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Jaouad’s Art Direction: We’re going a bit more classy for this one. Everyone always only looks at the boobs, right? Well, not this time! This cover is going to be about ears. Elf ears. On a lion.
Published 2012

(Average: 6.10 out of 10)

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DPN Comments: Finding a bad Baen cover is like shooting fish in a barrel, while standing on a pile of corpses as the city explodes behind you, illuminating your massive pecs.
Published 2013

(Average: 7.41 out of 10)

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Rachel R Comments: We apologize, ladies and gentlemen, but due to pilot fatigue we will be rerouting from our original destination Planet Professionalism to make a stop at the Space Station of Sleazy Symbolism.
Published 2005

(Average: 8.39 out of 10)

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DPN Coments: I wasn’t sure if this was a bad cover until I discovered that it was severely edited down from this.
Published 2012

(Average: 7.30 out of 10)

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MisterBob Comments: OK, a tower from earth goes all the way to the stars, but the spaceman doing the fonts has fallen off the top.
Published 1988

(Average: 6.03 out of 10)

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Durbin Comments: Book officials were shocked when it was revealed that an elderly parishioner had painted over a deteriorating fresco with a haphazard splattering of paint. “The once-dignified portrait now resembles a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic,” one official says.
Published 2010 (maybe)

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(Average: 6.93 out of 10)

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MisterBOB Comments: Astronauts and furry alien return from a fishing trip, without a fish.
Published 1987

(Average: 8.05 out of 10)

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Scott Comments: Cat People always make a great cover, but a steam-dragon-train, that’s something else!
Published 1993

(Average: 7.55 out of 10)

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Alessandra Comments: Ow, ow, ow!  I’m doing a dental self-exam, my back is thrown out, and I’m carrying this armful of light-sabre blades!
Published 2010

(Average: 8.85 out of 10)

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Mangraa’s Art Direction: OK, the main character’s a hot chick, so slap a Barbie head on a soldier’s body, that’ll work.  Make this cover look like the end of a Michael Bay sci-fi clusterf***!  I want not one, but TWO ships blasting away at her, the entire city burning, maybe throw in a lava spout just to be safe.  I want NO EMPTY COVER SPACE!
Published 2004

(Average: 7.62 out of 10)

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