May 31

Good Show Sir comments: Pronounced “The Big Chump”
Published 1967

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Tagged with: Ace Books • cobwebs • dickless wonder • dude • Jeff Jones • Leigh Brackett • space • starkers • weird pecs
May 30
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Good Show Sir Comments: We must move forward, not backward; upward, not forward; and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom!
Published 2013

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Tagged with: Baen Books • damsel • Dave Seeley • interpretive dance • John Ringo • sword • twirling
Sep 06
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Bibliomancer Comments: “These books suck. Time to turn my VR helmet back on and watch porn.”
Published 1979

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Tagged with: books on the covers of books • child prodigy • Dell Books • font problems • George O. Smith • ridiculous hat • Unknown Artist Institute
Mar 05
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JuanPaul Comments: Is there no end to Dwayne Johnson’s ambition?
Published 1968

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Tagged with: baldness • bighanditis • Dean McLaughlin • dude • font problems • Kelly Freas • Magnum Books • pointing • rocket • starkers • stars • Ting!
Sep 26
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It’s a Two-fer Tuesday – 1950s Ray Bradbury Bantam Paperbacks
Good Show Sir Comments:
#1. Paperback sales are down last quarter in Ohio, Alabama and California. Do something creative with the covers to get our numbers back up.
#2. Passive-aggressive cover artist thinks Bradbury stories are boring
Published 1951, 1954
You might remember one of these from here.

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Tagged with: Bantam Books • bats • dino-mites • dude • handguns • lighthouse • once you see it • Ray Bradbury • rocket • sleepy time • two-fer • Unknown Artist Institute • Web of Intruige!
Jul 28
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Anders Art Direction: A pack of profoundly stoned giant proboscis monkeys in a garden! Nails in his nostrils! Both of them! Wha’? The cover? Knights and princesses and shit. You know, the usual.
Published 2002
Many thanks to Ander!

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Tagged with: bladed weapons • capes • damsel • Darrell K. Sweet • David Farland • dude • forest • horses • knights • once you see it • piercings • plume • strange creature • The Runelords Series • Unicorns!
Dec 10
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Art Direction: Now now, the naked gladiator in a helmet theme is completely in this season, so I insist! Make sure to cover his giblets in shadow because we don’t want a meat and two veg hanging out to offend readers. Side bum, is acceptable.
Published 1971

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Tagged with: bladed weapons • dude • Michael Moorcock • monsters • muscles • Nell Books • strange creature • sword • Unknown Artist Institute
Jul 20
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B. Chiclitz Comments: “The hills are alive, With a lightning-laced wormhole, And a phallic bridge to nowhere, And a band from—wha?”
Published 1999

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Tagged with: damsel • Darrell K. Sweet • embossing • fantastical rock star • font problems • horns • L.E. Modesitt Jr. • lightning • long hair • magic • music • puffy shirt • stairway to heaven • waistcoat • Wizaaaaaaaard!
Dec 21

Laura’s Art Direction: I want stars and planets! And… given the topic, there needs to be a christmas tree. No.. subtler. Just a single unadorned tree… maybe on some kind of moonscape? And we need the human element. Slap a brooding David Bowie up there. It’s missing something? Well give the title a science fiction font, and we should be good.
Published 1977
It’s almost Christmas!
Many thanks to Laura!

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Tagged with: Arthur C. Clarke • Brian W. Aldiss • david bowie • dude • Frank M. Robinson • Frederik Pohl • Gene Wolfe • Gordon R. Dickson • Isaac Asimov • James White • John Christopher • space • Terry Carr • Thomas Nelson Books • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Oct 03
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Matthew Comments: I remember the TV programme of this being pretty scary…
Published 1976

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Tagged with: evil • evil children • Harry Willock • John Wyndham • Penguin Science Fiction
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