Oct 01
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Andrea Comments: I get that the artist was trying to convey the strangeness of this world, but she didn’t have to shove so many characters awkwardly together on the page. The guy sitting up on the bed is seriously going to dislocate his shoulder. And on the back cover, there’s the world’s world 80s hair metal outfit (fur legwarmers and matching vest, with bare chest and sandals!)
Published 1982, aka ‘Geta’

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Tagged with: bladed weapons • booties • bracers • damsel • Donald Kingsbury • dude • furs • Haircut 100 • muscles • once you see it • Rowena Morrill • tattoo you • Timescape Books • turbans • waistcoat • weird pecs • wraparound cover
Sep 27
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: It’ll be just like our D&D game we played last night… except John from Accounting can be the hunk attacking a skeleton… and Dianne the Receptionist can be the sword-wielding damsel in a cape!
Published 2000

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Tagged with: ax-wielding • bladed weapons • capes • damsel • dude • font problems • Gollancz Books • Jon Sullivan • once you see it • Orion Books • shiny • Simon R. Green • skeletons • skulls a-poppin' • sword
Sep 26
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Tom Noir Comments: The subset of Sir Walter Scott fans who also like Rollerball is probably about the size of that Roman soldier’s thong.
Published 1996

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Tagged with: Alasdair Gray • baldness • cleavage • computers • damsel • devil's dumplings • dude • flag • Harvest Books • helmet • inadequate armor • insects • loincloth • male skirts • muscles • once you see it • ships • sky sleigh • space • space sheep • starkers • tattoo you • tidal wave • weird delts • WTF
Sep 18
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E’s Art Direction: If you could work a lime green fur shawl and a jedi-master rip off in there, that’d be great.
Published 1980

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Tagged with: Ace Books • bats • beard-wielding • bladed weapons • cloaks • dude • Esteban Maroto • furs • guitar • once you see it • puffy shirt • robes • Roger Zelazny • shoulder pads • Star Wars reference • sword • utility belt • waistcoat
Sep 16
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Tom Noir Comments: Nothing screams ‘good book’ like the phrase ‘Coupon Inside!’
Published 2006

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Tagged with: Baen Books • BEHIND YOU! • bladed weapons • cannon • dragon • dude • elf • font problems • glow • knights • Kurt Miller • magic • once you see it • ships • shuriken of approval • Wen Spencer
Sep 09
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Frank Comments: Saw this at the Friends of the Library sale where I volunteer, and remembered one of my brothers had a copy of it when I was very young. I remember being very creeped out by the image of the stuffing coming out of the open head. And they did it again on the back cover!
Published 1962
Yes, Twilight Zone is a franchise…
…but this is amazing!

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Tagged with: Bantam Books • bats • daemons • floating head • horns • hunkbutt • monstrous humanoid • my head aplode • once you see it • Rod Serling • skeletons • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Sep 04
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Bibliomancer Comments: In the future everyone will wear soft, velour sweat-suits and spaceships will be controlled by recycled 1998 iMacs.
Both Published 1989

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Tagged with: A.E. van Vogt • Ariel Press • booties • busy hands • computers • damsel • dome • dude • jumpsuit • Mark Peyton • once you see it • proportional issues • space ships • suggestive • two-fer
Sep 03
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Lauren F Comments: Two covers for the price of one! But you’ll spend all your time trying to figure out the front cover so they may as well have left the back cover blank.
Published 1978

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Tagged with: aliens • architectural framing • Avon Books • capes • damsel • devil's dumplings • explosions • frickin laser beams • giant insects • magical orbs • moon • once you see it • Piers Anthony • planets • Ron Walotsky • space sheep • space ships • space suit • starkers • tentacles
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