May 10
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Hex Comments: The guy on the left is a sort of expert undercover first contact agent, whose job is to alter the course of developing cultures on newly-discovered worlds to suit the needs of Earth. How he manages to do it while being chafed by that jockstrap I will never understand. Sometimes I gaze at the Yeti in a jumper while I try to figure it out.
Incidentally, this book is spattered with grimly bad black and white illustrations that completely contradict the style of the cover. Nice work, Ace!
Excellent! Thanks Hex!
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Tagged with: Ace Books • ape people • beard-wielding • bladed weapons • dude • Gordon R. Dickson • gun • shields • space ships • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute • utility belt
May 05
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Jeff’s Art Direction: First off, what do you think of when I say “Dreams of Steel?” Did you immediately think of a partially leather-clad dagger wielding S&M addict conjuring a pig-dog-reptile thing from out of a rainbow? You did!? Oh, and I guess we better stick something on the cover relating to the story… like a Black Company shield on the pillar. Perfect!
Amazing! Thanks Jeff!
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Tagged with: bladed weapons • cleavage • daggers • damsel • evil • Glen Cook • Keith Berdak • leather • magic • shields • strange creature • The Black Company series • Tor Books
Apr 26
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I don’t know about you, but when I think of animal slaves I hate that everyone just thinks of chimps. If I had an animal slave I’d definitely want a Scottish Terrier bringing me my dinner while a seal pleasures me. Mmm, well maybe don’t draw that – but at least put a seal on there!
Brilliant! Thanks to Noah!
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Tagged with: Ballantine Books • dude • Frederik Pohl • Karl Swanson • strange creature • WTF
Apr 20
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Jen Comments: I have no words. Someday, I’m going to have to build up the courage to actually read this.
Amazing! Thanks Jen!
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Tagged with: Ace Books • busy hands • magical orbs • once you see it • planets • Robert A. Heinlein • space suit • Steele Savage • strange creature • strapping outfit
Apr 15
These collections of books were submitted by Eron Rauch. Thanks to Eron for making my day full of Icelandic volcano ash that little bit easier! Check out Eron’s site www.eronrauch.com which shows off some of his great photography, some of it also brilliantly nerdy!
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Eron Comments: The first of three in this series. I mean, how else do I explain it more than the title “Camelot in Orbit”, except I don’t really understand logic of the title, since they seem to be on another planet. I guess technically that planets are in orbit, but that’s rather redundant. Also, King Arthur seems to be riding a beaked dinosaur that is so pathetic that He-Man would be caught near it. I mentioned that before right? A fecking armored dinosaur.
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Eron Comments: The second in the series, I think, I mean it’s hard for me to care really, but this cover is passably bad until you notice the creepy-as-sin inbred ewok/mogwai knock-off sitting just to the bottom left of the girl. Staring. Into your soul with hollow black eyes. Seriously the stuff of nightmares.
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Eron Comments: The third in this utterly original series. Which features “Magick” with the added “k” which must mean serious fantasy is about to be had! In addition, we get a phenomenal rendering of the back of some random knight and a severely constipated dragon trying desperately to crap himself in terror at the War of the Worlds spaceship blowing the hell our of it’s castle with a laser that comes from nowhere.
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Tagged with: Arthur H. Landis • bladed weapons • Camelot series • castle • DAW Books • dragon • frickin laser beams • knights • lance • lizards • planets • shields • space ships • strange creature • sword • Thomas Barber Jr
Mar 29
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Rex’s Art Direction: Okay, gaudy covers are out, minimalism is in! So let’s see, what shall we put on this cover… a fish! Yes, a fish, that’s right, I’m sure they live in forests, right?
Thanks to Albertosaurus Rex!
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Tagged with: HarperCollins Books • magic • Megan Lindholm • Robin Hobb • shiny oh so shiny • strange creature • The Soldier Son Trilogy • Unknown Artist Institute
Mar 17
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Naked people? You’re right, we can’t have two yellow glowing buck-naked people standing on some far away planet, with the man pointing upwards towards some awful green moon that takes up 80% of the cover. Oh I know, cover their jibblets with some storks. And we’re sorted!
Happy St. Patricks day! – Good Show Sir
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Tagged with: beard-wielding • bird • C.S. Lewis • Cosmic series • damsel • dude • fantastical rock star • glow • HarperCollins Books • muscles • planets • space • Space Trilogy • starkers • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute
Mar 15
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Look, I’m all for drawing yourself on the cover – but it comes at a price. A translucent alien head staring at the reader, some lightning on the hills and (my forte) flying avocados! And I really mean avocados with pink wings. With that all there, you can just draw how you feel.
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Tagged with: aliens • Danny Flynn • font problems • Gollancz Books • lightning • Paul Voermans • strange creature • WTF
Jan 05
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So, how about a women of a darker colour? And by darker colour I clearly mean black, like really black. Like Spinal Tap black album black, oh and long white hair with scary eyebrows. And a strange furry bat-like creature on her shoulder. In the never-ending game of distraction it might take away from the obvious faux pas.
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Tagged with: Andre Norton • damsel • strange creature • WTF
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