Aug 01
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Alice Comments: “[Each word is spelled with] convincing characters [You’ll only read this if you’re drunk so eat some mints to stay] breathless [There is no] action [so you’d better make that drink a double] old fashioned [The proofreaders need to work on their] reading fun[damentals]”
Published 2005

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Tagged with: Baen Books • damsel • Dave Freer • Eric Flint • font problems • fonTing! • lady parts • Larry Dixon • Mercedes Lackey • starkers • statuesque • Ting!
Jul 06
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Bibliomancer Comments: They hired the robot nanny and housekeeper because Dad kept getting caught cheating with the female help.
Published 1959

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Tagged with: Ace Books • booties • dude • Ed Valigursky • handguns • Kenneth Bulmer • little people • robots • tentacles
Dec 05
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: Well it’s a busy anthology so we should keep things busy on the cover. This is for Focus magazine… and we all know they only want one thing on their free book… mannequin cleavage! Just fill the rest with whatever you feel like.
Published 1995

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Tagged with: Alan Lothian • Arthur C. Clarke • Bob Shaw • cleavage • glowing eyes • GOLD! • Gollancz Books • Greg Bear • Ian McDonald • Ian Watson • Julian Baum • Mike McQuay • Paul J. McAuley • planets • proportional issues • Robert Holdstock • space • space ships • staff • statuesque • Tricia Sullivan • WTF
Dec 06
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JuanPaul Comments: Fate is actually pretty bad at chess. Now Death is one you have to watch out for.
Published 1983

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Tagged with: Ace Books • BEHIND YOU! • dude • font problems • James Christensen • puffy shirt • ridiculous shirt • Sheri S. Tepper • Ting! • viking helmet • waistcoat
Nov 08
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Rayn Comments: Holding the Trump MAGA rally on Black Friday was just somehow more fabulous.
Published 1980

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Tagged with: BEHIND YOU! • Berkley Books • Elizabeth A. Lynn • Eric Ladd • handguns • RUN!
Jul 13
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Ruggles Comments Taking his cat to the vet to get his yearly shots is always such a chore.
Published 1975

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Tagged with: breeches • dude • font problems • Jeff Jones • leopard • muscles • nonsensical shadows • Robert E. Howard • surprised horse • Zebra Books
Nov 03
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Good Show Sir Comments: You’ve got “Dickson” and “Bone” on this cover. Somewhere Beavis & Butthead are snickering.
Published 1987

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Tagged with: Ace Books • body suit • Gordon R. Dickson • headlights • lightning • mullet • Richard Corben
Mar 25
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Tat Wood Comments: Fifty years on, the title’s still hilarious. But note how Jeff Jones has emphasised the turtle’s head and the hero’s arms while leaving it ambiguous what exactly is going on or how many limbs each party is supposed to have.
Published 1969
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Tagged with: Ace Books • dude • faceless • Jack Vance • Jeff Jones • lizard • moon
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