Good Show Sir

Apr 13

Nix comments: This has an annoyingly shiny cover, so it may be hard to read its contents. It’s an anthology of four famous SF works: _2001_, _The Demolished Man_, _The Day of the Triffids_, and _I, Robot_. As you know, all of these contained city-sized giant mecha and huge explosions (although only two had the giant mecha dive-bombed by rocketships), so the cover is quite appropriate, and obviously is a fine piece of artwork: tasteful, yet subtle. I’m only sending it in because it’s so annoyingly shiny.

Many thanks to Nix!

(Average: 4.93 out of 10)

Tagged with: aeroplanes • Alfred Bester • Arthur C. Clarke • Chris Moore • explosion • giant • Isaac Asimov • John Wyndham • once you see it • robots • shiny • shiny oh so shiny • space ships • St. Michael

Jan 20

It Happened in Boston?

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Nope, Chicago. Click for full image

Good Show Sir Comments: They were an odd super hero team, but they kept the streets of Boston safe for a few months.
Published 1971

(Average: 4.93 out of 10)

Tagged with: birds • Coronet Science Fiction books • damsel • dude • fancy hat • planets • Russell H Greenan • Unknown Artist Institute • wings

Aug 09

Night Monsters

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Emster Comments: Looks like a typical dream after a late night all-you-can-eat buffet.

Published 1986

(Average: 4.93 out of 10)

Tagged with: Ace Books • font problems • Fritz Leiber • Jack Gaughan • monsters • Wizaaaaaaaard!

Oct 28

The Alchemical Marriage of Alistair Crompton

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Mr and Mrs Al Kaloid Click for larger image

Jeremiah Comments: Computers looked so futuristic in 1979. No way this cover will ever appear outdated.

Published 1979

(Average: 4.92 out of 10)

Tagged with: chemistry • city • computers • damsel • drug paraphernalia • dude • Haircut 100 • Peter Elson • Robert Sheckley • Sphere Books • tasteful smoke

Dec 02

Noonshade

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Man it's so not fair, I don't have a robe! Click for full image

There is nothing in this world that makes anything look better than shiny gold highlights around text and generally shiny boxes around huge fonts. What will you draw? Oh uh, three guys on a mountain edge, don’t forget the magic! Fantasy isn’t fantasy without a magic fireball or two.

(Average: 4.91 out of 10)

Tagged with: bladed weapons • bracers • Chronicles of the Raven series • cloaks • daggers • damsel • dinosaur • dude • font problems • Fred Gambino • James Barclay • magic • male skirts • Orion Books • sword • Wizaaaaaaaard!