Apr 02
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Good Show Sir Art Direction: “Listen moron, I said you can make Cash from Outer Space. Now fix the cover title.”
Thanks to Ryan for sending this in.
Published 1962
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Tagged with: Ace Books • Ed Emshwiller • floating head • headband • knife • little people • Philip José Farmer • rocket
Mar 26
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We received two different covers of the same book last week. You know what that means:
It’s a Two-Fer Tuesday: Operation Time Search Party!
FluffyGhostKitten Comments: “Rhodes is that way.”
The Bookkeeper Comments: Let me defend myself! Unchain me! Give me a salt shaker!
Published 1977, 1981
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Tagged with: Ace Books • alien city • Andre Norton • chains • dickless wonder • dude • font problems • Jack Gaughan • Ken Barr • moon • ridiculous hat • ships • skeletons • skulls a-poppin' • slime • snails • sword • weird pecs
Mar 25
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Tat Wood Comments: Fifty years on, the title’s still hilarious. But note how Jeff Jones has emphasised the turtle’s head and the hero’s arms while leaving it ambiguous what exactly is going on or how many limbs each party is supposed to have.
Published 1969
You might remember this from here and here.
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Tagged with: Ace Books • dude • faceless • Jack Vance • Jeff Jones • lizard • moon
Mar 14
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Bibliomancer Comments: “After we find the Starblade the future of Ireland will be trouble-free!”
Published 1990
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Tagged with: Ace Books • bladed weapons • compass • Dean Morrissey • dude • framed cover art • harp • Keith Taylor • Luck of the Irish • map • mighty moustache • pigtails • shields • strapping outfit
Feb 27
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Tor Mented Art Direction: “Here’s my wife’s glamour-studio photo. Turn it into a painting. You’ll have a generic cover, and I’ll have an anniversary gift. Two birds, one stone.”
Published 1994
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Tagged with: Ace Books • big hair • damsel • Dawn Wilson • dog • font problems • glamour • Robin McKinley
Feb 25
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Good Show Sir Comments: The Bones of Zora … were all that was left after the dance.
Published 1984
Thanks to Jun for sending this in.
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Tagged with: Ace Books • Catherine Crook de Camp • cleavage • damsel • gams • interpretive dance • L. Sprague De Camp • lizard people • scarf • Victoria Poyser
Jan 24
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Raoul Comments: The Moon is not a planet.
Published 1978
You might remember this from here.
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Tagged with: Ace Books • damsel • dinosaur • dude • Faux-nan • font problems • handguns • Jack Vance • moon • planets • rocket • Vincent Di Fate
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