Good Show Sir

May 23

Good Show Sir Comments: For his adventure he chose … a jumper!

Thanks to Ryan for sending this in!

Published 1987

(Average: 8.40 out of 10)

Tagged with: aliens • Bantam Books • evil children • jumper • Richard Brightfield • Richard Corbin

Sep 30

Time Storm

18 Comments »

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Good Show Sir Comments: A reminder that Shark Week at Good Show Sir would be ratings bonanza!

Published 2019

(Average: 8.86 out of 10)

Tagged with: aliens • Baen Books • damsel • dickless wonder • dude • font problems • Gordon R. Dickson • lizard people • ocean • raft • Sam Kennedy • shark

Aug 25

Physician to the Universe

19 Comments »

Halloween party at the Simaks! Click for larger image

Good Show Sir Comments: Don’t be scared little buddy. It’s just me, Cliff!

Published 2006

(Average: 7.63 out of 10)

Tagged with: aliens • Allen Koszowski • author on the cover • Clifford D. Simak • Darkside Press • embossing • kite • moons • none more black • pyramids • rockets • surprised dinosaur

Nov 17

Alien Cargo

15 Comments »

Never know what you will find in the overhead bins Click for larger image

Gabby Comments: She must be gasping for fresh air after being locked in the cargo with those two.

Published 1984

(Average: 6.50 out of 10)

Tagged with: aliens • balls • big hair • Bluejay books • damsel • font problems • interpretive dance • Rowena Morrill • scales • starkers • strange creature • Theodore Sturgeon

Apr 16

The Planet Killers

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Knives Out! Click for larger image

Mr Peepers Comments: Bloody awful.

Published 1959

(Average: 7.90 out of 10)

Tagged with: Ace Books • alien • aliens • anatomical issues • bladed weapons • blood • damsel • Ed Valigursky • little people • Robert Silverberg

Mar 17

Oko Sybilli

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All potatoes have eyes, even couch potatoes Click for larger image

Krzysztof Comments: This is the Polish edition of a collection of Philip K. Dick stories “The Eyes of Sybil”. I think he bought that chair at Eye-kea. Ha Ha.

Published 1987

(Average: 8.71 out of 10)

Tagged with: aliens • anthropomorphism • eye-yi-yi • flippers • floating lips • head on a plate • headless • let's shoot hoops! • Philip K. Dick • Polish • Prószyński i S-ka Books • space • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF

Aug 20

Stellar Science Fiction Stories #4

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Earth hostages suddenly realize he's carrying a lube gun. Click for larger image

J Greely Comments: The sticker can’t be removed without tearing the cover, so we’ll never know how snug this Gray’s pants are. Probably for the best.

Published 1978

(Average: 7.80 out of 10)

Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • aliens • Ballantine Books • dude • font problems • Gary Viskupic • I'm all tied up right now • Judy-Lynn del Rey • ray gun • SFBC • space ship • Stellar Science Fiction Stories Series • sticker shock • wraparound cover

Jul 10

D-99

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Consume mass quantities! Of bad covers. Click for larger image

Jonathan Comments: Alien selfie.

Published 1962

(Average: 8.93 out of 10)

Tagged with: aliens • conehead • H.B. Fyfe • perspective problems • Pyramid Books • Ralph Brillhart

Feb 07

It’s time for Mars Sexytime Honourable Mentions. And it’s a score in more ways than one. Scraping the bottom of the Mars barrel, here are three also-rans that, for various reasons, didn’t meet our STRICT AND RIGIDLY ENFORCED GROUND RULES.

Sex Life on the Planet Mars. I can’t find much info on whether this is comedy, sci-fi or maybe even a mystery. But I’m not surprised it’s written by this guy. Somewhere Capt Kirk is getting a boner.

Puts the Martian in M.I.L.F. Click for larger image

A Princess of Mars. Further proof of the benefits of novels losing their copyright and entering the public domain. This is an actual by-the-rules science fiction book cover, but it’s print-on-demand and I didn’t feel like spending a tenner of Tag Wizard’s expense account money to buy a copy.

A Poledancer of Mars Click for larger image