Feb 05
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Scott B’s Art Direction: We don’t want anyone to confuse this with the film “Labyrinth” which has just recently been released, so put something on there that nobody will mix up with that. Ah, how about a rooster-bear pondering deep thoughts? That’s the stuff.
Published 1989

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Tagged with: Ace Books • anthropomorphism • bear • bear people • Dennis Schmidt • mohawk • planets • Rowena Morrill • space • strange creature
Apr 12
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Durbin Comments: This is actually a pretty decent book. It’s the story of a golden sorceress dragon and a male cellist who battle an evil dragon in the Sierra Nevada mountains. There are no skateboards, blonde girls, rainbow dragons, Valley girl fashions, or palm trees. There is, however, a passing mention of cats.
Published 1990

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Tagged with: Ace Books • damsel • dragon • font problems • Good Show Sir • Haircut 100 • lizards • Rowena Morrill • strange creature • Thorarinn Gunnarsson • WTF
Mar 22
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GK Comments: Which came first? The golden swan or the golden egg?
Published 1983

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Tagged with: bird • dude • font problems • giant birds • loincloth • muscles • Nancy Springer • planets • Pocket Books • Rowena Morrill • strange creature • Timescape Books
Oct 04
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Art Direction: Look it will just be like every cover you have ever seen but this time… they’re cat people! They’ll have everything a cat would normally have like fuzzy hair, cat mouths, pointy ears but no tails. Tails, I think would be a step too far! We don’t want people to be too embarrassed when they buy it!
Published 1983

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Tagged with: anthropomorphism • boo • C.J. Cherryh • cat people • cleavage • damsel • J'ai Lu books • muscles • once you see it • planets • Rowena A. Morrill • Rowena Morrill • space • space ships
Aug 04

SteveAsat Comments: I can overlook an Apple II case with a Commodore PET monitor being used to visually indicate “hey kids, computers!” And the Escheresque architecture suggesting a suburban three-bedroom rendered in granite. But how the hell did that cat get up there and why isn’t he sliding off?!
Published 1980

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Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • Ballantine Books • computers • dude • James P. Hogan • Rowena Morrill • strange creature • WTF
Jun 14
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E Comments: According to my husband, his dog chewed up the cover of this book. I think the dog was making a statement. Like why the hell are those people sitting in a hollowed-out asteroid?
Published 1984

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Tagged with: Ballantine Books • daemons • damsel • dude • fire • hair on fire • Lyndon Hardy • magic • monsters • people with hooves • Rowena Morrill • Satan • strange creature • wings • WTF
May 05
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Ian Comments: This is not a terrible cover – it quite accurately depicts the book’s contents. It’s the UK edition cover. The US cover follows..
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Ian comments: This is what the US publisher used for the book. It is, incidentally, a steampunk space opera, with Victorians in space.
Both were published in 1993

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Tagged with: Avon Books • bubble helmet • Colin Greenland • damsel • David O'Connor • dude • HarperCollins Books • hot air balloons • monkeys • muscles • planets • Rowena Morrill • ships • space • space ships • space suit • strange creature • Ting! • wings
Feb 08
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GK Comments: Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?
Published 1981
Many thanks to GK!

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Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • Ballantine Books • Clifford D. Simak • robes • robots • Rowena Morrill • WTF
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