Aug 29
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BookWench’s Art Direction: Okay, so this just looks like two nipple-less people standing there exposing their inner wrists. How do we make it more “Faith of the Fallen”-y? Uhm, how about chucking a craftsman in there, admiring his nipple-less handiwork?
Published 2008

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Tagged with: damsel • dude • Gollancz Books • handheld beverage container of Germanic origin (tankard) • Keith Parkinson • male skirts • muscles • none more black • pole weapons • robes • statuesque • Terry Goodkind • Ting!
Feb 27
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Tor Mented Art Direction: “Here’s my wife’s glamour-studio photo. Turn it into a painting. You’ll have a generic cover, and I’ll have an anniversary gift. Two birds, one stone.”
Published 1994

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Tagged with: Ace Books • big hair • damsel • Dawn Wilson • dog • font problems • glamour • Robin McKinley
Jul 05

Good Show Sir comments: Zeus wants the Elgin Marbles sent back.
You might remember this from here.
Published 1979

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Tagged with: Ballantine Books • dude • Gary Viskupic • L. Sprague De Camp • lightning • little people • SFBC • split personality • temple
Oct 19
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A hunky swordsman, an old Robin Hood character, and a strange female sorceress. Now, because our trio are wanting to keep themselves undercover, give the hunky one a Zorro mask to cover his eyebrows and nose. No-one will ever know his true identity. No-one!

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Tagged with: arch • archery weapons • cloaks • dude • longbow • masks • mighty moustache • R.A. Salvatore • Saga of the First King series • staff • sword • Todd Lockwood • Tor Books
Jul 06
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: Lets not beat around the bush… though best not to show any of that… lets keep the randy teenagers guessing by covering her with… sperm shaped space ships! I think this is the cover this climax deserves.
Published 1982
Many thanks to Sara!

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Tagged with: Berkley Books • damsel • Don Ivan Punchatz • glow • Haircut 100 • Janet Morris • Kerrion Empire series • sky-legs • space ships • spaceships with faces • starkers • suggestive
May 24

Good Show Sir comments:
Got a black magic novel
Got a black magic novel
I’ve got a black magic novel
Got me so drunk I can’t read
That it’s black magic novel
And the cover art will make your eyes bleed
Published 1967

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Tagged with: bladed weapons • damsel • dude • Elliott O'Donnell • magic fingers • mask • Paperback Library • Peter Caras • ridiculous pants • sheets • skulls a-poppin' • weird pecs
May 03

Emster comments: And the 2023 Award for Most Awkward Pose goes to…
Published 1991

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Tagged with: damsel • dude • Joel Rosenberg • Keith Parkinson • Roc Books • smoke monster • spear
Feb 25
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Frank Comments: I think the cover art is meant to convey that there are three different stories within, but then there is… Font Problem at Infinity!
Published 1963

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Tagged with: alien city • font problems • Gold Medal Books • Leigh Brackett • Leo Margulies • maths! • Ray Bradbury • Richard Powers • Robert A. Heinlein • space ships • space suit • Theodore Sturgeon
Aug 03
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Raoul Comments Hurry up and get dressed or we’ll be late for the Pride Parade!
Published 1991

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Tagged with: Bantam Spectra • BEHIND YOU! • candles • damsel • Don Maitz • dude • incense • Janny Wurts • let us pray • Raymond E. Feist • ridiculous hat • white-clothed protagonist
Feb 09
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Oh, I know: I had this strange dream last night, possibly a nightmare. We’ll have a horse, the mare, charging through a book case, transparent like a ghost, into the view of a typical accountant type. Lapels and booze bottles around him, just like real life. Just kidding of course, we’ll have to make him look like he’s washed recently.

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Tagged with: Darrell K. Sweet • horses • magic • Orbit Books • Piers Anthony • potions • tome • WTF • Xanth series
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