Good Show Sir

Aug 05

Bibliomancer Comments: “Heil Ho … Unicorns!”
Published 2008

(Average: 6.80 out of 10)

Tagged with: beast-riding • booties • David Palumbo • dude • Harry Turtledove • nazi • Night Shade Books • Unicorns! • uniforms

Aug 03

Dying Inside

15 Comments »

Bleeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuugggggggggh! Click for full image

Sérgio Comments: I guess that having metal waste expelled from your mouth and eyes is a textbook example of “dying inside”…
Published 1975

(Average: 7.88 out of 10)

Tagged with: dude • eye-yi-yi • face • Pauline Jones • Robert Silverberg • Sidgwick & Jackson • surprised face • vomit

Jul 29

The Asylum World

19 Comments »

GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Click for full image

Scott B Comments: I’m not sure this new remake of “Home Alone” is going to catch on.
Published 1969

(Average: 7.45 out of 10)

Tagged with: faceless • Good Show Sir • John Jakes • my head aplode • Paperback Library • surprised face • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF

Jul 08

The Minikins of Yam

17 Comments »

Aww no fair... she gets an ostrich... all I have is this boring deer! Click for full image

Tom Noir Comments: They’ve gone to extraordinary lengths here to make sure nothing on this cover makes any sense. I wonder if it as drawn with the same yellow highlighter that the author used to get high while he was writing the book?
Published 1976

(Average: 8.18 out of 10)

Tagged with: birds • cleavage • damsel • DAW Books • deer • dude • George Barr • gibberish title • horns • just so much yellow • strange creature • Thomas Burnett Swann

Jun 19

Tracker

23 Comments »

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Rachel Comments: There’s high-octane, adrenaline-flooding, heart-bursting, ground-pounding, high-speed tracking going on. Somewhere.
Published 2015

(Average: 7.80 out of 10)

Tagged with: C.J. Cherryh • DAW Books • dude • Good Show Sir • puffy shirt • teatime • Todd Lockwood

Mar 12

Juxtaposition

18 Comments »

I call the statue Salute to the Devil's Dumplings! Click for full UNSHEEPED image

Good Show Sir Comments: He maybe a daemonic entity trying to steal my soul… but he really can sculpt!
Published 1983 (maybe)

(Average: 5.73 out of 10)

Tagged with: baldness • baldy bad man • cleavage • daemons • devil's dumplings • font problems • Panther Books • Piers Anthony • space sheep • starkers • statuesque • Tim White • white number three

Mar 04

Changer of Worlds

19 Comments »

SPACE KAT IZ JUS 2 KEWL 2 LOOK AT EXPLOSHUNS. Click for full image

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)

Tagged with: anthropomorphism • Baen Books • BEHIND YOU! • Carol Heyer • Cats! • David Weber • explosions • eye-yi-yi • fire • purple number three • shiny oh so shiny • sky-eyes • space ships • strange creature

Feb 10

Man-Kzin Wars XIV

40 Comments »

No... I'm sure it's spelt Jospeph... right? Click for slightly larger image

Rachel and Thomas Comment: There are fourteen of these now. Apparently, the reading public cannot get enough of these magnificent hissing catmen and their high-cut thonged armoured leotards festooned with Rob Liefeld pouches. And who can blame us?
Published 2013

(Average: 7.53 out of 10)

Tagged with: +1 Protection from Spelling • aeroplanes • Alex Hernandez • anthropomorphism • Baen Books • cat people • crotch armor • explosions • font problems • frickin laser beams • Good Show Sir • Hal Colebatch • Jessica Q. Fox • Larry Niven • Man-Kzin Wars • Matthew Joseph Harrington • war