Dec 09
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Jami Comments: Me giant floating head and shoulders of Demolished Man. Me crush tiny stereotypical Hammer film type female vampire and tiny floating head version of me. Then me play with all the pretty animals and the tiny naked women. Tiny clothed men can get moon dust out of my giant ear. Me have glowy thing above knuckle. Me love glowy thing.
Published 1978
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Tagged with: Alfred Bester • capes • Cats! • damsel • dude • floating head • giraffes • Jerome Podwil • leopard • monkeys • moon • planets • Pocket Books • space • starkers • strange creature • sun • Ting! • zebras
Apr 13
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Adam S Comments: Apparently “The Face” referenced in the title is my 75-year-old grandfather. As a side note, I don’t know many people that can rock a chastity belt like the dude about to bleed out all over the ground.
Published 1979

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Tagged with: bladed weapons • blood • DAW Books • Demon Princes Series • dude • epic conflict • floating face • Gino D'Achille • Jack Vance • jeans and a t-shirt • loincloth • moon • muscles • Speedos • sword
Mar 30
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Whitney Comments: Night Fevah! Night Fevaaaah! We know how to do it!
Published 1978
Many thanks to Whitney!

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Tagged with: Algis Budrys • Avon Books • bubble helmet • Carl Lundgren • crab people • dude • moon • planets • space • space suit
Dec 22
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Danielle Comments: This is about brain-snatchers from another planet. That makes sense. Oh, who am I kidding?
Published 1970
Many thanks to Danielle!

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Tagged with: bladed weapons • Dell Books • dragon • dude • loincloth • monsters • moon • Robert Moore Williams • shields • sword • Unknown Artist Institute
Nov 30
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Raj’s Art Direction: Hmm, green, let’s go for a green rural idyll, with a giant green flying cat. Oh, and a woman in a green corset and very little else. In fact, make the woman riding the cat, while holding a sword. And that still leaves a little bit of space, why not fill it with a giant moon?
Published 1976
Many thanks to Raj!

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Tagged with: bladed weapons • Cats! • cleavage • clouds • damsel • Fritz Leiber • moon • Orbit Books • people with hooves • people with tails • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Sep 16
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Cliftopher’s Art Direction: Give me a dinosaur with a baby’s head. A freakin’ big dinosaur with a really little baby’s head. And while you’re at it put some kind of mountain like a man in the background.
Published 1982
Many thanks to Cliftopher!

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Tagged with: Abacus Books • animals with faces • dinosaur • Italo Calvino • landscape face • moon • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Jul 19
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Tommi Comments: The blurb on the back translates as: “… Where Sturgeon, LeGuin, Heinlein and Russ where merely scratching the surface in their attempt to appropriately represent human sexuality in Science Fiction, David Gerrold is digging a deep shaft.” No comment, really, apart from, maybe – uuurgh.
Published 1978
Nice speedos!
Many thanks to Tommi!

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Tagged with: bracers • damsel • David Gerrold • dude • fish people • floating person • German • ginger • Knaur Science Fiction • moon • muscles • non-papillial person • perspective problems • planets • Selecciones Ilustradas Art Group • sixpack abs • Speedos • Spock ears • strapping outfit • sun
Jul 15
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Brian’s Art Direction: What makes vampires scary? Exactly: it’s their lack of proportion. It’s their slightly big heads and taste for late-80s haircuts. Imagine a vampiress Bonnie Tyler. Get to it.
Published 1989
Many thanks to Brian!

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Tagged with: Algernon Blackword • Arthur Conan Doyle • bats • damsel • Equation Books • M.R. James • moon • Richard Dalby • robes • skulls a-poppin' • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute • vampires
Mar 16
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Eighties cartoons are just fantastic, aren’t they. Wait a second… What if we go for that eighties look? Musclebound guy wearing strange straps which have no benefit and gold bracelets. Holding aloft his magic glowing scepter. No one is going to forget this cover anytime soon!

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Tagged with: ant people • antennae • baldness • Bio of a Space Tyrant series • bladed weapons • bracers • dude • evil • eyepatch • gun • HarperCollins Books • moon • muscles • Piers Anthony • planets • skulls a-poppin' • space • strapping outfit • Ting! • Unknown Artist Institute • utility belt • weird pecs
Mar 10
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Holy crap. We need something to distract from that bright silver font we’re using. So, how about a guy with an eye patch posing with weapons and a women doing the very same thing. Put a moon in the background, and by background I mean most of the cover.

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Tagged with: ax-wielding • BEHIND YOU! • black number one • bladed weapons • cloaks • daggers • damsel • dude • eyepatch • font problems • Hawk & Fisher series • Jon Sullivan • moon • Orion Books • proportional issues • shiny oh so shiny • Simon R. Green • space • sword • waistcoat • WTF
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