Nov 11
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Art Direction: Evil prophets go together with men wearing eyeliner like… Anyway that’s easy! Lets make any text on the cover like some sort of cryptic puzzle which will have to deciphered. What’s the book called? What’s the name the of author again? Ha! They’ll be stumped! The money will roll in!
Published Date Unknown
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Tagged with: BEHIND YOU! • gibberish title • magic • monks • robes • Star Books • three wise men • Unknown Artist Institute • W.W. Bloom • Wizaaaaaaaard!
Sep 06
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Natalie and Steve Comments: Unfortunately, Davy himself is not as vivacious as his cover suggests.
Published 1976
Many thanks to Natalie and Steve!
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Tagged with: Ballantine Books • Boris Vallejo • damsel • dude • Edgar Pangborn • font problems • muscles • music • strange creature
Jul 05
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Liz’s Art Direction: We’d like for you to use some cats on this cover. Not just any old cats no, we want one that is sized up enough to be able to carry a human. In furs. And randomly in the background, give us a horse drawn sled too. Oh, and to illuminate the picture, throw in a random lamp somewhere…and the biggest sickle moon in the world, ever.
Published 2000
Ah Cat travel, the only way to break the speed of light. Or so I have read.
Many thanks to Liz!
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Tagged with: booties • Cats! • cloaks • damsel • DAW Books • font problems • forest • furs • Gayle Greeno • Ghattens Gambit Series • horses • lantern • once you see it • Paul Youll • snow and ice
May 24
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Hex Comments: There’s really not much I can say about this one, except that _someone_ in the design process for this book was taking the piss.
Thanks to Hex!
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Tagged with: Ace Books • balls • damsel • dude • gun • John Brunner • planets • space ships • WTF
Apr 26
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I don’t know about you, but when I think of animal slaves I hate that everyone just thinks of chimps. If I had an animal slave I’d definitely want a Scottish Terrier bringing me my dinner while a seal pleasures me. Mmm, well maybe don’t draw that – but at least put a seal on there!
Brilliant! Thanks to Noah!
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Tagged with: Ballantine Books • dude • Frederik Pohl • Karl Swanson • strange creature • WTF
Jan 21
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Nothing sells books better than Jesus! Just look at the sales of the Bible, top seller every year. So we’ll have three crosses on a hill, that’s the Jesus part. Then some guy kneeling next to a bleeding fleshy cocoon, that’s the sci-fi part. With this cover, we’re fulfilling the prophecy! Just kidding, now get me more coffee!
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Tagged with: blob of awesomeness • cross • egg • Jim Burns • Michael Moorcock • neo-jesus • Orion Books • SF Masterworks • WTF
Aug 20
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Look I know it’s unusual but I want an actual lynx. It doesn’t stand up like a human, it doesn’t hold some sort of laser rifle, nor does it appear from a space ship. I just want it pouncing across the cover with a princely guy in a white cape leaping with it, while he grasps his sword. That’s not as cheesy right?
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Tagged with: Ace Books • bladed weapons • castle • cloaks • daggers • Donato Giancola • leap • lynx • moon • Sharon Shinn • strange creature • Twelve Houses series
Mar 17
Art direction: Actually, I wasn’t really looking for an actual castle. Instead, could you have a couple of people juggling things with little water tentacle creatures and others watching them? And if we had a close up of one of the guys making you think “is he juggling those balls with magic… or just… well, juggling?” … anyway, if we had that, that’d be juuuust great.
Thanks to CSA!
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Tagged with: balls • Jim Burns • magic • Majipoor Cycle series • Pan Books • Robert Silverberg • ruffles • strange creature
Oct 23
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Wendy Comments: Open wide and say “WHAAAAAA?????”
Published 1971
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Tagged with: big mouth • bird people • cowboy hat • damsel • egg • Gary Viskupic • Nelson Doubleday SFBC • Philip José Farmer • rocket • WTF
Jun 27
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: KITTY! KITTY! Get off my keyboard! If you don’t get off this instant you are going on that cover in hell we’re getting done. Cause that’s where you belong… RIGHT! You’re going on… you are going on there… with Genghis Khan… in hell! That will teach you.
Published 1989
Many thanks to A. Waltz for tweeting this in!
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Tagged with: Baen Books • beard-wielding • capes • Cats! • clouds • daemons • David Drake • David Mattingly • dragon • dude • face • face tree • fantastical rock star • flag • gun • head on a plate • Heroes in Hell series • horns • Janet Morris • male skirts • monsters • obvious subtitle • once you see it • orson • rifle • shields • skeletons • strange creature • sword • utility belt
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