Good Show Sir

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Alessandra Kelley Comments: I recall Saberhagen’s book, which I read in the 1980s, to be a not-at-all-bad retelling of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” from the pov of Dracula himself. While the book has a certain dry wit and self-aware sense of humor, it is not, as this 1975 first edition cover might suggest, a wacky goofball comedy precursor to “What We Do In The Shadows.”

Special bonus interior cigarette ad because 1975.

Published 1975

(Average: 6.58 out of 10)

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Priscilla Comments: Attack of the Words!

Published 1965

(Average: 6.78 out of 10)

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Mrs Brown’s Boy Comments: “We’re all gonna die!” yelled Tom fatalistically.

Published 1954

(Average: 7.25 out of 10)

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GSS ex-noob Comments: Two guys arguing over who’s going to pose for Tom of Finland.

Published 1976

(Average: 8.13 out of 10)

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Geoffrey Comments: “Before you can enter heaven you must answer three questions. First: Do these pants make my ass look fat”?

Published 1983

(Average: 6.14 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: Dschingis Khan, Human Growth Hormone abuser.

Thanks to Karl for sending this in

Published 1979

(Average: 7.83 out of 10)

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Klaatu Comments: My candidate for the Louvre of bad cover art.

Published 1981

(Average: 8.38 out of 10)

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Jabrone Comments: “… absolutely not to missed [after it soon goes out of print.]”

Published 1988

(Average: 6.70 out of 10)

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Kilgore Comments: You would think Frazetta would know how to paint feet.

Published 1968

(Average: 5.00 out of 10)

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Assassin of Gor

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Nomads of Gor

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Marauders of Gor

Good Show Sir Comments: Acting on a tip, we wasted an afternoon browsing the visual excesses of John Norman book covers over at “The Complete John Norman“. So many editions, all terrible in their own way. But one edition had a special style of terrible that makes us sit back, doff our hat, and say “Good show sir, good show, indeed”. Here is the full set, we could have selected any of them for today’s post so I present a random threesome.

1. Asshat of Gor

2. Gonads of Gor

3. The Rotters of Gor

Published 1997, 1998

(Average: 7.60 out of 10)

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