouse people • Phantasia Press • wraparound cover

Sep 08

Earthman, Go Home!

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[[ I can't hear you in here ]] Click for larger image

Robots and Inflatable Dolls! Unite! Click for larger image

It’s a Two-fer Tuesday: “Earthman, Go Home” Party

Good Show Sir comments:

1. “Earthman, Go Home!” screeches the lizard creature.

2. “Earthman, Come Back!” We forgot about our scheduled maintenance.

Thanks to Roger McC for sending one in.

You might remember this from here.

Published 1964, 1968

(Average: 7.71 out of 10)

Tagged with: BEHIND YOU! • Harlan Ellison • I'm melting! • ill-fitting spacesuit • Jack Gaughan • Paperback Library • Peter Caras • robots • rocket • sparkler • strange creature • two-fer

Jan 07

Five Fates

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Craps Click for larger image

Good Show Sir Comments: In 1970 cut-and-paste meant actual scissors and glue.

Thanks to Melissa for sending this in!

Published 1970

(Average: 7.64 out of 10)

Tagged with: anatomical issues • Anita Siegel • dice • Doubleday Books • feet • Frank Herbert • Gordon R. Dickson • Harlan Ellison • Keith Laumer • Poul Anderson • toga • WTF

Jul 31

Alien Sex

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Not the body part I was expecting Click for larger image

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: 6.70 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: 6.64 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: 7.21 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: 7.85 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: 8.40 out of 10)

Tagged with: A. Bertram Chandler • A.E. van Vogt • Alfred Bester • Algis Budrys • Anne McCaffrey • Anthony Boucher • April • 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