Good Show Sir

Jul 19

Tom Noir Comments: Yet again, butterfly woman is photobombed by that crafty Shrieking Smoke Head.

Published 1979

(Average: 5.96 out of 10)

Tagged with: Ballantine Fantasy • BEHIND YOU! • butterfly • damsel • font problems • Howard Koslow • James Branch Cabell • tornado • WTF

Jul 18

Darkover Landfall

16 Comments »

It's Puppymonkeybaby! Click for larger image

JuanPaul Comments: “Two pygmies and an albino elf? Oh well, yolo!”
Published 1979

You might remember this from here.

(Average: 7.16 out of 10)

Tagged with: albino • ape • DAW Books • font problems • framed cover art • George Barr • hunkbutt • Marion Zimmer Bradley • monkeyshines • white-clothed protagonist

Jun 20

Away and Beyond

18 Comments »

Purchased at a Bed, Bath and Away and Beyond Click for larger image

David Jollie Comments: Don’t bother reading the book, just take a guess at what might be in it. Okay, so you think there should be an eyeball and some lips. Okay. On fire? Really? And a cow’s skull with a Tiara on? Well…. Okay.

Published 1970

(Average: 8.60 out of 10)

Tagged with: A.E. van Vogt • eye-yi-yi • fire • floating lips • Panther Books • skulls a-poppin' • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF

Jun 07

Sword-Dancer

34 Comments »

The Mother of all Capes Click for full image

Good Show Sir Comments: Fun fact. For some reason I am reminded that he Latin word for “sword sheath” is vagina.

Published 1986

(Average: 4.92 out of 10)

Tagged with: cape • damsel • DAW Books • font problems • glow • Jennifer Roberson • Kathy Wyatt • sword

May 31

Sesso Alieno

33 Comments »

She's like the Mona Lisa of sex robots Click for sheep removal

Good Show Sir Comments: In response to yesterday’s German Sex-Robot Extravaganza, we’ve just received this Italian submission. One can only imagine what the Japanese are publishing in this genre.

Published 1998

Thanks to Armando for sending this in.

(Average: 6.28 out of 10)

Tagged with: Alessandro Riva • Angelo Filippini • Carlo Lucarelli • chrome • cyborg • damsel • devil's dumplings • Elena Soprano • Enzo Fileno Carabba • ES (publisher) • Hajime Sorayama • Italian • Michele Monina • Nico Maccentelli • Nicoletta Vallorani • Paolo Bianchi • Roberto Di Caro • sexytime • space sheep • Stefano Sardo

Apr 01

The Last Dangerous Visions

34 Comments »

I'm almost done my next anthology: Dangerous Visions, Post Mortem Click for full image

Good Show Sir Comments: Harlan Ellison has been promising to publish this for a long time. He allegedly had to wait for all the contributing authors to die off, so he could save money not paying them royalties.

Published 2017

(Average: 8.40 out of 10)

Tagged with: A. Bertram Chandler • A.E. van Vogt • Alfred Bester • Algis Budrys • Anne McCaffrey • Anthony Boucher • April • Arthur Byron Cover • author in the comments • Avram Davidson • ax-wielding • Baen Books • Bob Leman • Bob Shaw • Bruce Sterling • Chan Davis • Charles L Harness • Charles Platt • Christopher Priest • Clifford D. Simak • Cordwainer Smith • corpse mountain • D.M. Rowles • damsel • Daniel Keyes • Daniel Walther • David Wise • Delbert Casada • Doris Piserchia • Doris Pitkin Buck • Edgar Pangborn • Edmond Hamilton • Edward Bryant • Faux-nan • Felix C. Gotschalk • Firesign Theatre • font problems • Frank Bryning • Frank Herbert • Franklin Fisher • Fred Saberhagen • G.C. Edmondson • George Alec Effinger • Gerard Conway • Gordon Eklund • Gordon R. Dickson • Graham Charnock • Graham Hall • Grant Carrington • Hank Davis • Harlan Ellison • Harry Harrison • Howard Fast • Ian Watson • Jack Dann • Jack Williamson • James Gunn • James Sutherland • Janet Nay • Jerry Pournelle • Joe Haldeman • John Christopher • John Jakes • John Morressy • John Varley • Jonathan Fast • Joseph F. Pumilia • Joseph Green • Kit Reed • Langdon Jones • Laurence Yep • Leigh Brackett • Leonard Isaacs • Leslie A. Fiedler • Lisa Tuttle • Mack Reynolds • Manly Wade Wellman • Michael Bishop • Michael G. Coney • Michael Moorcock • Mildred Downey Broxon • moon • Nelson Bond • Octavia E. Butler • Orson Scott Card • P.C. Hodgell • P.J. Plauger • Pamela Zoline • Philippe Curval • Raul Judson • Raylyn Moore • Richard E. Peck • Richard Wilson • Robert Lilly • Robert Sheckley • Robert Thom • Robert Thurston • Robert Wissner • Ron Goulart • Russell Bates • skulls a-poppin' • Stan Dryer • Steve Herbst • Steven Bryan Bieler • Steven Utley • Susan C. Lette • Thomas N. Scortia • Tom Reamy • Unknown Artist Institute • Vonda N. McIntyre • Wallace West • Ward Moore • William E. Cochrane • William Kotzwinkle • Wilson Tucker

Mar 14

The Homing Pigeons

29 Comments »

Sequel to 'Schrödinger's Cat II: Electromagnetic Boogaloo' Click for full image

JuanPaul Comments: An artist with a mac and photoshop is put in a box and instructed to illustrate either a cat or a human woman. Until the box is opened and the artwork is observed by the outside world, the artist has created both a cat and a woman.

Published 1981

(Average: 7.84 out of 10)

Tagged with: bighanditis • cat people • font problems • Janet Belden Beyda • Pocket Books • Robert Anton Wilson

Feb 27