Good Show Sir » Daw 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 One Against a Wilderness http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/11/one-against-a-wilderness/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/11/one-against-a-wilderness/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:46:15 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4600 OH the irony of making your fish man row!Click for full image

Joachim’s Art Direction: I want an Indian hanging out in a boat with a yellow-thonged alien with a head drawn by a 4 year-old…
Published 1977

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/11/one-against-a-wilderness/feed/ 17 Hail Hibbler http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/10/hail-hibbler/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/10/hail-hibbler/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:14:38 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4487 Why.... WHYYYYYYYYYYY!?!?

Marmontoast Comments: As an online repository of truly dreadful sci-fi covers grows larger, the probability of seeing a rocket with Hitler’s face approaches 1 – Godwin’s Law of ghastly art direction.
Published 1980

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MisterBOB Comments: A Green bubble wrap alien looking at a baby on a jar of jam?
Published 1984

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/09/native-tongue/feed/ 13 Polymath http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/08/polymath/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/08/polymath/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:00:59 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4374 This is what happens when you learn maths!Click for full image

Man of the Mountains Comments: Nothing says super powers better than banks of ray guns built into a guy’s skull!
Published 1976

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/08/polymath/feed/ 15 The Day of the Klesh http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/08/the-day-of-the-klesh/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/08/the-day-of-the-klesh/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 07:24:31 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4327 That is the strangest stomach hair I've ever seen.Click for full image

Scott Comments: Listen, dude, I hate to interrupt your sword-wielding meditation, but your hairy little man is showing.  Your “klesh,” your “ler,” whatever you call it…
Published 1979

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Adam Comments: Backstage at an Alice Cooper concert.
Published 1980

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/07/kill-the-dead/feed/ 18 The Jaws that Bite, the Claws that Catch http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/06/the-jaws-that-bite-the-claws-that-catch/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/06/the-jaws-that-bite-the-claws-that-catch/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:45:45 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4195 Damn this magical nakedness. No need for the censor sheep yet again!

Joachim Comments: Girl with strategically placed stars (of course).  Chola eyebrows and bleached blonde hair with walking shark with gill piercing/oops, I mean a chain-leash….  And she has claws of course — see, the cover is derived entirely from the TITLE!
Published 1975

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/06/the-jaws-that-bite-the-claws-that-catch/feed/ 15 The Morphodite http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/06/the-morphodite/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/06/the-morphodite/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:05:20 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4181 Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Wait no... it's sci-fi...

SteveAsat Comments: A thrilling last-minute escape from the Queens of Mercury!  ”Can you do the fandango?  Then you shall DIE, Earthman!”
Published 1981

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/06/the-morphodite/feed/ 20 Upside Downside http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/06/upside-downside/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/06/upside-downside/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:52:26 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4178 Right that's it, I'm taking Canada and you can't have it back till you're sorry!Click for full image

Jaan Comments: Surprisingly, this is actually a murder mystery. Note the Kirby signature. Hopefully Jack never sank this low.
Published 1982

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Jen Comments: All I can say is, anyone who actually bought this for the cover is going to be VERY disappointed.
Published 2010

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