Feb 25
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Art Direction: Look Moorcock’s covers are always strange. It’s like previous publishers took a handful of amphetamines before putting them to market. All we need is a big 80’s girls head floating in lots of clouds and some people on horses riding into war. No one will suspect any type of solvent abuse… well… until they read the thing!
Published 1987

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Tagged with: blimp • clouds • damsel • floating face • floating head • horses • Michael Moorcock • New English Library • once you see it • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Feb 24
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GK Comments: There must be something a lot more interesting going on to his right.
Published 1986
Many thanks to GK!

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Tagged with: Baen Books • bracers • C M Kornbluth • computers • damsel • dude • fire • font problems • Frederik Pohl • headband • hunkbutt • loincloth • muscles • spikes • Unknown Artist Institute
Feb 14
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This valentines day… why not purchase something from Changeling Press – the best in Erotic Sci-Fi, Futuristic, Paranormal, Dark Fantasy, and Action Adventure love stories. Show your loved one how special they are by buying them a book about a woman being rogered by an angel.

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Tagged with: Changeling Press • damsel • dude • Eve Vaughn • muscles • Unknown Artist Institute
Feb 11
This covers have all been sent in by River and I thought they might all make an excellent mega post. Thanks very much to River who has also provided some information about each!
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Contains 100 short stories by Hungarian authors.
Published 2003
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This third hardcover reissue contains two novels written by a Hungarian author under English pseudonym. Writing fantasy and science fiction stories under English pen names was very popular in the 90s. And many readers really thought that these writers are from abroad.
Published 1999
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Translating the Hungarian title to English was also a strange tradition in these books just like the English pen names for Hungarian writers. You can read inside that, A szellemlt, means, The Spiritseer. Hardcover.
Published 2005
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j Galaxis is a science fiction magazine published twice a year in Hungary. Guess which years product is this one. 1988? You slipped twenty years. This issue is only three years old.
Published 2008

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Tagged with: bladed weapons • cloaks • daemons • dragon • dude • evil • font problems • magic • MEGA POST • monsters • muscles • robots • sword • Unknown Artist Institute • unknown publisher • vampire • vampires • Wizaaaaaaaard!
Feb 07
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MisterBOB’s Art Direction: A picture of little girl floating above a jewel and ocean, always sells the book! Trust me – I did media studies!
Published 1995

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Tagged with: Avonova Books • David Lee Jones • evil children • floating person • font problems • magic • Unknown Artist Institute
Jan 28
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Art Direction: Screw this! It’s a light hearted novel about a space dentist. Lets just give them exactly that. I mean, what could go wrong?
Published 1974

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Tagged with: call 555-orthodontic-emergency • dude • monster • Piers Anthony • space • space ship • space suit • Sphere Books • Unknown Artist Institute
Jan 25
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Richard’s Art Direction:
“The hardback didn’t sell well, so we shortened the title, make it more time-travel-y. Can you give us something that evokes “time-loop” for the cover?”
“Hmm, what about a glaiket looking bloke and a sheep?”
“Bam!”
Published 1979
Wow.. many thanks to Richard!

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Tagged with: Arrow Books • D.G. Compton • Dave Bergen • dude • floating face • Good Show Sir • planets • space • space sheep • space ships • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Jan 24
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Matt’s Art Direction: I don’t care what’s on the cover. Just make it difficult to look at. I want a cover so jarring to the senses that you can barely read the title.
Published 1988

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Tagged with: Ace Books • dude • font problems • shoulder pads • Simon Hawke • snake • strange creature • sunglasses • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Jan 14
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Art Direction: Nothing attracts readers more than nipples! It’s a proven trend that equals one thing, money! That is unless you draw huge nipples, a huge red women with an insane sparkling mouth wearing sunglasses and a guy running from a giant pinball. Hey! Are you listening?
Published 1978
I give this a Zippy and George!

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Tagged with: cleavage • evil • Michael Butterworth • Michael Moorcock • Star Books • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Jan 11
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Danielle Comments: For dry, red eyes…
Published Date Unknown
Turns out this book might be apocalyptic Christian literature by E G White.
We appologise, but the cover is still pretty epic!
Thanks to Phil for helping locate info!

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Tagged with: evil • explosions • metropolitan apocalypse • once you see it • planets • sky-eyes • Unknown Artist Institute • unknown author • unknown publisher • WTF
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