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Good Show Sir Comments Why is this cover giving me deja vu? And a free GSS Prime subscription to whoever can figure out the title.

Published 1979

(Average: 4.00 out of 10)

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Ashurbanipal Comments Disney World’s new “Mister Toad’s Wild Ride” attraction is something else.

Published 1973

(Average: 5.00 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: Let’s play guess the Heinlein title; wrong answers only. I’m thinking “The Centaur is a Harsh Mistress”.

Published 1973

(Average: 6.31 out of 10)

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Wallace Comments: Not sure what kind of tree this is. Looks to me like an Asspen.

Published 1969

(Average: 7.25 out of 10, rated)

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Knuckle Girls

Gang Girls

Guerrilla Girls

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Good Show Sir Comments: GSS Superfan Reggie M. (who prefers to keep a low profile) sent in these fine examples of literature printed by the New English Library back in the 70s. We here at GSS are familiar with the terrible sci-fi cover art overachievers at N.E.L. See here.

But N.E.L. is also know among paperback aficiandos for their sleazy girl covers. These here show the exciting lifestyle choices of a comely English lass who starts out as a fist-fighting brawler, graduates to shiv-lady in her local gang, then a Patty Hearst terrorist clone, before moving into a steady day job in the publishing business as a naked copy editor.

I am sure these attractive young misses are all quite proper British grannies now and remember fondly their previous modeling careers. So let’s reward them all with a Good Show Sir Honourable Mention.

Published 1970s

(Average: 4.50 out of 10)

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Dr Bob Comments: Worse things happen at sea.

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Published 1988

(Average: 7.06 out of 10)

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Stevie T Comments: I have no words, except maybe “what the….”
[Cover artist: unknown, possibly in hiding].

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Published 1972

(Average: 5.69 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: Sturgeon’s Law: Ninety percent of sci-fi book covers are … Good Show Sir!

To encourage social distancing we recommend that our GSS friends read a copy of this one on the Tube. Guaranteed no one will come within 2 metres.

Researchers have discovered the first malware which can be transmitted from computers to humans. Symptoms include hallucinations and a complete loss of artistic taste. Scientists are calling this the “cornavirus”.

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Published 1970

(Average: 6.94 out of 10)

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Ump’s Art Direction: We’re through with goofy covers: this time we want something simple and classic. So we want a blond guy who’s wearing no pants to jump through the air with a sword trying to stick it in a space gorilla. Yeah – a blue space gorilla that has a giant space gorilla head growing out of its back. And we want a gal in a stripper outfit in the background and she’s turned like she’s pretending to look way because she’s embarrassed, but if you look at her eyes peeking back because she’s really into it. Like I said: simple and classic.

Published 1979

(Average: 7.31 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: A poor man’s two-fer Tuesday.

Thanks to Ms Cartwright for sending this in!

Published 1967

(Average: 4.63 out of 10)

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