Dionysius Rogers Art Direction: Don’t we have some rejected cover art for that last printing of Stranger in a Strange Land? Where there’s a burning, lightning-struck monster in the middle of it for some reason?
Published 1977
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Tom Noir’s Art Direction: Stevens! We have a problem. ‘Demon Muskrat Vixens,’ just came back from the printers with a picture of some giant cube on the cover. What happened to that crazy ass piece we originally commissioned for it?!
Update: New, improved cover photo supplied by Tom Noir!
Published 1993
Many thanks to Tom!
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Art direction: *hick* man I am SOooo drunk. I love you man… LOVE YOU! Wha? Oh yea… some sorta orbital dome with a guy and a gun… wait… better throw in a glowing women… in tight latex, big rack… hahaha! How more stereotypical can I get? Throw in a glowing sword too!
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Good Show Sir Comments: Nothing worse than getting your nose tickled by a winged-horse while trying to eat a mountain range!
Published 1978
Many thanks to Kyrre!
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From the GSS Slack Channel:
Tweet Jane: Where did you guys disappear to? I had to get the cleaning lady to let me in the locked offices.
GSS Admin: Sorry, I’ve been on August holiday. I’ve always promised myself a month in Bangkok.
Tweet Jane: August holiday? You haven’t returned from last August’s holiday. Your voice mail and mailbox are full.
GSS Admin: Gotta run. The cabana boy is bringing over the cocktails.
Tag Wizard: Sorry, but I’ve, uh, been detained. It’s all a misunderstanding. My solicitor will have it all straightened out in no time at all!
Tweet Jane: Well what about the 2000th Post? We were planning to a have a contest, and prizes, and a big month-long rollout.
Tag Wizard: Oh yeah. Slipped my mind. Go into the submission form and see what’s laying around. Something with nice pair of jubblies is always a hit. The password is on a post-it note somewhere on my desk.
Tweet Jane: And I’m taking all the petty cash. You haven’t paid me in two months.
Good Show Sir Comments: “What to Expect When You’re Expecting: Rosemary’s Baby Edition”
Thanks again to Alain for the J’ai Lu’s!
Published 1976
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Raoul Comments: Tony Destefano majored in right arm anatomy drawing at the Unknown Artist Institute.
Published 1973
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Ralph E. Comments: Don’t you hate when time-traveling grandma catches you downloading porn.
Published 1995
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Maude Comments: The upside-down eye sees all!
You might remember this from here.
Published 1978
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Twenty Twenty Two. Here for you!
As we continue with another chapter in our Journal of the Plague Year, we look back fondly at the only bright side of another dreary annus horribilis: our parade of terrible covers!
The highest-rated cover of 2021 is:
Macht Stahlratte zum Präsidenten!
Our silver medal winner:
Le livre d’or: Robert Heinlein
And the bronze medal winning:
Time Storm
Tag Wizard channels his inner shaman with this howler:
Fur Magic
And my favourite cover for the classic feel-good novel:
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Now back to managing my Xinjiang Dogecoin mine. I leave you the task of retaining what’s left of your sanity in 2022. Feel free to tag your favourites in the comments below!
— GSS Admin
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Jonathan Comments: Planet of the Gum Shoes vs Attack of the Giant Kinder Egg.
Published 1971
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