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
Jun 20
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Ian Comments: Reach for your gun! A man wearing nothing but a couple of spangly lights has just materialised and is scaring the women!
Published 1966
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Tagged with: aliens • Belmont Books • bubble helmet • damsel • dude • font problems • gun • magic • muscles • once you see it • space • space suit • starkers • Unknown Artist Institute
Jun 17
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Art Direction: Lets break away from the common Thor look stereotype. And by break away, I mean just don’t give him a cape. Keep the male skirt, shaved legs, long blonde hair and bunny ears helmet!
Published 1987
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Tagged with: Ace Books • blunt weapons • Curtis H Hoffmann • dude • font problems • glow • James Warhola • muscles • space ships • Ting! • war
Jun 15
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Adam Comments: We have everything you could want with this cover. Giant space-squids, intense aborigonies, rocket ships and WWI German soldiers. Everything, that is, except a clock.
Published 1972
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Tagged with: Ace Books • dude • Fritz Leiber • gun • JW • lizards • space ships • strange creature • tentacles
Jun 14
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E Comments: According to my husband, his dog chewed up the cover of this book. I think the dog was making a statement. Like why the hell are those people sitting in a hollowed-out asteroid?
Published 1984
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Tagged with: Ballantine Books • daemons • damsel • dude • fire • hair on fire • Lyndon Hardy • magic • monsters • people with hooves • Rowena Morrill • Satan • strange creature • wings • WTF
Jun 13
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Joachim’s Art Direction: Man, surrounded by flowing white firmamental materials, which conglomerate/emanate at/from his manhood… Everyone standing in awe since he’s floating down steps, or, staring at his….
Published 1968
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Tagged with: aurora borealis • Ballantine Books • dude • electricity • floating person • magic • muscles • Robert R. Foster • Robert Silverberg • stairway to heaven • Ting!
Jun 09
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Art Direction: Who cares about cat people! Just get a giant long haired cat on there. Someday the world will know the glory of cats doing… stuff… but until then we’ll use one to sell books.
Published 1980 (maybe)
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Tagged with: black number three • bladed weapons • booties • Cats! • dagger • Dell Books • dude • Lloyd Alexander • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Jun 08
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April’s Art Direction: So there’s this cosmic checkerboard, right? And on it we’ll have Alexander the Great, a Samurai, and Napoleon just kind of chilling out, each in their own separate square, completely unaware of anything around them.Now we just sit back and wait for the money to roll in.
Published 1995
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Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • Ballantine Books • Don Dixon • dude • font problems • Newt Gingrich • William R. Forstchen • WTF
Jun 07
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Phil Comments: Why John, you are so odd that I must hide behind these conveniently positioned but otherwise random spikes. But at least you’ve noticed me, which makes you not quite as odd as you used to be back in the days of: Odd John.
Published 1959
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Tagged with: Beacon Books • cleavage • damsel • dude • Galaxy Science Fiction • muscles • Olaf Stapledon • once you see it • Robert Stanley • ships • starkers
Jun 02
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Tom’s Art Direction: Listen you lot, it’s supposed to be a DRAGON. This just looks like some sort of blue lizard. It needs more pointy bits! Don’t come back until you’ve absolutely peppered that thing with spikes. Oh, and draw the world’s most awkward swordsman beside it, you know, for human interest.
Published 1985
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Tagged with: Ace Books • bladed weapons • dragon • dude • Janny Wurts • lizard • Will Shetterly
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