Good Show Sir http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk Only the worst Sci-fi/Fantasy book covers Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Время Оно (It Is Time) http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/02/%d0%b2%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%bc%d1%8f-%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%be-it-is-time/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/02/%d0%b2%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%bc%d1%8f-%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%be-it-is-time/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:41 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4819 I don't think more alcohol is going to help us read this book dragon.Click for full image

Frank Comments: Spotted in the Russian-language section at our Friends of the Library sale. The only English-language word was “fantasy” on the spine. I’m illiterate in Russian.
Published 1997 (maybe)

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Marcus’ Art Direction: Fredric Brown mostly wrote short stories with twist endings. So let’s have a twist ending to the cover! But, at the same time, semi-naked women sell books. So we should have one of them. Not too big, though, we want lots of nice black space around.
Published 1980

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Andrew Comments: Teddy bears in Napoleonic garb, riding on dragon-horses in space. Baen, naturally.
Published 2000

It has come to our attention that this book is comedy, which bends our rules.
We appologise, but the cover is still amazing!
- Good Show Sir

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Tom Noir’s Art Direction: Now look Horne, you’re a good artist, but you’ve got a thing or two to learn. See, this cover of yours, it’s just not realistic. Does this guy look like he just walked out of an explosion? No. He still has body hair. The fire would have burned it all off! Take this back and I don’t want to see it again until it looks like he’s fresh from a wax job.
Published 1994

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Rachel J’s Art Direction: All right, this cover practically designs itself.  Think “teleportation”, “futuristic detectives” and “shapeshifting alien saboteurs hiding out on the Moon”. I’ll leave the details up to you…
Published 1966

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MisterBob Comments: When i said a blindfold monkey could do the art, I didn’t mean…
Published 1970

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Joachim’s Art Direction: “Raw adventure” — with a whip, in underwear, make sure there’s a rocket… you know what I mean… it’s science fiction.
Published 1974

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Corey Comments: A naked woman on fire. Thanks Orson Scott Card.
Published 1979

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Art Direction: We all know the one thing vampires suffer from. Big handitus! What do you mean that isn’t a thing? Of course it’s a thing, a vampire thing! Look it says right here in the book of, your pay check! Now just draw some kid, in a cloak, looking like he should be in a broadway musical. And make his hands BIG!
Published 1985

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Andrew’s Art Direction: Okay, so here’s my idea.  Fonts.  This is a terribly confusing trilogy of books and we want the readers to know it.  So I want no less than 2 font types and 4 font sizes. The artwork?  Well it technically falls under sci-fi, so make sure there is a star-scape on there.  People will like that.  Then slap on just enough plot material to make the readers confused about what they are picking up. I smell an epic win with this one!
Published 1998

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