Good Show Sir » Ballantine books http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk Only the worst Sci-fi/Fantasy book covers Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:45:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Grotto of the Formigans http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/12/the-grotto-of-the-formigans/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/12/the-grotto-of-the-formigans/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:40:31 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4677 Hey!!! Whoever is grabbing my ass... not cool dudes... not cool!Click for full image

Colette’s Art Direction: I want a colony of giant lavender termites- all with the same goofy facial expression- dragging an extremely khaki couple into their underground nest. Try and make the tunnel seem as reminiscent of a human colon as possible, as subtle subliminal foreshadowing of where a large purple ovipositor may soon find itself.
Published 1980

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/12/the-grotto-of-the-formigans/feed/ 13 Anne McCaffrey 1926 – 2011 http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/11/anne-mccaffrey-1926-2011/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/11/anne-mccaffrey-1926-2011/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:48:09 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4623 Anne - liked Dragons before they were mainstream.Click for full image

I’m sure there are a good few of you who have read a fine novel by Anne and if not, you really should. Thanks for the books and in our case here, especially the wonderful covers that graced them!

Madelyn Comments: She does appear to be teaching the dragon to play, “fetch.” I always thought, what I now realize is a red squeak-toy, was the satellite that periodically dropped lethal spoor over all of Pern.

Alessandra Comments: ‘Cause nothing says, “Lessa of Pern,” like a swingin’ naked chick in a flimsy, filmy fannabaroo riding a dragon sidesaddle with cutey goldy sandals.
Both Published in 1976

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]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/11/anne-mccaffrey-1926-2011/feed/ 10 Dilation Effect http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/11/dilation-effect/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/11/dilation-effect/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:02:53 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4584 7! No wait... 4!!Click for full image

Scott B’s Art DIrection: This cover should have an infinitude of nude plastic women with RAF eyes.  Because I said so.
Published 1971

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/11/dilation-effect/feed/ 14 Drunkard’s Walk http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/09/drunkards-walk/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/09/drunkards-walk/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:00:18 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4418 William Shatner ignoring women? Unheard of!Click for full SOUL CORRUPTING image

Ian’s Art Direction: Did you see the cover that came back from the artist?  It’s full of crotches!  Crotches!  I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay that idiot to fix it.  See if you can get an intern in here to cover them up with oblong stickers or smudges or something.  Make it look natural.
Published 1973

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/09/drunkards-walk/feed/ 15 A Spell of Deceit http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/09/a-spell-of-deceit/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/09/a-spell-of-deceit/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:58:01 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4395 There was two in the bed and the little one said, 'Alica remotionem corporis!'Click for full image

MisterBOB’s Art Direction: I think we all know what the author means by spells, wands in children’s hands. Paint the errors involved!
Published 1989

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/09/a-spell-of-deceit/feed/ 11 The Girls from Planet 5 http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/08/the-girls-from-planet-5/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/08/the-girls-from-planet-5/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 08:00:58 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4305 Girls always turn out to have complex chemical structures for chests!Click for full image

 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

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/08/the-girls-from-planet-5/feed/ 15 Secret of the Sixth Magic http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/06/secret-of-the-sixth-magic/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/06/secret-of-the-sixth-magic/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:40:50 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4153 You may be in a protective bubble, but it doesn't mean you can't see me get naked!Click for full image

E Comments: According to my husband, his dog chewed up the cover of this book. I think the dog was making a statement. Like why the hell are those people sitting in a hollowed-out asteroid?
Published 1984

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Joachim’s Art Direction: Man, surrounded by flowing white firmamental materials, which conglomerate/emanate at/from his manhood… Everyone standing in awe since he’s floating down steps, or, staring at his….
Published 1968

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April’s Art Direction: So there’s this cosmic checkerboard, right? And on it we’ll have Alexander the Great, a Samurai, and Napoleon just kind of chilling out, each in their own separate square, completely unaware of anything around them. Now we just sit back and wait for the money to roll in.
Published 1995

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Published 1972

Kill it! KILL IT!Click for full image

Published 1980

Whitney  Comments: I’m sending in two different covers of the same book. They are both wretched.

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