Feb 08
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Claire’s Art Direction: Hum, riders on the wind. Well obviously lots of wind in a pretty colour, and a rider – I know, a naked chick with body tats. Throw in some standard fantasy stuff, like a castle and a wizard dude et voila!
Published 1988

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Tagged with: Ace Books • castle • cleavage • damsel • Darrell K. Sweet • devil's dumplings • font problems • horses • Jack L. Chalker • space sheep • Wizaaaaaaaard!
Jul 16
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MisterBob Comments: Floating jewels, wise animals, introspective young teenagers…. need I say more?
Published 1992

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Tagged with: Bruce Hogarth • damsel • Diana Wynne Jones • magic • Mammoth Books • strange creature • WTF
May 28
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Tom Noir Comments: If cats could read the story you wrote about them, they still wouldn’t.
Published 1984

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Tagged with: Ace Books • Ann Meisel • Cats! • Fritz Leiber • Gardner Dozois • Jack Dann • magic • sky-eyes • Stephen King • Ursula K. Le Guin
Feb 10
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Rachel J’s Art Direction: Mark, *nothing* happens in this yawn-fest, so let’s go with the general girl-power-in-space-with-crystals theme from the earlier books. Pink-and-purple colour scheme, huge embossed title in neon yellow, rocketships, chick in the foreground holding up a sparkly rainbow crystal. Oh, and make her look awed. What? No, I said “awed”, not “bored!” But hey, “bored” works too.
Published 1993

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Tagged with: Anne McCaffrey • Corgi Books • crystal • damsel • glow • magic • Mark Harrison • space ships • WTF
Oct 13
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Good Show Sir Comments: Every time I look at this cover I imagine her singing “I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper”
Published 1990

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Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • aliens • damsel • explosions • frickin laser beams • Juanita Coulson • Richard Hescox • tunic
Oct 04
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Max Bathroom Comments: Serious dress code violation: this is not how a heroine dresses to climb a snow covered mountain in a fantasy novel, is it?
Published 1987

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Tagged with: Cats! • damsel • font problems • New English Library • P.C. Hodgell • Unknown Artist Institute
Jun 12

Emster comments: This art exhibit? Way weird. And no way to sneak out early with the artist hovering around the door.
Published 1985

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Tagged with: damsel • devil's dumplings • embossing • font problems • Jack L. Chalker • monsters • Tor Books • Vicente Segrelles
Feb 23
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Ryan Comments: Hey, Poul, I bet you can’t write a SciFi novel that references Shakespeare and contains D’Artagnan, the Ring Cycle, steam-powered locomotives, Classical Greek architecture, and bearded monks!
Published 1975

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Tagged with: Ballantine Books • BEHIND YOU! • bladed weapons • damsel • Darrell K. Sweet • dude • flying horse • knights • mighty moustache • monks • Poul Anderson • ruins • staff • trains • viking helmet
Dec 20

Good Show Sir comments: When that button pops someone is gonna lose an eye.
Published 2007

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Tagged with: Caridad PiƱeiro • cleavage • damsel • dude • Maureen Child • Silhouette • Unknown Artist Institute
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