Jul 18
I haven’t done a mega post or an honourable mentions in a while so here we go! Here’s a collection of some special French covers sent in by Cedric and Paul. Thanks very much and I hope everyone enjoys them!
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Cedric Comments: Here is a wonderfully psychedelic and disturbing cover. This is before Photoshop, in the late 70s/early 80s.
Published 1977
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Cedric Comments: Note the strange animal at the front, confused about whether it should be a polar bear, an unicorn or some kind of big eagle. Or maybe a big confused cat, judging by the claws? And of course you can find a lightly clad lady in the back, requested by the marketing department to boost sales.
Published 1982
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Cedric Comments: There is something highly disturbing about these little hairy folks.
Published 1990
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Paul’s Art Direction: Mutants have eyes. This is an anthology of mutant stories that means lots of eyes in fact so many eyes you could float on them, do it!
Published 1974
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Paul’s Art Direction: Make everything droopy!
Published 1972

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Tagged with: beard-wielding • bladed weapons • cleavage • cloaks • damsel • dude • evil • Fleuve Noir Books • font problems • Frank Dartal • Le Masque Books • Livre De Poche Books • magic • Marrabout Books • MEGA POST • my head aplode • Pocket Books • spear • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Jul 11
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Jon Comments: I know those Moorcock/Mayflower covers are like shooting fish in a barrel, but I needed something to go with my chips. I actually got the man himself to sign my copy recently and I told him I felt the film version was underrated. He agreed with me, with the minor change of “under” to “over”. Seemed a nice bloke, though.
Published 1973

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Tagged with: baldness • bear people • beard-wielding • bowler hat • cage • cleavage • damsel • evil • evil doctor • fedora hat • fire • helmet • jeans and a t-shirt • jester • magic • magical orbs • Mayflower Books • metropolitan apocalypse • Michael Moorcock • once you see it • pickaxe • robes • skulls a-poppin' • space sheep • suits you • sun • top hat • umbrella • Unknown Artist Institute • waistcoat • WTF
Jun 30
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Dorian’s Art Direction: What do you mean, there are no scantily clad women in the story? No werewolf? No heaps of treasure? No weird monster consisting entirely of teeth and wings? Ah, who cares? No-one ever looks at these things anyway.
Published 1993

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Tagged with: Baen Books • cleavage • damsel • font problems • Harry Turtledove • monsters • Stephen Hickman • strange creature
Jun 29

Joachim Comments: Girl with strategically placed stars (of course). Chola eyebrows and bleached blonde hair with walking shark with gill piercing/oops, I mean a chain-leash…. And she has claws of course — see, the cover is derived entirely from the TITLE!
Published 1975

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Tagged with: chain • cleavage • cyborg • damsel • DAW Books • Kelly Freas • magic • Michael G. Coney • shark • starkers • strange creature • WTF
Jun 07
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Phil Comments: Why John, you are so odd that I must hide behind these conveniently positioned but otherwise random spikes. But at least you’ve noticed me, which makes you not quite as odd as you used to be back in the days of: Odd John.
Published 1959

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Tagged with: Beacon Books • cleavage • damsel • dude • Galaxy Science Fiction • muscles • Olaf Stapledon • once you see it • Robert Stanley • ships • starkers
May 19
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Matt’s Art Direction: Fabric! I want to see lots of fabric. And hands, lots of dramatically posed hands. And least one bare breast, only you’ll have to conceal the nipple with something. How about a cross?
Published 1994

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Tagged with: Baen Books • Bardic Voices Series • cleavage • damsel • Darrell K. Sweet • dude • font problems • ghosts • headband • jester • magic • Mercedes Lackey • once you see it
May 13
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Art Direction: Lets get this done with, I have a squash game to get to! Right, got it! Half women, the topless half I might add and half… I don’t know… Golden retriever?
Published 1977

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Tagged with: Anne McCaffrey • anthropomorphism • B. Longley • Centaur! • Chad Oliver • cleavage • damsel • Dean R. Koontz • dog people • Edgar Pangborn • Gene Wolfe • Philip José Farmer • Poul Anderson • Roger Elwood • Star Books • strange creature • Thomas N. Scortia • WTF • yellow number one
May 09
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Kelly Comments: Bikini-wearing sorceress…fish guy in a toga…Robin Hood type cat-woman.. in a cathedral??
Published 1984

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Tagged with: Ace Books • anthropomorphism • cat people • cleavage • daggers • damsel • fish people • font problems • lizard • Patricia C. Wrede • shortbow • throne • toga • Walter Velez • wand
Apr 26
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Christal Comments: Unbeknownst to the author, the night before the cover art was due the artist stayed up all night smoking weed and watching The Mummy and Star Trek IV on an endless loop all night long.
Published 1985

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Tagged with: arms akimbo • bird • bracers • cat people • cleavage • damsel • dude • font problems • muscles • Norma Segrelles • space ships • strange creature • Tor Books • whale
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