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Good evening, and welcome to a private showing of three paintings, displayed here for the first time. Each is a collectors’ item in its own way – not because of any special artistic quality, but because each captures on a canvas, and suspends in time and space, a frozen moment of …

OK, that’s just a Rod Serling Night Gallery quote I copped off of IMDB. But here, for your consideration, are three cover submissions that didn’t make the cut. Not because they aren’t terrible. Not because they are based on a franchise. Not because they are parody or comedy. Not because … well, just because …

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Raoul Comments: That 70s Show.
Published 1975

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Alice Comments: “Let the Magic Journey begin! Oh crap. Wher’d my ass go?”.
Published 1988

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Maureen Comments: Click all you want. No boobs under the sheep.
Published 1972

Oh, and Tag Wizard sent me this racism and dared me to post it. Now you owe me a pint:

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(Average: 7.85 out of 10)

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GSS ex-noob Comments: Mr. Out standing in his own field…

Published 2015

(Average: 4.15 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: This must be that Edgar Rice Burroughs novel where the Terminator travels all the way to Barsoom to track down the sexy, half-naked Sarah Connor!

Published 1972

(Average: 4.48 out of 10)

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Joe Camel Comments: “Why do I always fall for a guy with nazi boots and a TV antenna on his head?”

Published 1960

(Average: 7.52 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: Gonna have to rewrite this Gettysburg Address to cover The War of the Robot Rebellion.

Published 1990

(Average: 5.00 out of 10)

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It has been a while since we’ve had an Honourable Mention post, so following are some of the recent doozies that didn’t meet our strict, fiercely-enforced rules for cover submissions. Enjoy!

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Leah Comments: I know it’s a tie-in, but this is definitely worthy of an Honorable Mention. That lettering is not actually black, it is bright orange metallic foil. I think it says a great deal that the picture is an accurate depiction of the featured aliens.

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Leah Comments: Another Honorable-Mention-worthy tie-in. Working title: ‘Attack of the Fifty-Foot Fop’.

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Joachim Comments: A French cat woman? There’s so much wrong with this cover.

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Bibliomancer Comments: I don’t think it’s technically science fiction. But Lordy, is this a bad cover.

(Average: 5.96 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: Fly, my pretties! Fly!

Published 1970

(Average: 8.33 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: Steampunk Dottor Chi?

Thanks to Armando for sending this in!

Published 2009

(Average: 8.41 out of 10)

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Foster Comments: Doctor, doctor I experience a painful burning sensation when I pass water and I am having nightmares about a science fiction convention I attended in the ’70s.

Published 1971

(Average: 7.48 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: Strong wind from the left or incoming knife from the right

Published 1991

(Average: 4.33 out of 10)

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