Good Show Sir

Oct 01

Bibliomancer Comments: Wrong button, robot husband. I said push that one to start the coffee maker.

Published 1965

(Average: 6.60 out of 10)

Tagged with: Ace Books • Alex Schomburg • casually walking away from an explosion • computers • damsel • Earth • pointing • Ray Cummings • robot

Aug 14

The Overlords of War

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Always hold back half the artist's fee until the cover is complete Click for larger image

Tat Wood Comments: Always put the lid on your marker pens when not using them. Otherwise, you just dry them out and inhale fumes.

Published 1976

(Average: 5.70 out of 10)

Tagged with: damsel • DAW Books • dude • Gérard Klein • gun • half a face • half cover • John Brunner • Karel Thole • moon

Mar 29

Redbeard

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Never before punished Click for larger image

Dunwiddie Comments: This guy is having way too much fun.
Published 1969

(Average: 6.90 out of 10)

Tagged with: beard-wielding • bladed weapons • dude • Faux-nan • ginger • Kelly Freas • Lancer Science Fiction • Mike Resnick • mob rules • muscles • once you see it • severed head • sixpack abs

Mar 26

The Rebel Dynasty, Volume II

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It's fonts I'm tellin' ya! Giant fonts on the covers sell the books! Click for larger fonts

JuanPaul Comments: It’s fun to crank up the C-Y-M-K
It’s fun to crank up the C-Y-M-K-ayy
You can use all the ink, you can make it look chrome
You can hit us with looks of sto-one

Published 1988

(Average: 8.00 out of 10)

Tagged with: Bantam Books • damsel • dude • F.M. Busby • font problems • rainbow • Wayne Barlowe

Jan 04

Happy Good Riddance 2017 and in with a New Year. This is the beginning of our ninth year here at Good Show Sir and it seems like barely nineteen years have flown by. And we have a whole 15 months to plan on something really special for our gala 10th anniversary. And a 10th anniversary means a special gift for all … let me look that one up … ah tin or aluminum! So next year we’ll celebrate with tins of spam and cans of Boddington’s for everyone at the gala event. Look for your invitation in the email spam folder.

On the plus side, we welcome some new friends to the madhouse, GSS ex-noob, Tor Mented, Raoul, Longtime_Lurker, and many, many, too many more to mention. Flashback Fridays have become a run-away hit (with the staff). But don’t think we’re sloughing off here because you get that extra cover back on Two-fer Tuesdays and we get to sneak out the door early on Liquid Lunch Thursdays to enjoy our three-day weekends. Our staff has also proposed we introduce Bank Holiday Mondays each week but we are still focus-grouping that idea.

On to the honours. First, the top rated cover of last year:

No! I am the Lizard King! Click for full image