Good Show Sir » guns http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk Only the worst Sci-fi/Fantasy book covers Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:00:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Hot Sleep http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/01/hot-sleep/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/01/hot-sleep/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:36:52 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4778 My choice of weapons eh? I choose this sword, and this naked women! On guard!Click for full NON-HUMMINGBIRD WHALED image

Corey Comments: A naked woman on fire. Thanks Orson Scott Card.
Published 1979

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/01/hot-sleep/feed/ 12 Hungarian Mega Post 2 http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/12/hungarian-mega-post-2/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/12/hungarian-mega-post-2/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:33:17 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4704 Well it has come to that time of year again when we at Good Show Sir need to take a break to steal Christmas presents from children, eat an insane amount of other peoples food and of course, get stinking drunk and rant about book covers!

Not to worry though, we’ll be back first thing in the new year with a round up of the best of 2011′s covers!

Here we have some fantastic Hungarian covers sent in by Gabor and River, about 9 months ago! I appologise for keeping them hidden for so long but here they are, all six of them!

Have a great holiday! And again thanks to everyone who visits the site and all the specials ones who leave comments which brighten our days with witty banter!

It's the new family holiday destination, space worm holes.Click for full image

Nothing makes an action hero more epic.. than a ferret on his knee!Click for full image

Looks like I picked the right time to bring this phallic shaped weapon!Click for full image

It was our first date and well... I learned we should have just gone for coffee.Click for full image

Marbles in space just isn't the same when you are playing by yourself.Click for full image

That digital world looks a bit... nippy...Click for full image

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Adam’s Art Direction: I said make the eyes BIGGER! They need to look like he’s got a magnifying glass in front of his face at all times!
Published 1988

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/12/winter-world/feed/ 16 Stark’s War http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/10/starks-war/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/10/starks-war/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:15:48 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4547 Can't look at the explosions... can't... I'll look so lame...Click for full image

Art Direction: Lets just get Jim from accounting, he works out right? We’ll put him in my air-soft kit and spice it up a little. People who read books love that type of stuff. It will be just like a TV show, but on a book.
Published 2011

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/10/starks-war/feed/ 17 Octagon http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/10/octagon/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/10/octagon/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:33:57 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4544 Iron Side got a lot better when they replaced him with a robot.

SteveAsat Comments: You know what robots really don’t need? Polio. For more than three decades I have wondered whether anything even remotely resembling this scene appears in the novel. But it’s Saberhagan, so the mere thought of flipping through the actual text induces naptime.
Published 1981

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/10/octagon/feed/ 21 Shot in the Dark http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/09/shot-in-the-dark/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/09/shot-in-the-dark/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:53:09 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4424 I don't remember that level in Goldeneye on the N64!Click for full image

Man of the Mountains Comments: So, we talk about mystery, mystery reader buy lots of paperbacks.  How do we get the science fantasy people — what are the names of some of the popular magazines?
Published 1950

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Chris D Jr. Comments: If subtle clues such as the title of the book and the gun held by the bubble-helmeted, caped character on the front cover weren’t enough, the designer has managed to sneak in an oh-so-subtle name tag as a hint to the vigilant observer that the character on the front is probably ‘Gunner Cade’. Probably…
Published 1966

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/09/gunner-cade/feed/ 17 Honourable Mentions 8 http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/08/honourable-mentions-8/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/08/honourable-mentions-8/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:57:30 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4362 Well today is a bank holiday and I completely forgot about it. Almost got up to go to work! Almost…

So for all your enjoyment here is a few covers that I believe make the Honourable Mentions standard! Have a good holiday for those who remembered!

No! I said lets go get tanked... not lets go make ourselves some tank hats that we can't see out of!Click for full image

DarkZlorf Comments: I’m sure I left my tank parked around here?
Published 1979

I'm going to use my magic globe to see how the battle is going, instead of turning around.Click for full image

Completely stolen from the wonderful Awful Library Books, but because the top left is clearly a copy of Keith Parkinson’s Dragons of War, I thought it too good not to mention! Thanks to John for letting me know about it!

Paper Dolls... more manly than just dolls. Or at least, that's what I told myself.Click for full image

So I found this is in a touristy shop in the wonderful San Diego… paper dolls… what’s with that? Anyway, I had hours of fun recreating all my covers that day!
Published 2010

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Brittney Comments: A kilt and a skin tight pink body suit? On the same cover? Really?
Published 1986

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Kelly Comments: Considering that later editions have an absolutely gorgeous cover by Michael Whelan, I’m always a bit horrified to see the travesty on my own copy of the book. It looks like a poster for some kind of low-budget 70s bondage. My poor eyes!

Muttley Comments: Did you see a mouse? I’m sure there’s a mouse in here.  Gonna blow that mouse away . . .
Published 1981

Thanks to Kelly and Muttley who both sent this in!

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