Dec 03
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Art Direction: I don’t know how you did it when you worked for others but here at New English Library, we go out and get drunk. Then take LSD. Then run around the countryside for a good weekend continually engaging in any type of physical fulfillment we can find. Whatever you’ve drawn by the end we’ll shove on some cover.
Published 1978

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Tagged with: Bernard Mathon • Daniel Walther • Dominique Douay • dude • GĂ©rard Klein • Jacques Sternberg • Jean-Pierre Andrevon • Julia Verlanger • Maxim Jakubowski • Michel Jeury • Nathalie Henneberg • New English Library • Philippe Curval • space • Suzanne Malaval • Tony Cartano • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Dec 02
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Danielle’s Art Direction: It’s futuristic? Swords, loincloths, castles and uh…oh put an alien in there.
Published 1967
Many thanks to Danielle!

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Tagged with: Bart Somers • bladed weapons • damsel • dude • Jack Gaughan • loincloth • monsters • Paperback Library
Nov 26
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Don Comments: In the Future
- Your basketball shoes will be shiny.
- Your garage will have lots of random gages and tubes on its walls.
- “Dead Gopher with Habanero” will be a popular flavor of cat food, judging by the expressions of this guy and his cat respectively.
Published 1957
Many thanks to Don!

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Tagged with: dude • Nelson Doubleday SFBC • Robert A. Heinlein • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute
Nov 25
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Rich Comments: One of my favouite books of all time. If I had judged by the cover, I wouldn’t have ever touched it.
Published 1966
Many thanks to Rich!

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Tagged with: Alfred Bester • daemons • dude • evil children • Lester Waldman • Penguin Science Fiction • skulls a-poppin' • WTF
Nov 23
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Libraryman comments: I love how it seems as if the characters are just randomly placed around this dead body. Kind of like a cluedo clue. “It was Sinbad with the scimitar in the dungeon!”
Published 1995
This cover… is perfect!
Libraryman, good show sir!

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Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • bladed weapons • booties • bracers • cloaks • damsel • dude • glow • Good Show Sir • Harry Turtledove • jazz hands • magic • magical orbs • puffy shirt • Stephen Youll • Unknown Artist Institute • waistcoat • Wizaaaaaaaard!
Nov 19
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John Comments: The artwork reminds me of a late 1950s B Movie.
Published 1988
Real men wear loincloths.
Many thanks to John!

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Tagged with: cleavage • damsel • Dell Books • Dell/Laurel Books • dude • egg • Kurt Vonnegut • loincloth • magical orbs • muscles • Teason Art • wings
Nov 18
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GK Comments: Which direction is the monorail headed?
Published 1978
Many thanks to GK!

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Tagged with: alien city • Dean Ellis • Del Rey Books • dude • Frederik Pohl • jumpsuit • pointing
Nov 17
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Greengerg Comments: Forge the Season of the Witch, it’s the Season of the Bull according to the back cover, and nothing says demonic violence like a fat guy with cow horns slowly being turned into a Ravensburger jigsaw puzzle.
Published 1974
Many thanks to Greengerg!

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Tagged with: daemons • dude • evil • Good Show Sir • horns • Horrorscope Series • Pinnacle Books • Robert Lory • Unknown Artist Institute • white number two
Nov 16
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NGpm Comments: Okay, so there’s this face vase thing on the left, but it’s a mushroom (just like what the art director just ate) … and a decaying woman that is scaring the mess out of a cat that lives in Salvador Daliwood.
Published 1980
Includes – The Puppet Masters, Double Star & The Door into Summer
Many thanks to NGpm!

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Tagged with: aliens • damsel • dude • Gary Viskupic • Nelson Doubleday SFBC • Robert A. Heinlein • strange creature • WTF
Nov 15
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Rich Comments: The nipple!
Published 1993
Many thanks to Rich!

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Tagged with: dragon • dude • Geoff Taylor • HarperCollins Books • Mike Jefferies • muscles • spear
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