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Dionysius Rogers Art Direction: Don’t we have some rejected cover art for that last printing of Stranger in a Strange Land? Where there’s a burning, lightning-struck monster in the middle of it for some reason?

Published 1977

(Average: 7.76 out of 10)

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JuanPaul Comments: She has an earthy quality about her.

Published 1992

(Average: 5.80 out of 10)

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It has been a while since we’ve had an Honourable Mention post, so following are some of the recent doozies that didn’t meet our strict, fiercely-enforced rules for cover submissions. Enjoy!

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Leah Comments: I know it’s a tie-in, but this is definitely worthy of an Honorable Mention. That lettering is not actually black, it is bright orange metallic foil. I think it says a great deal that the picture is an accurate depiction of the featured aliens.

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Leah Comments: Another Honorable-Mention-worthy tie-in. Working title: ‘Attack of the Fifty-Foot Fop’.

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Joachim Comments: A French cat woman? There’s so much wrong with this cover.

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Bibliomancer Comments: I don’t think it’s technically science fiction. But Lordy, is this a bad cover.

(Average: 5.96 out of 10)

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William Comments: Here is the church … here is the steeple … open the doors … see the Village People!

Published 1989

(Average: 6.43 out of 10)

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Joachim Comments: Yes, there’s a rainbow coming out of its….
Published 1979

(Average: 8.04 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: And the Galactic Olympics gold medal for the ribbon event in rhythmic gymnastics goes to …

Published 1965

(Average: 8.05 out of 10)

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Tom Noir’s Art Direction: I want a naked man, and he’s playing with these two blue balls. No, no, I’m saying he’s handling two massive globes. Don’t make ’em the same size, one is bigger than the other. Have him straining, concentrating intensely. Look, I don’t see what’s so funny about this.
Published 1968

(Average: 8.46 out of 10)

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Billy Awesome Comments: Give me a giant, noseless alien with male pattern baldness and a 2nd-degree sunburn, looming behind the planet Earth while he scratches his forehead bewilderingly with one tentacle, and digs for earwax with another. Put him in a cutoff denim vest, and try to give him an air of whimsy. Now, get out of my office.

Published 1977

(Average: 6.00 out of 10)

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Joachim Comments: Gremlin in a space suit descends from amorphous pink vessel…
Published 1993

(Average: 8.46 out of 10)

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