Good Show Sir » electricity 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 Radio Free Albemuth http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/10/radio-free-albemuth/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/10/radio-free-albemuth/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:38:00 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4526 Turn it off Inquisitor General. He's had quite enough of William Shatner's spoken word albums.Click for full image

Phil Comments: Coming up next on Radio Free Albemuth, the latest from Lynyrd Skynrd. But first, here’s the weather forecast.
Published 1988

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/10/radio-free-albemuth/feed/ 14 The Masks of Time http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/06/the-masks-of-time/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/06/the-masks-of-time/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:47:03 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4149 What can I say... my electricity just knows what to cover!Click for full image

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

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/06/the-masks-of-time/feed/ 19 Lest Darkness Fall http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/01/lest-darkness-fall/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/01/lest-darkness-fall/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:29:52 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=3620 I can't fight a war! I've got shells for legs!Click for full image

Amy Comments: Letters invoking Art Nouveau is an interesting choice for a book where a modern man travels back to ancient Rome.  Speaking of which, those are Roman sandals he is wearing.  I just wanted to point that out because you might think he has his feet jammed into slimy cornucopias.  Also, he is -traveling- -back- -in- -time-, people, not being served for dinner.  Note the collaged photograph of an ancient city, how it is juxtaposed against the crudely watercolored landscapes and forms in the foreground, making us question, which is the -real- world?
Published 1969

Many thanks to Amy!

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/01/lest-darkness-fall/feed/ 11 Foundation’s Edge http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/10/foundations-edge/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/10/foundations-edge/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:23:09 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=3311 LOOK it's a giant space brain! And he's got balls!Click for full image

Terry’s Art Direction: You see, nothing says ‘saving the universe from a 30,000 year descent into barbarism’ like a floating dead brain and two eyeballs. Oh, and be sure to lace it with lightning, and oh yeah it is a space story so put stars and stuff behind it.
Published 1983 (maybe)

Still not exactly sure who the publisher is.
Many thanks To Terry!

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Eron Comments: In this cover, we get a fantastic 70′s disco door that leads to ancient Rome and connected by the most realistic rendering of… uh… electricity? … we have a centurion, a queen, a werewolf and, wait for it, a dude in a sombrero.
Published 1996

Many thanks to Eron!

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Ashton Comments: Uh, no comment.
Published 1982

Amazing find! Thanks to Ashton!

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/08/isle-of-the-dead/feed/ 16 Hell Hath no Fury http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/01/hell-hath-no-fury/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/01/hell-hath-no-fury/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:37:38 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=1865 GAHHHAAAAA!Click for full image

We’ll have a dragon sweeping into a castle wall, a ninja on its back. And we’ll have the dragon actually killing someone with it’s, ummmm, magic breath. That’s right, just magic. Possibly electricity. I don’t know what dragons actually breathed, I haven’t got to that part in my dragonology night course yet.

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/01/hell-hath-no-fury/feed/ 17 The Supernatural http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/01/the-supernatural/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/01/the-supernatural/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:58:46 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=1730 Gahhh! I should have never licked that battery!Click for full image

Well magic is purple. Fact! So we are sorted for that but we need a way of getting magic’s amazing power across to people. I know, electricity… and some guy in obvious pain as he weaves his supernatural element. We all know that when you meddle with the supernatural all you get is that burning sensation of being electrocuted.

Thanks to CSA!

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/01/the-supernatural/feed/ 15 Atlantis Unleashed http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2009/11/alantis-unleashed/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2009/11/alantis-unleashed/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:35:51 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=1454 So, would you like to get dinner? ....why are you running away? Oh right, forgot I had a sword with me.Click for full image

OH OH OH! Let’s have a half naked man grasping his magic electrified sword around waist height. That sounds suggestive? Of course it is, he’s holding a sword right next to his baby maker. A ha ha ha. Don’t forget to overload the whole cover with text, a lot of text, in all shapes and sizes.

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2009/11/alantis-unleashed/feed/ 10 Servant of the Dragon http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2009/11/servant-of-the-dragon/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2009/11/servant-of-the-dragon/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:11:31 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=1430 I'll dagger it, Samuel you can fire magic at it, Dan you sword it... and Liz... uh wave your hands at it.Click for full image

Hmm, putting on our thinking caps here. ‘Servant of the Dragon’ …. Servant …. Dragon… DRAGON.. of course! Lets have a huge scary, bird! It makes complete sense. We’ll have wizards, swords men and damsels fighting it. One word to descibe my idea, epic!

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