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Ripley Comments: I don’t know if the front cover is Good Show Sir worthy. But the back cover is for the Hall of Fame!
Published 1949
You might remember this from here.
Click for larger image of front cover
Click for larger image of back cover
Ripley Comments: I don’t know if the front cover is Good Show Sir worthy. But the back cover is for the Hall of Fame!
Published 1949
You might remember this from here.
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
Stevie T. Comments: I imagine the conversation went something like this:
Underling: “Sir, we just got Louis L’Amour’s latest manuscript…”
Publisher: “Great! Slap some cowboys on the cover and get it out there!”
Underling: “um…but sir it’s not a Western. It’s a Science Fiction novel.”
Publisher: “What?”
Underling: “You know, Science Fiction, like parallel universes, alien invasions, that sort of thing…”
Publisher: “…. Are there Indians in it.”
Underling: “Native Americans? Um, yes, but—-“
Publisher: “Great! Slap something bizarre and Indian on it and get it out there!”
Underling: “but—“
Publisher: “I said get it out there!”
Published 1987
Raoul Comments: “Slow down Tom, or they’ll revoke your Nuclearlearnerspermit!”
Published 1962
Bibliomancer Comments: “These books suck. Time to turn my VR helmet back on and watch porn.”
Published 1979
Bibliomancer Comments: You would all look prettier if you smiled more.
Published 1981
Good Show Sir Comments: When the moon hits your eye … like it just did this guy … thatsa John Jakes
Published 1977
JuanPaul Comments: Oh Baen, will you ever cease to amaze us?
Published 2008
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