Jan 14
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The Bookkeeper Comments: Being wrapped in metal foil like a baked potato was a poor clothing choice for burning day.
Published 1998

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Tagged with: Baen Books • computers • David Mattingly • fire • inadequate armor • mainstream religion • mob rules • no one expects the Spanish Inquisition • pope • Spider Robinson
May 31
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Tat Wood Comments: I can’t come up with anything more damning than the blurb (crummy punctuation and all):
Post-Holocaust Paris is a pretty seedy stand-in for the original, but what can you expect when the government’s main aim is Orgasm Prevention, and when the national hero is wandering around in Nowhen…
But things are changing! Rumor hs it that the Timetraveler is coming back. In a few months. At which point, Time itself will come to an end…
Published 1980

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Tagged with: Berkley Books • damsel • evil doctor • font problems • glow • people in bottles • Philip José Farmer • swingin' medallion • Ting! • Unknown Artist Institute
May 17
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Good Show Sir Comments: “We claim this barren rock for Earth! Now let’s shoot these pesky aliens, ja.”
Published 1944
Thanks to Jon Jensen for sending this in.

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Tagged with: alien landscape • aliens • antennae • Arthur Jensens Kunstforlag • Danish • dude • Neils Meyn • rocket • space suits • Unknown Artist Institute
Feb 21
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: He’s writing about the fourth dimension? Well I bet there are plenty of space ships, space suits, afros, statues, men in grass skirts and party streamers there!
Published 1963

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Tagged with: damsel • dude • Jack Gaughan • magic • maths! • Pyramid Books • Robert A. Heinlein • space ships • space suit • WTF
Jul 08
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Scott’s Art Direction: So there’s this rocket, that’s also a dude with an afro, taking off through a thundercloud that’s coming out of a water faucet, and the cloud’s holding some sort of city or something. Just trust me.
Published 1976

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Tagged with: Avon Books • dude • font problems • my head aplode • Stanislaw Fernandes • WTF
Sep 30
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Muttley’s Art Direction: A Wizard, right? You know, caped, with magic sparks or something. Big Hair (TM) too.
Published 1986

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Tagged with: dude • fingerbeams • jazz hands • Jonathan Field • lightning • magic • Penguin Science Fiction • Ursula K. Le Guin • Wizaaaaaaaard!
May 04
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Al Comments: I hate to go here in my first post, but this cover is just, so, well, robo-erotic.
Published 1994

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Tagged with: Bantam Books • dude • Isaac Asimov • robots • Stephen Youll • suggestive • The Robot Series
Feb 21
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Bibliomancer Comments: Even with a crystal ball they did nazi that coming.
Published 1974

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Tagged with: Arrow Books • crystal ball • damsel • Dennis Wheatley • devil woman • devil's dumplings • fire • jazz hands • nazi • space sheep • starkers
Oct 23

Max Bathroom Comments: She’s got legs, and she knows how to use them…
Published 2010

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Tagged with: font problems • Forgotten Realms series • legs • Lisa Smedman • monster • spider • Wes Benscoter • Wizards of the Coast
Sep 21
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Rachel Mars Comments: Two crash-test dummies. One Snuggie.
You might remember this from here. And here.
Published 1967

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Tagged with: Brian Aldiss • David Davies • dummies • sexytime • Sphere Books
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