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It’s time for Mars Sexytime Honourable Mentions. And it’s a score in more ways than one. Scraping the bottom of the Mars barrel, here are three also-rans that, for various reasons, didn’t meet our STRICT AND RIGIDLY ENFORCED GROUND RULES.

Sex Life on the Planet Mars. I can’t find much info on whether this is comedy, sci-fi or maybe even a mystery. But I’m not surprised it’s written by this guy. Somewhere Capt Kirk is getting a boner.

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A Princess of Mars. Further proof of the benefits of novels losing their copyright and entering the public domain. This is an actual by-the-rules science fiction book cover, but it’s print-on-demand and I didn’t feel like spending a tenner of Tag Wizard’s expense account money to buy a copy.

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Mars Ho! It’s a Kindle ebook cover. I think it’s also paperback but, since nobody is in a hurry to send that cover in, this will just have to do.

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Good Show Sir Comments: Thanks to Cyndi-with-an-i, me, and Sir Douglas Quintet for sending these in.

Published 1986, 2008, and 2017

(Average: 6.20 out of 10)

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Alfred Comments: I’m so sorry. The sign said “In case of emergency break glass”. Are you OK?

Published 1963

(Average: 6.86 out of 10)

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Wendy Comments: Some Ting tells me this cover is GSS-worthy.

Published 1952

(Average: 6.88 out of 10)

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Ozzy Comments: Geordi La Forge will take any role he can get these days.

Published 1989

(Average: 8.25 out of 10)

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Tom Noir Comments: Not sure what is going on here but at least it seems like it… feels good?

Published 1982

(Average: 6.92 out of 10)

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Raoul Comments: The Moon is not a planet.

Published 1978

You might remember this from here.

(Average: 7.00 out of 10)

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Tom Noir Comments: Incredibly some editor thought this art was so groovy that they used it twice. It also turns up as the cover of Starsongs and Unicorns by Eric Norden. The 70’s, amirite??

Published 1979

(Average: 8.28 out of 10)

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Rick Deckard Comments: Captain Flandry: Intergalactic hero and weekend cosplay Hell’s Angels re-enactor.

Published 1976

(Average: 5.77 out of 10)

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Raoul Comments: Tony Destefano majored in right arm anatomy drawing at the Unknown Artist Institute.

Published 1973

(Average: 7.75 out of 10)

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It’s a Two-fer Tuesday: Andre Norton Before & After

Good Show Sir Comments:

Before: “This mission is so popular the men are dying to get in!”

After: “Damn! I thought filling the cabins with hydrogen would reduce our take-off weight!”

Published 1954

(Average: 5.79 out of 10)

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