Jul 25
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Scott B’s Art Direction: I want a cover with no Sioux, taking place not in space. Just show one of the evil slaver horsemen, but without a horse. Just give him a radio-technology weapon, a bird mask, and a snappy vest.
Published 1966
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Tagged with: Ace Books • Andre Norton • antennae • beak! • bird hairdo • chains • dude • Ed Valigursky • male skirts • muscles • native american • ridiculous hat • wings
Jul 16
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: Look all I want is a bald man with a robot heart… a comical cartoon heart! Cause that’s just what crazy futuristic electronic LSD taking engineers would do. The back? People put stuff on the back of these things? Standard woman… and we’re done!
Published 1979
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Tagged with: Adrian Chesterman • baldness • cybernetics • cyborg • damsel • dude • living tissue over metal endoskeleton • muscles • Penguin Science Fiction • robots • Sheila Macleod • shiny oh so shiny • weird pecs
Jul 15
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Good Show Sir Comments: I call this dance… my lady… the stag dance. Bah cha ba wa… wa… and jazz hands! What… don’t act like you aren’t impressed!
Published 1979
Many thanks to Graham for sending this in!
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Tagged with: candles • cleavage • damsel • dude • horns • jazz hands • loincloth • long haired men • modesty-preserving hair • muscles • Peter Elson • Philip José Farmer • Sphere Books • starkers
Jul 08
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Tom Noir Comments: What have you done to me, you monsters? I can’t lower my arms! I CAN’T LOWER MY ARMS!!
Published 1994
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Tagged with: baldness • baldy bad man • bladed weapons • chains • cleavage • cloaks • daggers • damsel • dude • Faux-nan • inadequate armor • Ken Kelly • Leonard Carpenter • muscles • robes • teat shields • Tor Books
Jun 26
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Frank Comments: I wonder about that change in skin colour at the shoulders, I seem to remember from the story that the green people were green all over.
Published 1950
You might remember Perelandra from here!
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Tagged with: Avon Books • C.S. Lewis • cleavage • damsel • dude • modesty-preserving hair • muscles • pole weapons • spear • starkers • tasteful smoke • Unknown Artist Institute
Jun 20
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John C Comments: Yes, I think we have it in a size 12 in puce, let me just check out the back sir.
Published 1980
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Tagged with: alien city • cloaks • Larry Niven • moon • muscles • Orbit Books • Peter Andrew Jones • proportional issues • robes • shoulder pads
Jun 19
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DPN Comments: This one of sort of popped out at me!
Uncertain publication date (circa 1996?)
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Tagged with: Dennis Nolan • dude • evil children • fire • font problems • magic • muscles • once you see it • Orson Scott Card
Jun 10
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Frank’s Art Direction: Well, the title’s about sheep, and the story’s clearly about a near future where the air is very polluted. What can you do with that?
Published 1973
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Tagged with: Ballantine Books • Irving Freeman • John Brunner • Mark Rubin • muscles • people with animals for heads • space sheep • strange creature • WTF
Apr 30
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Frank Comments: The cover picture makes me think of folks bringing knives to a gun fight, but isn’t exactly a situation from the story, although you can see the characters there: the antagonist, the girl, the adventurer, and some of the nameless drug addicts who do the antagonist’s dirty work.
Published 1971
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Tagged with: A. Merritt • Avon Books • bladed weapons • cleavage • damsel • dude • fire • gun • muscles • planets • spear • sword • Unknown Artist Institute
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