Sep 02
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Penelope Comments: Something is really irritating him. Maybe his thong?
Published 1982

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Tagged with: BEHIND YOU! • cape • damsel • Dana Graziunas • dude • fire • font problems • Marion Zimmer Bradley • Nelson Doubleday SFBC • puffy shirt • tasteful smoke
Jan 08
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It’s a Two-fer Tuesday: Andre Norton Before & After
Good Show Sir Comments:
Before: “This mission is so popular the men are dying to get in!”
After: “Damn! I thought filling the cabins with hydrogen would reduce our take-off weight!”
Published 1954

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Tagged with: Andre Norton • binoculars • dude • Eric Frank Russell • fire • floating rocks • Fritz Leiber • H.B. Fyfe • helmet • ill-fitting spacesuit • little people • Raymond Z. Gallun • rocket • Virgil Finlay • World Publishing • X-ray specs
Feb 07
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MisterBOB’s Art Direction: A picture of little girl floating above a jewel and ocean, always sells the book! Trust me – I did media studies!
Published 1995

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Tagged with: Avonova Books • David Lee Jones • evil children • floating person • font problems • magic • Unknown Artist Institute
May 24
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Mark E. Comments: We have a book here about a climate induced apocalypse. Stock image of a skull used on countless horror anthologies? That’ll do.
Published 1972

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Tagged with: New English Library • Robert A. Heinlein • shiny • skulls a-poppin' • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Aug 11
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Wendy Comments Oh crap. The candle factory is burning down.
Published 1990

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Tagged with: Ballantine Books • Barbara Hambly • candles • Del Rey Books • eyepatch • fire • leather • magic • puffy shirt • SFBC • skulls a-poppin' • Tom Kidd
Mar 03
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Ryan Comments: Giving them utili-kilts did not make the household pets any less mischievous.
Published 1989

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Tagged with: Bantam Spectra • big gun • bird people • cat people • George R.R. Martin • SFBC • walk like an egyptian • Walter Velez • Wild Cards series
Sep 20
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Clay Comments:This junior-high rendition of what seems to be a mad scientist and his platinum-haired babe along with their webbed victims has absolutely nothing to do with this book. Bryant is a very literary writer with a New Wave bent.
Published 1974

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Tagged with: baldness • Collier Books • damsel • dude • Edward Bryant • Gray Morrow • Haircut 100 • space ships • WTF
Jul 22
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Good Show Sir Comments Dear Penthouse Letters. You won’t believe what happened to me after my Renaissance Faire gig …
Published 1984

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Tagged with: angel • Bantam Books • cleavage • damsel • dude • floating person • font problems • he's dead Jim • Jim Burns • lute • mighty moustache • R.A. MacAvoy
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