Good Show Sir

Jul 08

Tom Noir Comments: They’ve gone to extraordinary lengths here to make sure nothing on this cover makes any sense. I wonder if it as drawn with the same yellow highlighter that the author used to get high while he was writing the book?
Published 1976

(Average: 8.18 out of 10)

Tagged with: birds • cleavage • damsel • DAW Books • deer • dude • George Barr • gibberish title • horns • just so much yellow • strange creature • Thomas Burnett Swann

Jun 29

Time Twister

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STOP STOP ALREADY... they're already dead!!! Click for full image

Peter T Comments: Not sure how you wear your pants with a tail sticking out…. or how he killed all those creatures with such an erratic gun…. Girl looks nice though….
Published 1984

(Average: 7.33 out of 10)

Tagged with: capes • cleavage • corpse mountain • damsel • death • dude • font problems • frickin laser beams • gun • H.M. Major • Kathleen Buckley • Ken Kelly • muscles • people with tails • Sharon Jarvis • Signet Books • WTF

Jun 15

New Dimensions III

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Pretty much an prediction of the internet. Click for full UNSHEEPED image

Cyril Comments: I fear that the symbolism escapes me. But then the worms and the nude seem to be escaping as well.
Published 1974

(Average: 7.00 out of 10)

Tagged with: Barry N. Malzberg • Charles Moll • cleavage • Damon Knight • damsel • devil's dumplings • F.M. Busby • Gardner Dozois • George Alec Effinger • Gordon Eklund • James Tiptree Jr • R.A. Lafferty • Robert Silverberg • Signet Books • space sheep • space suit • teeth • tentacles • Terry Carr • Ursula K. Le Guin • W. Macfarlane • WTF

Jun 11

Cybersex

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No it's by MY SELF not Will Self... I bet he hears that one everyday of his life... sorry. Click for full image

Tom Noir Comments: I guess this cover is a fairly realistic depiction of cybersex. I mean, he IS only using one hand…
Published 1996

(Average: 8.52 out of 10)

Tagged with: Candas Jane Dorsey • cleavage • computers • Connie Willis • damsel • David Gerrold • dude • eff Duntemann • Frederik Pohl • Gene Wolfe • George Zebrowski • Greg Egan • Harlan Ellison • Ian Watson • James Tiptree Jr • Jeff Noon • Joe Haldeman • Kathe Koja • Kurt Vonnegut Jr • L. Timmel Duchamp • Lisa Tuttle • Martin Amis • mega limbs • Michael Hemmingson • muscles • Nancy Kress • Pat Murphy • Phil Marritt • Raven Books • Richard Glyn Jones • Robinson Publishing • sexytime • shiny oh so shiny • Will Self • WTF

May 27

Transmigration

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Best shampoo advert ever! Click for full UNSHEEPED image

Cyril Comments: Bad hair day.
Published 1970

(Average: 8.40 out of 10)

Tagged with: Avon Books • cleavage • damsel • devil's dumplings • dude • J.T. McIntosh • rainbow • Ron Walotsky • space sheep • WTF

May 26

Cry Silver Bells

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Keith! Get that damn lion-bat back in the frame! Click for full image

Tom Noir Comments: Strategically placed bat lion shields our eyes from his, uh, silver bells.
Published 1977

(Average: 7.12 out of 10)

Tagged with: architectural framing • cleavage • damsel • DAW Books • dude • George Barr • horns • lion • muscles • starkers • strange creature • Thomas Burnett Swann • wings

May 06

Dragons Prefer Blondes

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Ah, I see you went for something practical to hunt dragons in. Click for full image

Tom Noir Comments: Dragons probably prefer blondes because their four-inch Pradas make them easier to catch.
Published 2009

(Average: 7.46 out of 10)

Tagged with: Berkley Books • Candace Havens • cleavage • crossbow • damsel • inadequate armor • mega limbs • Ting! • Unknown Artist Institute

May 01

Honourable Mentions 15

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It’s the awesome month of May! Which can only mean even more honourable mentions!

Found these beauties in a charity shop the other day. Would you read them on a bus? Or try to complete a shiny unicorn puzzle on a bus? I know I would… just for the attention!

Have a great long weekend if you get it! Otherwise, just have a great weekend!

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