Good Show Sir

May 22

1st Paradox Comments: When I saw this cover today, I knew that it was the reason Nyarlathotep had put a camera in my pocket. I especially like the starry gulf opening up in the floor of the passageway/gullet/whatever-it-is.
Published 1984

(Average: 8.22 out of 10)

Tagged with: aliens • Barclay Shaw • C.J. Cherryh • DAW Books • dude • monsters • space • WTF

May 16

Invaders!

19 Comments »

Looks like, I've found my new basketball! Click for slightly larger picture

Joachim Comments: Gremlin in a space suit descends from amorphous pink vessel…
Published 1993

(Average: 8.56 out of 10)

Tagged with: Ace Books • aliens • Brian W. Aldiss • Damon Knight • Earth • font problems • Frederik Pohl • Gardner Dozois • Harvey Jacobs • Howard Waldrop • ill-fitting spacesuit • Jack Dann • James Tiptree Jr • Neal Barrett Jr • Octavia E. Butler • Pat Cadigan • Philip K. Dick • planets • R.A. Lafferty • Robert Silverberg • space • space ship • Tom Purdom • William Tenn

Apr 27

Runts of 61 Cygni C

43 Comments »

A fascinating planet... where the women looked like painted eggs kids would make at easter. Click for full UNSHEEPED & UNWHALED image!!

Joachim’s Art Direction: One-eyed sex runts. No other words are necessary….
Published 1970

(Average: 9.00 out of 10)

Tagged with: aliens • baldness • Bellmont Books • cleavage • cyclops • damsel • devil's dumplings • eye-yi-yi • forest • James Grazier • monsters • space sheep • starkers • Unknown Artist Institute

Mar 21

Cobra

1 Comment »

Well I think... being a new kind of soldier... we deserve better hats! Click for full image

LibraryMan Comments: OK man…I’m coming out…just…don’t shoot
Published 1985

(Average: 7.97 out of 10)

Tagged with: 3D Button Effect • aliens • Baen Books • dude • font problems • gun • horns • monstrous humanoid • moon • muscles • shoulder pads • stallone pose • Timothy Zahn • Vincent Di Fate

Mar 14

The Queen of Zamba

23 Comments »

Mutton chops - Asimov's Choice! Click for full image

GK Comments: I hope this wasn’t his first choice.
Published 1977

(Average: 8.93 out of 10)

Tagged with: aliens • beard-wielding • Dale Books • font problems • Good Show Sir • Isaac Asimov • Jack Gaughan • L. Sprague De Camp • monsters • planets • space ships • strange creature

Dec 21

Hungarian Mega Post 2

40 Comments »

Well it has come to that time of year again when we at Good Show Sir need to take a break to steal Christmas presents from children, eat an insane amount of other peoples food and of course, get stinking drunk and rant about book covers!

Not to worry though, we’ll be back first thing in the new year with a round up of the best of 2011’s covers!

Here we have some fantastic Hungarian covers sent in by Gabor and River, about 9 months ago! I appologise for keeping them hidden for so long but here they are, all six of them!

Have a great holiday! And again thanks to everyone who visits the site and all the specials ones who leave comments which brighten our days with witty banter!

It's the new family holiday destination, space worm holes. Click for full image

Nothing makes an action hero more epic.. than a ferret on his knee! Click for full image

Looks like I picked the right time to bring this phallic shaped weapon! Click for full image

It was our first date and well... I learned we should have just gone for coffee. Click for full image

Marbles in space just isn't the same when you are playing by yourself. Click for full image

That digital world looks a bit... nippy... Click for full image

(Average: 8.04 out of 10)

Tagged with: aliens • Arthur C. Clarke • cleavage • computers • damsel • dude • font problems • frickin laser beams • Good Show Sir • gun • Mark Willson • MEGA POST • monsters • muscles • planets • robots • shoulder pads • space • space ships • space suit • Steven Nicholas Moses • strange artifact • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute • Ursula K. Le Guin • William Gibson • WTF

Dec 15

The Night the Heads Came

17 Comments »

Having a tentacle for an arm makes things more... sticky. Click for full image

Alessandra Comments: Not, despite all appearances, a parody. It’s a young adult story with paranoid overtones, but as far as Puffin is concerned it’s the Attack of the Stuffed Olive Aliens.
Published 1998