Mar 24
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Miggity’s Art Direction: Shirtless black dude in tighty whities with a space helmet and a pneumatic fishing spear gun, flanked by two white Amazonian women in see through tops giving the whole thing a weird sex vibe, with a spacecraft carrier, space figthers, four planets and sweet moon base in the foreground… PERFECT!
Published 1981
Many thanks to Miggity!

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Tagged with: author in the comments • Bantam Books • bubble helmet • cleavage • damsel • dude • gun • Lou Feck • muscles • planets • rifle • space • space ships • Steven E. McDonald • white-clothed protagonist
Feb 21
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MisterBob Comments: Look darling, there be tentacles! But what about my little alien baby, maybe cat nanny can stay behind and continue to look bored.
Published 1984
Many thanks to MisterBob!

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Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • anthropomorphism • Ballantine Books • Barclay Shaw • cat people • damsel • dude • Marcia J. Bennett • planets • robes • shiny • strange creature • WTF
Feb 03
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Josh Comments: Yeah, there’s definitely nothing homoerotic about this one.
Published 1983
Top reads – “A big concept, brilliantly worked out… Manseed is vintage Jack Williamson and you won’t be able to find better than that!” Frederik Pohl

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Tagged with: baldness • Ballantine Books • dude • GOLD! • Jack Williamson • muscles • planets • Rick Sternbach • space • WTF
Jan 25
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Richard’s Art Direction:
“The hardback didn’t sell well, so we shortened the title, make it more time-travel-y. Can you give us something that evokes “time-loop” for the cover?”
“Hmm, what about a glaiket looking bloke and a sheep?”
“Bam!”
Published 1979
Wow.. many thanks to Richard!

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Tagged with: Arrow Books • D.G. Compton • Dave Bergen • dude • floating face • Good Show Sir • planets • space • space sheep • space ships • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Jan 11
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Danielle Comments: For dry, red eyes…
Published Date Unknown
Turns out this book might be apocalyptic Christian literature by E G White.
We appologise, but the cover is still pretty epic!
Thanks to Phil for helping locate info!

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Tagged with: evil • explosions • metropolitan apocalypse • once you see it • planets • sky-eyes • Unknown Artist Institute • unknown author • unknown publisher • WTF
Dec 01
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Greengerg’s Art Direction: Elephants have the natural ability to survive in the vacuum of space. No? Well, draw it that anyway, bub.
Published 1985
Many thanks to Greengerg!

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Tagged with: elephants • font problems • Jill Bauman • once you see it • planets • space • Spider Robinson • strange creature • Tor Books • WTF
Oct 27
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Danielle Comments: The title phrase says – One man against a wonder planet. Yeah. I wonder why these guys are dressed like some weird bird-fetish group. I wonder why one is holding a ray gun, while the rest have swords. I wonder why they have to have a bird emblazoned on their chest. I guess it’s in case someone misses the fact that they’re full grown men dressed as giant birds
Published 1963
Many thanks to Danielle!

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Tagged with: Ace Books • Andre Norton • bird hairdo • bird people • bladed weapons • blow dryer gun • dude • Jack Gaughan • planets • sword
Oct 15
I have been enjoying the delights of Helsinki this week and I have had a wonderful time. Well, except for the price of beer! 7 Euros for a pint! It makes me want to cry!
In honour I decided to search through a couple of the book shops here for the Finnish versions of some popular Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Some of them are just a little odd and a couple do make me laugh.
I hope you all enjoy these wonderful covers!
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Tagged with: archery weapons • Arthur C. Clarke • baldness • beard-wielding • bladed weapons • cloaks • Damm Forlag Books • damsel • David Eddings • David Gemmell • dude • eyepatch • floating face • font problems • horses • Jalava Books • Karisto Books • magic • male skirts • meteor • monks • once you see it • planets • pole weapons • Robert Jordan • shortbow • Stephen R. Lawhead • strange creature • sword • Wizaaaaaaaard! • wolf
Sep 24
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Art Direction: We’ll have the male sitting on an Ikea chair like he’s James Bond with laser guns and space ships. We’ll put him in some sort of spandex suit with knee pads and fob that off as armour. With the girl lets go for nudity but we’ll photoshop in some clothes later. What we really want is, plenty of side boob! Therefore appealing to both genders… right?
Published 2010

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Tagged with: Baen Books • cleavage • damsel • David Seeley • Dominic Flandry Series • dude • gun • Hank Davis • planets • Poul Anderson • space • space chess
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