Good Show Sir » Piers Anthony 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 E.S.P. Worm http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/01/the-e-s-p-worm/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/01/the-e-s-p-worm/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:42:32 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4760 Darling, have you ever noticed our ESP worm is a bit more... rainbow-ie than most?Click for full image

Scott’s Art Direction: I was drinking fairly heavily when I read, “The E.S.P. Worm” but I’m pretty sure it was about an estranged pair of anthropomorphic sticks of chalk, plus a bespectacled penis, I mean “worm”, lassoing the Earth with its magic rainbow powers.  So put that on the cover!
Published 1970

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/01/the-e-s-p-worm/feed/ 17 The Dark World http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/10/the-dark-world/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/10/the-dark-world/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:55:05 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4529 Gwaddd.. stop trying to kiss me. Spello Repulse-o!Click for full image

Tim Comments: This cover had me simultaneously going, “I don’t ever want to be spotted with that book,” and, “Awesome, I need to know what’s going on here!”
Published 2008

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/10/the-dark-world/feed/ 17 Prostho Plus http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/01/prostho-plus/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/01/prostho-plus/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:15:19 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=3703 A number four on the upper right three, a six mixed into nine on the...Click for full image

Art Direction: Screw this! It’s a light hearted novel about a space dentist. Lets just give them exactly that. I mean, what could go wrong?
Published 1974

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/01/prostho-plus/feed/ 23 Omnivore http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/12/omnivore/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/12/omnivore/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:13:07 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=3557 Guys.. hate to tell you... but that's it's ass...Click for full image

Libraryman comments: This cover has it all!

  • Large centipede monster: check
  • Flying Manta Rays: check
  • Improbable mouths: check
  • Pink foliage: check
  • Big head Charles Bronson babysitting two “special” people : You better believe a check!

Published 1985 (maybe)

Many thanks to Libraryman!

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Michelle’s Art Direction: Ok, so I want a spaceman fighting a giant… a giant vagina!
Published 2010

Many thanks to Michelle!

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Tommi’s Art Direction: A bunch of barely dressed devil-types in a tornado, going after  the barely dressed voluptuous blonde (who probably twisted her ankle just a moment ago and has perfect hair) and a heavily muscled monk (in deranged wardrobe so you can see the muscles … oh and perfect hair).
Published 1983

Many thanks to Tommi!

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/08/faith-of-tarot/feed/ 15 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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Eron Comments: While my girlfriend was like “Hey! I own that book!” it’s pretty hard to argue with a half-naked man fencing an immensely bored looking black unicorn. Also, while I am assured by said girlfriend that it has something to do with the story, the man’s blue hat is epic.

Leo Comments: If I were to sword fight with a unicorn, I would probably have my shirt off too.

Many thanks to Eron and Leo who both sent this in!

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Eighties cartoons are just fantastic, aren’t they. Wait a second… What if we go for that eighties look? Muscle bond guy wearing strange straps which have no benefit and gold bracelets. Holding aloft his magic glowing sceptre. No one is going to forget this cover anytime soon!

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/03/statesman/feed/ 11 Night Mare http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/02/nightmare/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/02/nightmare/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:00:25 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=2046 Oh, so that's why the bottle was marked LSD.Click for full image

Oh, I know: I had this strange dream last night, possibly a nightmare. We’ll have a horse, the mare, charging through a book case, transparent like a ghost, into the view of a typical accountant type. Lapels and booze bottles around him, just like real life. Just kidding of course, we’ll have to make him look like he’s washed recently.

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