Good Show Sir

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Ryan Comments: I don’t know, but I bet this isn’t it.

Published 1976

(Average: 8.70 out of 10)

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Ryan Comments: Never skip arm day.

Published 1953

(Average: 8.00 out of 10)

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Tag Wizard Comments: Font problems. Amirite?

Published 1972

(Average: 5.90 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: WTF?

(Average: 7.03 out of 10)

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Charles Comments: Nothing to see here. Just a robot topping off his gas tank.

You might remember this from here. And here. And here.

Published 1993

(Average: 6.50 out of 10)

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Max Bathroom Comments: Dying on stage isn’t always a metaphor.

Published 1993

(Average: 8.39 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: Papa’s got a brand new bod.

Published 1986

(Average: 7.43 out of 10)

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Times are tough in the publishing industry for the German megacorporation Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA which owns Penguin Random House. Even publishing the Morrissey Autobiography as a ridiculous “Penguin Classic” couldn’t reverse their financial woes. You might have read that as part of a major restructuring they recently sold off the venerable Penguin Classics line to, of all publishers, Baen Books.

Baen, being Baen, was quick to reissue many of the Penguin Classic titles with more alluring covers to attract the less discriminating literati. Unbeknownst to Baen though, they recently hired our sometime social media guru Tweet Jane as a copy editor and she was able to forward us the galley proofs prior to their publication. What a sad day for the publishing industry but a major scoop for Good Show Sir!
 

Moby Dick

Lady Chatterley’s Lover

Little Women

Lord Jim

 
To confuse the readers even more, Baen is re-issuing some of their own catalog titles and pairing them with traditional Penguin Classics art masterpieces on the cover. Case in point:

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

 
Tag Wizard Comments: I’m sure our talented team of GSSers can do Baen one better. Try your hand repurposing your own favourites and send them along with our lovely submit button. I’ll check in during the day update this post with your submissions.

(Average: 7.64 out of 10)

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Gwynyth Comments: “Time to Marie Kondo the hell out of this place”.

Published 1981

(Average: 5.56 out of 10)

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Rick Deckard Comments: I thought it was 42.

Published 1985

(Average: 5.39 out of 10)

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