Feb 23
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Nothinggets the attention ofwomen more than standing in the midst of an ice cavern with little clothes and showing off your bare chest. Holding your short sword in an inspiring way while standing by your Viking boat sleigh. That’s right. A boat sleigh.
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Tagged with: bladed weapons • Boris Vallejo • cloaks • damsel • dude • Eric Iverson • Gerin the Fox series • Harry Turtledove • muscles • sword • Trojan Books
Aug 16
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Jaouad’s Art Direction: This book is so awesome, there’s only one way to sell it: give it an awesome glittering metallic dustjacket, so everyone is blinded by its awesomeness. Also, make sure no one can read the author’s name.
Published 2002 or 2011
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Tagged with: Eoin Colfer • font problems • Puffin Books • shiny oh so shiny • Tony Fleetwood • WTF
May 27
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Eleanor Comments: A book with the awesome title ‘Get Off the Unicorn’ features a . . . dragon?
Published 1977
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Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • Anne McCaffrey • Ballantine Books • dragon • dude • Paul Alexander • spear
Jun 13
Emster comments: The Tech Dept warned if he lost one more prosthetic hand they’d tie a mitten string to the thumb and staple the other end to his elbow.
Published 1989
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Tagged with: busy hands • Charter Books • disembodied hand • font problems • frickin laser beams • hand fake • handguns • J.D. Masters • Joe DeVito
Jun 28
GSS ex-noob comments: Art direction:
… was apparently against cover design?
Published 1993
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Tagged with: Ace Books • big gun • font problems • Gardner Dozois • Gary Freeman • Isaac Asimov
Mar 17
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Good Show Sir Comments: Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Thanks to Ryan for sending this in!
Published 1983
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Tagged with: BEHIND YOU! • bladed weapons • damsel • dude • Jody Lee • leprechaun • Luck of the Irish • Ouch! • Simon Hawke • Smirky McSmug • Spock ears • tank • teatime • Warner Books
Sep 21
Emster Comments: Techno(over)kill… Guys! Guys! This could have all been avoided if you’d calmed down and remembered: righty tighty, lefty loosely.
Published 2002
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Tagged with: Ballantine Books • blaster • Dan Cragg • David Sherman • embossing • fight club • font problems • ill-fitting spacesuit • Jean Pierre Targete • Starfist series
Jul 07
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GSS ex-noob Comments: Armor of Light, Paper of Crap.
Published 1988
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Tagged with: Alan Gutierrez • Baen Books • dude • font problems • kneeling • lens flare • Lisa A. Barnett • Melissa Scott • queenie
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