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Tag Wizard here wishing you all a Happy New Year! 2016 was an awful year in general but very disruptive here at Good Show Sir. Because of financial losses caused by continued unfair competition by Chinese Good Show Sir, GSS Admin left for St. Petersburg in midsummer to be administrator for a Russian troll farm and fake news site. No cause for alarm, he hopes to get an exit visa and return any day now. After Brexit our entire staff of embittered and poorly paid Polish tag minions quit en masse, but not before pilfering all of our office supplies. And this was the year our iconic I Sing the Body Electric cover was continually knocked out of the Top Ten by flashy, trendy, more-recent covers. Fortunately it is back in the favourites, no doubt thanks to GSS Admin’s troll army. Hopefully 2017 will be a much better year. It can’t be any worse than 2016!

On to the honours. First, the top rated cover of last year:

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Before he left, GSS Admin said this was his chosen favourite:

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And my chosen favourite from the year:

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(Average: 8.14 out of 10)

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Dear gender inclusive Sirs,

It is with heavy heart that I must tell you today’s broadcast has been interrupted by unforseen circumstances affecting the ferret-powered / ferret-eaten Good Show Sir server.

Either that or we’ve been accosted by the masses of IO9 / BoingBoing / MeFi / Reddit, incensed that such an obviously amateur and inadequately snark-filled operation cannot scale up in time to support a substantial increase in traffic. Sorry!

In addition, GSS Admin, who is currently in foreign lands, had to “run off to an early meeting and then get thrown out of a hotel,” taking the keys to the GSS email account with him. Ominous.

So all I have for you is this blank post draft I found, entitled “Encounter.” The suspects:

ISFDB: Encounter by J. Hunter Holly, Avalon Books 1959, illustrated by Emsh http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?251811
ISFDB: Encounter by J. Hunter Holly, Monarch Books 1962, illustrated by Jack Schoenherr http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?265631

Have at it, and have a jolly weekend!
TW

(Average: 8.14 out of 10)

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Cathal’s Art Direction: It’s quite simple. A flaming-winged, bikini-clad woman with a sun for a head, rising out of a lopsided cauldron. And an amazon with a flaming arrow. See if you can make the amazon lopsided too, maybe give her two left legs… Looking good!
Published 1992

Many thanks to Cathal!

(Average: 8.13 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: Nothing says, “classic” like a good ol’ shiny cover! Baen, you never fail to impress! I hope you never change.
Published 2001

Many thanks to Rachel and Thomas!

(Average: 8.13 out of 10)

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Greengerg Comments: The face is somehow not tasty enough for the man-eating slugs?
Published 1987

Many thanks to Greengerg!

(Average: 8.13 out of 10)

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Joachim Comments: 80s cyberpunk covers are generally bad but this one is a special kind of bad…
Published 1990

You might remember this from here!

(Average: 8.13 out of 10)

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Tom Noir Comments: At last Jimmy Doohan gets a chance to have a story where HE’S the hero, instead of that bozo Bill Shatner!
Published 1997

(Average: 8.13 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: Angry Birds: The Novel

Published 1986

(Average: 8.13 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: Hey little buddy. Didn’t mean to scare you. It’s your old friend Fred. Hiding inside this silly bug skull!
Published 1984

(Average: 8.13 out of 10)

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Murray Comments: There is just so much going on wrong here.

Published 1931

(Average: 8.13 out of 10)

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