Good Show Sir

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Tom Noir Comments: This is a good cover. Just try not to think about the fact that when she stands up she’s not wearing anything past her navel. Or about what’s going on with her breastplate. Or how her stubby arm can support a shield that big. Or about the fact that she appears to have just passed gas/the ghost of her mother-in-law.
Published 2001

(Average: 7.64 out of 10)

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Bob M Comments: Professor, wait! That’s not a banana! That’s NOT a banana!
Published 1980

(Average: 7.64 out of 10)

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Bibliomancer’s Comments: As Sally dressed up in her new titanium hat she suddenly had second thoughts about agreeing to a blind date with that hunky astronaut’s college roommate.

Published 1961

(Average: 7.64 out of 10)

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Times are tough in the publishing industry for the German megacorporation Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA which owns Penguin Random House. Even publishing the Morrissey Autobiography as a ridiculous “Penguin Classic” couldn’t reverse their financial woes. You might have read that as part of a major restructuring they recently sold off the venerable Penguin Classics line to, of all publishers, Baen Books.

Baen, being Baen, was quick to reissue many of the Penguin Classic titles with more alluring covers to attract the less discriminating literati. Unbeknownst to Baen though, they recently hired our sometime social media guru Tweet Jane as a copy editor and she was able to forward us the galley proofs prior to their publication. What a sad day for the publishing industry but a major scoop for Good Show Sir!
 

Moby Dick

Lady Chatterley’s Lover

Little Women

Lord Jim

 
To confuse the readers even more, Baen is re-issuing some of their own catalog titles and pairing them with traditional Penguin Classics art masterpieces on the cover. Case in point:

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

 
Tag Wizard Comments: I’m sure our talented team of GSSers can do Baen one better. Try your hand repurposing your own favourites and send them along with our lovely submit button. I’ll check in during the day update this post with your submissions.

(Average: 7.64 out of 10)

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Ozzy Comments: This pizza looks terrible.

Published 1982

(Average: 7.64 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: A salute to the Super Bowl winning Los Angeles Rams!

Published 1975

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Tag Wizard Comments: Is that you, Nic Cage?

(Rules violation? Over-ruled!)

Published 1974

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Good Show Sir Comments: In 1970 cut-and-paste meant actual scissors and glue.

Thanks to Melissa for sending this in!

Published 1970

(Average: 7.64 out of 10)

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Harry Comments: According to the author, this cover was commissioned for another book but somehow ended up on hers. It’s very loosely appropriate: there is a sword, and there is a hero, but he is quite explicitly gay.

Superb! Thanks Harry!

(Average: 7.63 out of 10)

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I want this cover to scream EVILLL!!! Just like all the other evil books, but this time with a huge big friggin’ evil cloud and a womens glowing face in there staring… disgustedly! Have a man cowering for his life. MU HA HAHAHAHAHAH I do love how evil I am.

Thanks to CSA!

(Average: 7.63 out of 10)

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