Good Show Sir » Darrell K. Sweet 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 Riders of the Winds http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/02/riders-of-the-winds/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/02/riders-of-the-winds/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:41:19 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4835 I look suspiciously like the wizard from two days ago...Click for full TOP-SHELF image

Claire’s Art Direction: Hum, riders on the wind.  Well obviously lots of wind in a pretty colour, and a rider – I know, a naked chick with body tats.  Throw in some standard fantasy stuff, like a castle and a wizard dude et voila!
Published 1988

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/02/riders-of-the-winds/feed/ 10 The Riddle-Master of Hed http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/02/the-riddle-master-of-hed/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/02/the-riddle-master-of-hed/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:57:32 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4824 Wizards, well known for their harp riffs.Click for full image

Alessandra Comments: There’s a failure of perspective in the building.  Where exactly is it supposed to be?  Is it falling down?  How big is it? Oh never mind, just keep your eyes on the guy in the bright purple Renaissance fair outfit.
Published 1978

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/02/the-riddle-master-of-hed/feed/ 12 To Ride Pegasus http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/01/to-ride-pegasus/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/01/to-ride-pegasus/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:49:47 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4751 Stage magicians get all the chicks...especially when they have a horse.Click for full image

Alessandra’s Art Direction: I want the main characters looking soulful, or at least sulky.  I want the woman on the left missing her frontal lobes, but balance it out with piles of sausage curls on the woman below.  Give the woman on the right a freakishly small body and no flesh on her arms, no ribcage, in fact no anatomy at all.  Dress them in brightly colored Renaissance fair castoff costumes — don’t forget the purple!  Oh, and put in a horse because you do them so well.  Make its wings as sloppy as you like; we’re going to cover them with the title anyway.
Published 1978

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/01/to-ride-pegasus/feed/ 12 The Robin and the Kestrel http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/05/the-robin-and-the-kestrel/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/05/the-robin-and-the-kestrel/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 07:45:38 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4096 No... don't sing a whole new world! It will summon death!Click for full image

Matt’s Art Direction: Fabric! I want to see lots of fabric. And hands, lots of dramatically posed hands. And least one bare breast, only you’ll have to conceal the nipple with something. How about a cross?
Published 1994

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/05/the-robin-and-the-kestrel/feed/ 20 A MisterBob Mega Post http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/04/a-misterbob-mega-post/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/04/a-misterbob-mega-post/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 08:22:17 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4022 It’s that time of the year again where people might just get a longer weekend! And that usually means an honourable mentions but unfortunately I have been pretty ill this week and have been sitting with some soup while watching TV and reading a few books!

Anyway, instead I give you a MisterBOB mega post! He’s sent in enough covers to start a book shop so here’s a few to keep your weekend going! Enjoy your holiday weekend!

DAMN this computer! This is not the p0rn I wanted!Click for full image

MisterBob Comments: A spaceman looks out his window and see’s the face of GOD!
Published 1986

Funny.. I remember wanting to do that exact thing to the railway children when having to read it in school.Click for full image

MisterBOB comments: Please, do not show that teenagers can time travel by putting a plastic bag on their head.
Published 1989

It's the punk unicorn!Click for full image

MisterBOB Comments: A Particolored unicorn, so start with where the horn is, as the rest is just a horse…
Published 1987

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/04/a-misterbob-mega-post/feed/ 12 The One Tree http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/02/the-one-tree/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/02/the-one-tree/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:47:39 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=3803 Haven't a clue what to say, it's flamboyant? haha, no wait, that's not a joke. Eject... eject...Click for full image

Tim Comments: Hot babe fairy queen, standing on slime-mold covered stairway to nowhere. Add in super-wussy fairy dude, you gotta feel for him, they put him in quite possibly the worst costume of all time. And the photo doesn’t do justice to the garishness of the blue background and orange border. And of course lots of different fonts.
Published 1985

Many thanks to Tim!

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/02/the-one-tree/feed/ 25 Dance Band on the Titanic http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/10/dance-band-on-the-titanic/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/10/dance-band-on-the-titanic/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:31:33 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=3326 YES! That t-rex IS holding a laser gun!Click for full image

Kristen Comments: Sorry about the poor quality of the shot…in any case, it looks like the designer decided to throw something from EVERY short story in this collection onto the cover. At least I hope so, because if there were also armed dinosaurs, fighter jets, and authors working on home computers on board the Titanic, history books have been holding out on us.
Published 1988

Wow!
Many thanks to Kristen!

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/10/dance-band-on-the-titanic/feed/ 9 Merlin’s Godson http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/09/merlins-godson/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/09/merlins-godson/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:00:46 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=3152 For the love of god could someone please get this bird off my head!?!Click for full image

Jen Comments: This photo doesn’t really do justice to just how wrinkled the man is.  But hey, it’s Merlin (I think).  He can wear a Godawful headdress and stand in the middle of the ocean if he wants to.
Published 1979

Many thanks to Jen!

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Anders Art Direction: A pack of profoundly stoned giant proboscis monkeys in a garden! Nails in his nostrils! Both of them! Wha’? The cover? Knights and princesses and shit. You know, the usual.
Published 2002

Many thanks to Ander!

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/07/wizardborn/feed/ 8 Swell Foop http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/07/swell-foop/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/07/swell-foop/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:31:18 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=2841 We were just going to kill you mortals, but that does look like good cake...Click for full image

Art Direction: Hilarious escapade? Well then, no one is going to care what we put on there. In fact lets just put everything we can! Including Centaurs, which I hear are the next big thing. And we’ll have giant people with planets for faces! We’ll stop there but wait till you see what I have in mind for the font!
Published 2001

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