Nov 02
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Billy Awesome’s Art Direction: Nuclear holocaust and interplanetary rebellion, I can dig it…a cover that’ll look groovy under black light in my no-account sixteen-year-old’s pot den will really drive that home, trust me.
Published 1970

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Tagged with: explosions • font problems • frickin laser beams • perspective problems • Philip José Farmer • planets • Pyramid Books • space ships • Unknown Artist Institute
Oct 31
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Caitlin F Comments: I like my men buff and cuffed (it’s the first of a trilogy, so I’d love to see where it goes from here!)
Published 1986

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Tagged with: arrow • damsel • Dragon books • dunk • explosions • frickin laser beams • Haircut 100 • longbow • muscles • space ships • Ting!
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
May 04
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Perry Comments: Drill Baby, Drill!
Published 1987

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Tagged with: big hair • damsel • dude • frickin laser beams • glow • Grafton Books • Piers Anthony • Tim White
Apr 20
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Frank Comments: “A Startling Story Of Science At War With Alien Life-Forms”, indeed. Don’t just use the rockets to scare it off, climb out on the hull and shoot your hand weapon at its head.
Publishd 1995

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Tagged with: aliens • frickin laser beams • Jack Thurston • Joseph Millard • Monarch Books • space ships • space suits
Jan 25
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Bibliomancer Comments: Let me flash your BIOS big fella!
Published 1964

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Tagged with: Ace Books • computers • dude • Ed Valigursky • explosion • frickin laser beams • H. Beam Piper • robots • space suit
Dec 11
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Good Show Sir Comments: By the end of “Take Your Alien Child To Work Day” the little fellow was all worn out.
Published 1981

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Tagged with: alien • BEHIND YOU! • casually walking away from an explosion • dude • Fred Saberhagen • frickin laser beams • ill-fitting spacesuit • mushroom cloud • Tom Kidd • Tor Books
Oct 20
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Bibliomancer Comments: The Man in the Iron Depends.
Published 1965
Ace Doubles, double the reading pleasure, double the bad cover art.
This is the flip side of last week’s book: Off Center

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Tagged with: Ace Books • BEHIND YOU! • blow dryer gun • booties • crotch armor • Damon Knight • dude • frickin laser beams • Jack Gaughan • puffy shirt • strange creature
Aug 10
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Tom Noir Comments: And the Hugo Award for Sweatiest Book Cover goes to…
Published 1995

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Tagged with: Christopher Hinz • damsel • dude • font problems • frickin laser beams • gibberish title • Kevin Murphy • muscles • Sir Mix-A-Lot • tights • Tor Books
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