Good Show Sir

Aug 28

Alice Comments Can’t wait to read Knight of Ghosts and Shadows and Summoned to Tourney!

Published 1993

(Average: 7.00 out of 10)

Tagged with: Baen Books • bladed weapons • cars • damsel • dude • elf • Ellen Guon • fireworks • Ken Kelly • leather

Aug 27

Listen! The Stars!

22 Comments »

Needz! Moar! Bangs! Click for larger image

Good Show Sir Comments: Working as a radio DJ was not the dream job he expected it to be.

Published 1963

(Average: 7.00 out of 10)

Tagged with: Ace Books • boredom • damsel • dude • Ed Emshwiller • John Brunner • nip slip • perspective problems • radio • sky-eyes • stars • strange creature • Ting! • visible waves

Aug 06

Times Without Number

18 Comments »

You ladies are lookin' horny ... please don't shoot me! Click for larger image

Bibliomancer Comments: You would all look prettier if you smiled more.

Published 1981

(Average: 7.77 out of 10)

Tagged with: archery weapons • cleavage • damsel • Hamlyn Science Fiction • horns • John Brunner • Melvyn Grant • nip slip • ridiculous hat • spear • sword

Jul 17

The Parafaith War

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God this planet is hot. Shouldn't have worn the tinfoil suit. Click for larger image

Much cooler. Stripped down for action. Click for larger image

It’s a Two-fer Tuesday – A Pair of Parafaith Wars!

Kendall Art Direction: I said I want him studly, you can see his 12-pack through the form-fitting metal space suit! … Well, why else do you think it’s called form-fitting?!

You know what? For the audiobook, just ditch the spacesuit; just show us the 6-pack. … Yes, I said 6-pack; we can’t afford that 12-pack – it’s just an audiobook!

Published 1997

(Average: 7.00 out of 10)

Tagged with: arms akimbo • bubble helmet • dude • font problems • ill-fitting spacesuit • Joel Richards • Kevin Murphy • L.E. Modesitt Jr. • muscles • shotgun • sixpack abs • Tantor Audio • Tor Books • two-fer

May 02

O Pioneer!

17 Comments »

O Shiny Embossed Font Problems! Click for larger image

Tom Noir Comments: Oh god, not another race that communicates entirely through interpretive dance!
Published 1999

(Average: 8.23 out of 10)

Tagged with: aliens • arms akimbo • balls • booties • dude • embossing • font problems • Frederik Pohl • interpretive dance • Jim Burns • shiny • strange creature • Tor Books • white-clothed protagonist

Apr 23

Kaleidoscope

28 Comments »

What can we use to remove this crazy glue? Click for larger image

JuanPaul Comments: Narcissists repel each other like two objects with the same type of charge. It’s science.
Published 1990

You’ve been so prolific lately I’m thinking of adding a “JuanPaul Monday”. The rest of you. Start sending in more covers! — GSS Admin

(Average: 7.15 out of 10)

Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • Barclay Shaw • damsel • dude • Harry Turtledove • tights • WTF

Apr 11

Into the Maelstrom

27 Comments »

'Hold that pose while I take another iPad selfie' Click for larger image

JuanPaul Comments: They are DAMN confident that they are DAMN comfortable.
Published 2015

(Average: 8.08 out of 10)

Tagged with: Baen Books • Dave Seeley • David Drake • dude • handguns • John Lambshead • spacecraft • spiffy uniform • white-clothed protagonist

Jan 17

Beyond

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Click for larger image

Good Show Sir Comments: “I gotta stop drinking on Ambien.”

Published 1970

Thanks to Sérgio for sending this in!

(Average: 8.00 out of 10)

Tagged with: Avon Books • dude • scorpion with hands • Theodore Sturgeon • Unknown Artist Institute • worms with faces • WTF

Dec 21

Lee Moyer Cover Recreations

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Lee Moyer, artist, designer and illustrator, has created a gallery of sci-fi cover recreations on his website.

We first heard about this pastime from our lovely and talented GSS ex-noob in a comment back on “The Light of Lilith”:

My people of GSS:

At a convention this past weekend, I went to a slideshow of bad SF/F covers. Most of them have been seen here. Then we re-enacted a few.

I am pleased to report that upon being shown our old pal ISTBE fractal centaur, the Artist Guest of Honor literally shrieked and recoiled, taking a step away from the picture. Quite literally taken aback and repelled.

In the reenactment, I played one of the bored background lizard women in
http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=12947 (with my regular clothes on!) whilst the octopus was two people covered in jackets and hoodies.

http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=12956 could not be re-enacted as the hero could not actually support the damsel in that position with one arm, being a mere mortal.

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Since this teaser we have been able to access these lovely/terrible cover recreations as well as many others over on Lee Moyer’s site. I’ll let GSS ex-noob tell the tale:

1. We started off small — here’s me as the dead body (I’m not actually bald…)

GSS ex-noob gets a tag! Click to visit Lee Moyer’s Gallery

2. Then myself and my athletic pal posed for the bored background women, while rather a lot of people were the octopus.

No cephalopods were harmed during this recreation Click to visit Lee Moyer’s Gallery

Filling out the gallery are a number of well-done recreations of many of our favourite covers. Maybe if we all ask really nice Mr. Moyer can reenact I Sing the Body Electric someday!

The Discovery Recreation Click to visit Lee Moyer’s Gallery