Good Show Sir

Dec 12

Marvin Comments: Caution! Do not stare at idol with remaining eye!

Published 1961

(Average: 5.73 out of 10)

Tagged with: adventure • Albert Nuetzel • Alec Rivere • anatomical issues • big hair • bighanditis • busy hands • cleavage • damsel • faceless • font problems • frickin laser beams • idol • little people • my head aplode • Pike Books

Dec 11

Man-Kzin Wars XV

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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man-Kzin Click for larger image

Good Show Sir Comments: Breaking News from Baen Books! Our esteemed colleagues at Baen have released an Advanced e-Reader’s Copy of the latest installment in the wildly popular Man-Kzin Wars series and we’d like to be one of the first to give them all the free publicity they can stand.

THE POPULAR MAN-KZIN WARS SERIES ROARS BACK INTO ACTION! New stories of the war between humanity and the catlike Kzin from Brad R. Torgersen, Brendan DuBois, Martin L. Shoemaker, and more!

Get the EARC today! #ebook #amreading https://t.co/mD1hPO5KXp

— Baen Books (@BaenBooks) December 10, 2018

Lately we have been made to realize that some of us at Good Show Sir have been a bit harsh on the Baen enterprise (looking at you, ex-Noob 😄 ). Some Baen honchos believe we go too far in featuring so many splendid and, I must admit, VERY COMPETENT WORKS OF ART done by their artist minions on a weblog with the temerity to feature the byline “Only the worst Sci-fi/Fantasy book covers”. C’mon guys, you know that by “terrible” we mean “awesome”. Get on fleek with how the kids are slangin’ these days.

We give a tip-of-the-bowler-hat to today’s featured cover artist Steve Hickman. What can we say but IT IS GOOD ART. Not some Unknown Artist Institute™ knock-off. In fact, one might expect to see this hanging in some tony Soho art gallery, except that, you know, it’s a cat-person portrait and all that. But the talent is there for all to see. He looks so real you can almost smell him!

So anyway people, check out Man-Kzin Wars XV! That’s number XV! If they are numbering them like Super Bowls you know they got to be good. Buy more Baen Books! Our future here at GSS depends on far-sighted publishers like Baen keepin’ the faith.

–GSS Admin

[P.S. to our friends at Baen. Don’t feel that sending us free swag like new books and single-malt whiskey is a violation of our Code of Ethics!]

#BeBest

(Average: 5.83 out of 10)

Tagged with: Baen Books • Brad R. Torgersen • Brendan Dubois • cat people • font problems • Hal Colebach • It's Howling Time! • Jason Fregeau • Jessica Q. Fox • Larry Niven • Man-Kzin Wars • Martin L. Shoemaker • Steve Hickman • throne

Dec 10

Italian Megapost

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It's a Fiat. It's not going anywhere. Click for larger image

The Grim Reaper busts some moves! Click for larger image

You're lookin' good, Cy Clops! Click for larger image

The Italian X-Men unleash their superpowers. Click for larger image

Good Show Sir Comments: “Urania” (Italian for “Your Ass!”) is a science fiction magazine that has been around forever and apparently is still in business. So I guess we could call this an Italian Honourable Mentions as well as an Italian Megapost. Anyway, have at it, and divertiti!

Uno. Wait until he discovers you have to put your feet through the floorboards to drive it away.

Due. Say ciao to my little friend!

Tre. At least this solves my unibrow problem.

Quattro. They call me Signore Spock.

Published 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960

Thanks to Armando for sending these in!

(Average: 8.33 out of 10)

Tagged with: aeroplanes • Arnoldo Mondadori Editore • Carlo Jacono • caveman • Curt Caesar • cyclops • death • eye-yi-yi • Giorgio Monicelli • Italian • MEGA POST • rocket • skeletons • skulls a-poppin' • Spock ears • strange creature • sweet ride • toga • vampire

Dec 06

To Your Scattered Bodies Go

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To Your Spacesheep Disembodied Go Click for larger image

Bibliomancer Art Direction “What’s that title? Scattered Bodies? I’m on it boss. I’ll have it on your desk in an hour!”

Published 1973

You might remember this from here.

(Average: 8.24 out of 10)

Tagged with: anatomical issues • belly button • Beverly Lebarrow • devil's dumplings • Philip José Farmer • Rapp & Whiting • space sheep • starkers • WTF

Dec 05

Summoned to Tourney

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Skeezy Rider Click for larger image

Alice Comments Is that you Michael McKean?

Published 1992

(Average: 7.23 out of 10)

Tagged with: Baen Books • bird • booties • damsel • dude • Ellen Guon • fantastical rock star • font problems • guitar • hey mister tambourine man • Larry Dixon • leather • long haired men • Mercedes Lackey • motorcycle • mullet • sunrise • wheels

Dec 04

The Lurking Fear

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I'll get it together by next Halloween Click for larger image

Mr Wizard Comments: “That’s the last time I drink tequila shots with Cthulhu.”

Published 1947

(Average: 8.21 out of 10)

Tagged with: A.R. Tilburne • Avon Books • blood • disembodied hand • drunkie • font problems • ghosts • ghoul • gravestones • H.P. Lovecraft • Spock ears • tongue • wrinkles

Dec 03

The Jewel in the Skull

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Quoth the raven: 'Never Moor ... cock!' Click for larger image

Verylatetotheparty Comments: I bought several “Mayflower Moorcocks” at my Oxfam shop a few years back and some of the covers have already been on GSS, but I don’t think you have this one yet and I really think it belongs here. The colours sort of look faded but I think it was that bad originally. Apart from that I will let it speak for itself.

Published 1973

(Average: 7.50 out of 10)

Tagged with: bird hairdo • Bob Haberfield • cape • globus cruciger • goalposts • Mayflower Books • Michael Moorcock • non-papillial person • raven • skulls a-poppin' • sticks • WTF