Good Show Sir

Apr 13

Nix comments: This has an annoyingly shiny cover, so it may be hard to read its contents. It’s an anthology of four famous SF works: _2001_, _The Demolished Man_, _The Day of the Triffids_, and _I, Robot_. As you know, all of these contained city-sized giant mecha and huge explosions (although only two had the giant mecha dive-bombed by rocketships), so the cover is quite appropriate, and obviously is a fine piece of artwork: tasteful, yet subtle. I’m only sending it in because it’s so annoyingly shiny.

Many thanks to Nix!

(Average: 4.93 out of 10)

Tagged with: aeroplanes • Alfred Bester • Arthur C. Clarke • Chris Moore • explosion • giant • Isaac Asimov • John Wyndham • once you see it • robots • shiny • shiny oh so shiny • space ships • St. Michael

Oct 21

Emerald Sea

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Look, this relationship just isn't working out.... Click for full image

Here you go boss, we’ve spent all weekend on this. It’s called “sea”, right? Well, what do we love under the sea? Mermaids of course! With long hair and large… fins. And what else could we grab people’s attention with? An underwater dragon!!! Booo yeah!!! Just tell me how that doesn’t make perfect sense!?! No boss, you don’t actually have to answer that…

(Average: 5.76 out of 10)

Tagged with: Baen Books • cleavage • Clyde Caldwell • damsel • dragon • Duke Edmund Talbolt series • font problems • John Ringo • mermaid • modesty-preserving hair • shuriken of approval

Sep 04

Pyramid Scheme

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OK, spinning my cover creator wheel again! We have… dragons, plural – nice! The dragons are (throwing my action dice)… shitting out fire, awesome! Hmm, they are also… (roll)… carrying… (spin)… a woman in a Persian rug, touch! And in the background this time we will have a….. pyramid… awww just like the books name!

(Average: 8.22 out of 10)

Tagged with: Baen Books • Bob Eggleton • damsel • Dave Freer • dragon • Eric Flint • magic • masons? • once you see it • over sideways and under on a magic carpet ride • pyramids

Mar 12

Storm… Nasty

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Flying kids with swords and an exploding world, what if their swords were electric!

Art direction: So, I want a couple of flying kids coming at each other with swords.Have them in some sort of orbital dome around an exploding world. Oh, oh, and have the swords electrified!

(Average: 8.47 out of 10)

Tagged with: A.J. Healy • bladed weapons • dome • electricity • embossing • fire • flying • kids • leap • magic • Quercus Publishing • sword • Ting! • Unknown Artist Institute