Apr 29
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Phil’s Art Direction: That’s the Bradbury story about an android grandmother, isn’t it? A sweet, family tale? Right, so let’s have either a muscle man or a horse on the cover. Better yet, a muscle man who IS a horse. And so ripped, that even his muscles have muscle men on them. On a wraparound cover.
Published in 1972
Outstanding! Good Show Phil!

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Tagged with: Centaur! • Corgi Books • dude • Good Show Sir • horses • muscles • Nebular • Ray Bradbury • recursive cover • wraparound cover • WTF
Mar 07
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Mr Cliftopher Comments: I can only guess that the only available artist was a 5 year old with some brand new crayons.
Published 1967
aka The Stars My Destination
Many thanks to the Cliftopher!

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Tagged with: Alan Aldridge • Alfred Bester • anthropomorphism • bow-tie • cat people • dude • font problems • Penguin Science Fiction • strange creature • Ting! • WTF
Oct 05

Marmontoast Comments: As an online repository of truly dreadful sci-fi covers grows larger, the probability of seeing a rocket with Hitler’s face approaches 1 – Godwin’s Law of ghastly art direction.
Published 1980

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Tagged with: DAW Books • evil • Josh Kirby • nazi • planets • Ron Goulart • space • space ships • spaceships with faces • WTF
Jul 11
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Bibliomancer Comments: Who ya gonna call?! Car-nack-i!
Published 1973

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Tagged with: anatomical issues • Bob Haberfield • bug-eyed • chain • dude • Panther Books • pig • starkers • wasteland • William Hope Hodgson • WTF
Jan 23
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Bibliomancer Comments: And after only a few dozen sessions on the E-meter you will so far exceed normal human ability that you can eat a turkey drumstick wearing a bear suit and not feel stupid. Honest!
Published 1989

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Tagged with: bear • bearsuit • Bridge Publications • font problems • Henning Benndorf • L. Ron Hubbard • person in a bearsuit sitting onstage eating a turkey drumstick • WTF
Mar 02
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: Ever taken something that’s made you feel like you have become part car driving the wrong way while a burning phoenix holds your eyes open? No? Well take this and draw my friend! DRAW!
Published 1973
Many thanks to Foster!

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Tagged with: bird • cars • Don Punchatz • dude • fire • giant bird • Good Show Sir • hunkbutt • John Jakes • starkers • Warner Books • WTF
Nov 09
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Scott B’s Art DIrection: This cover should have an infinitude of nude plastic women with RAF eyes. Because I said so.
Published 1971

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Tagged with: Ballantine Books • Douglas R. Mason • dude • strange creature • Wilson McLean • WTF
Sep 09
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Huge naked man flying through a vast landscape while an English businessman on a flying circle points out his mistakes with a cane. Have his manhood really impressive and big, you know like the type that make women faint… oh yeah, guess we can’t. Well, draw it anyway and cover it up with a star about that award he got. They’ll never know…
Thanks so much to Chris R!

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Tagged with: baldness • beard-wielding • cane • flying • once you see it • Panther Books • Patrick Woodroffe • Philip José Farmer • Riverworld series • shuriken of approval • starkers • top hat
Apr 04
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Charles Art Direction: “Under no circumstance put a unicorn on the cover”.
Published 1970

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Tagged with: anatomical issues • Andre Norton • cat people • damsel • eye-yi-yi • nip slip • Philip Castle • Tandem Books • WTF
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