Good Show Sir » space suits 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 Road to the Rim / The Hard Way Up http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/01/the-road-to-the-rim-the-hard-way-up/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/01/the-road-to-the-rim-the-hard-way-up/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:51:38 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4728 Every time I come here darling I can't help but think... How do people reach those buttons at the top!?!Click for full image

Frank Comments: Helmets for men only because we wouldn’t want to mess up the lady officers’ hair. And if we’re seeing the forward view, I hope they’re looking at the rear view mirror.
Published 1980

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Michelle Comments: I suspect the figure in the lower half of the cover found their armor just wasn’t enough to protect them from the title pun.  Look at the poor spaceman, crushed by the agony!  This is a follow-up to Matt’s submission of SpaceCops: Kill Station.  I thought maybe you all hadn’t suffered enough, and another one from the series just came into the shop.  Enjoy?
Published 1992

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2012/01/space-cops-high-noon/feed/ 19 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

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/12/hungarian-mega-post-2/feed/ 28 Gray Lensman http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/11/gray-lensman/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/11/gray-lensman/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:46:44 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4614 It's not that I don't want to look at the planet exploding... it's just really hard to turn in this suit.Click for full image

Jaouad Comments: Does this suit make my package look too small? Or anything else, for that matter?
Published 1978

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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 Time Traders II http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/07/time-traders-ii/ http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/07/time-traders-ii/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:23:35 +0000 admin http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=4283 Going to the toilet in a space suit always looks awkward.Click for full image

Jen Comments: You know, it’s been a while since I’ve read this, but you’d think I’d remember the part with the giant mecha vs. super soldier race.  And boy, is that shiny.
Published 2001

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Ian Comments: Reach for your gun! A man wearing nothing but a couple of spangly lights has just materialised and is scaring the women!
Published 1966

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Ian Comments: This is not a terrible cover – it quite accurately depicts the book’s contents. It’s the UK edition cover. The US cover follows..

I've been working out all day, take a whiff of this!Click for full image

Ian comments: This is what the US publisher used for the book. It is, incidentally, a steampunk space opera, with Victorians in space.
Both were published in 1993

]]> http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/05/harms-way/feed/ 17 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

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Whitney Comments: Night Fevah! Night Fevaaaah! We know how to do it!
Published 1978

Many thanks to Whitney!

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