Mar 01
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Lauren Comments: Thought you might like to compare another version of this timeless tale of a dentist bravely going where no man has gone before. Namely, into an alien mouth full of yuk caused by a lack of dental hygiene.
Published 1985
Previous ‘Prostho Plus’ Cover Here
And… Sorry it took two years to post this!

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Tagged with: aliens • bad science • Don Maitz • hunk • Piers Anthony • robots • Tor Books • wtf
Feb 27
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Benjamin Comments: “Listen, if this book sells more than 30 copies it’ll be a miracle. It’s done up in a strawberry-ice-cream-pink cover with a bright green toy rocket ship and some cheap plaster busts of LBJ and JFK and a coke bottle and a hamburger on the front — I showed it to a classroom full of gifted children up at the College of Marin and one kid said ‘That’s a toy book.’” – Richard A. Lupoff (Locus #159, 1974)
Published 1974

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Tagged with: bad science • Barry N Malzberg • damsel • explosion • Good Show Sir • hunk • Pocket Books • space ships • unknown artist • wtf
Oct 31
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Glenn Comments: An alpha male, a naked lady, a cautious beta male, and a 1950ies era high tech explosion. It’s a time capsule. A horrible time capsule.
Published 1958

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Tagged with: bad science • cleavage • damsel • devil's dumplings • Frank Riley • Galaxy Science Fiction • hunk • loincloth • Mark Clifton • robots • space sheep • Wallace A Wood
Nov 04
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Man of the Mountian’s Art Direction: So, the story is about a girl trapped in the middle of the black death in midevial England, while everyone back in her time are dying of a flu epidemic. Give us a nice upbeat cover, otherwise nobody is going to buy this!
Published 1993

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Tagged with: bad science • Bantam Books • Connie Willis • damsel • horses • hunk • Roger Kastel • Ting!
Sep 23
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Pete Comments: The prequel to Batman Begins.
Published 1950

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Tagged with: bad science • Edward R Home-Gall • hunk • Mark Goulden Ltd • robots • Roland G Davies
Sep 22
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MisterBOB Comments: A Green bubble wrap alien looking at a baby on a jar of jam?
Published 1984

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Tagged with: aliens • bad science • Daw Books • evil children • Jill Bauman • wtf
Aug 08
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Joachim Comments: I love most of Richard Powers’ surrealist covers — but, this one… Surrealism exponentially cheapened with a gigantic looming OUTRAGEOUSLY pink girl with strategically placed element models and a pistolled cowboy with a space suit and matching pink gloves and boots… And throw in some little men with spears, a spaceship and scattered cacti for good effect.
Published 1955

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Tagged with: bad science • Ballantine Books • damsel • Richard Powers • Richard Wilson • space ship • strange animals • strange artefact • wtf
Jan 13
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Stevie Comments: Robert Silverberg’s Recalled to Life has to be the classic tentacle-sex cover drama. Why is the guy naked and floating in a huge vat of octopus to begin with? Wow!
Published 1977
Many thanks to Stevie!

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Tagged with: Ace Books • bad science • Don Punchatz • hunk • muscles • Robert Silverberg
Dec 10
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So this is the cover I came up with, what do you think? Tim? Paul? Guys? Did you like the inclusion of the berries, the half skull, and subtle heart monitoring line? The large glowing atom in a circle on the dudes head? I’ll take your silence as a yes.
Thanks to CSA!

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Tagged with: bad science • Kenneth Kay • Marshall Goldberg M. D • skeletons • Tower books • unknown artist
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