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
Mar 19

Art direction: I have two words for you: Magic Fireball! Have some leather clad guy holding an old school hunting rife casting it. Just make sure that the fireball is purple! Magic is purple…. right?
Thanks to CSA!

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Tagged with: Corean Chronicles series • damsel • Daniel Horne • dude • gun • L.E. Modesitt Jr. • leather • magic • magical orbs • rifle • Tor Books
Aug 19
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I’ll admit the only idea I could come up with is: a woman with laser gun cowers backwards with her chimpanzee colleague, who, I might add, should be in a tight leather body suit. Also, throw in a huge red horned daemon bull creature as he hurls himself at them with a loincloth… sorry I mean spear… ah what the hell why not both!?

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Tagged with: Alan Pollack • Baen Books • daemons • gun • loincloth • minotaur • monkeys • pole weapons • space ships • spear • strange creature • Wen Spencer
Feb 28
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Diggler Comments: Welcome to the planet of the Cave Aliens.
Published 1975

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Tagged with: anthropomorphism • Arrow Books • David Bergen • dude • floating face • Lloyd Biggle Jr • space ships • space suit
Jan 21
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Tally ho! Well good chap I’ll have the one with swords and those smashing old wizards praising a big wolf in the clouds!
Published 2000
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Good show old bean, I’ll go for the one with double swords, a buxom beauty and a mighty cape. Spiffing!
Published 1993

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Tagged with: baldness • beard-wielding • bladed weapons • booties • bracers • capes • cleavage • clouds • daggers • damsel • DAW Books • dude • floating head • forest • Fred Gambino • headband • inadequate armor • Jody Lee • long haired men • magic • Mickey Zucker Reichert • Millennium Books • mountains • muscles • once you see it • Renshai Chronicles • robes • shields • shoulder pads • strange creature • sword • Wizaaaaaaaard! • wolf
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
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