Dec 17
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Frank Comments: Good thing that fern was handy, else the publisher would have had to get really blatant with that maple leaf. All the electronic equipment out among the foliage is worrisome too. I’ve seen what happens when that sort of thing is left in a damp environment and it’s not good for continued operation.
Published 1972
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Tagged with: cleavage • computers • damsel • devil's dumplings • dude • Gene Szafran • Pocket Books • strange creature • William Hjortsberg • WTF
Oct 17
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Jaouad’s Art Direction: This author sells multi-millions, so I was thinking huge laserdisc with some vaguely operatic characters on it, flying across a landscape of red crystals with a ridiculously large moon in the background. Also a beach girl.
Published 1992
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Tagged with: computers • crystal • damsel • dude • font problems • Grafton Books • jester • moon • Piers Anthony • planets • robes • Steve Crisp • virtual world • Wizaaaaaaaard!
Sep 17
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Scott B Comments: Compared with the Fantasy People of “The Cache”, the Science Fiction People have proven to be much more dangerous at breaking out of their enclosure.
Published 1976
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Tagged with: Ace Books • architectural framing • beard-wielding • Carlos Ochagavia • computers • damsel • dude • Leigh Brackett • planets • space ships
Aug 31
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Don Comments: Thank you for calling Tech Support. If your computer is drooling, press 1. If you are the computer and you’re being harassed by a fat guy with curly hair, press 2.
Published 1967
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Tagged with: Ballantine Books • Charles Eric Maine • computers • font problems • monsters • once you see it • rainbow • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Aug 24
Another long weekend to celebrate the UK’s closing of banks! That can only mean one thing here at Good Show Sir… Honourable Mentions! Today we have a nice selection of franchise books that would be otherwise excluded by our iron forged rules.
Hope you enjoy these, I’ve even thrown in a special something at the end. Enjoy your long weekend if you get it and remember, books rule! Support your local bookery.
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Bonus CD Cover!! Badly photoshopped accordion player:
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Tagged with: anthropomorphism • capes • cloaks • computers • cybernetics • damsel • dude • font problems • glow • Honourable Mentions • Jeff Grubb • Kate Novak • magic • monsters • music • Penguin Science Fiction • Roc Books • Sam Lewis • Stephen Billia • Steven Savile • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute • Warner Books • WTF
Dec 21
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!
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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 13
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Phil’s Art Direction: To be honest with you, I’m not convinced he’s golden enough. Make the whites of his eyes golden as well, would you please? And a few wires attached randomly to the face will convey the science fictional nature of the book.
Published 1983
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Tagged with: computers • dude • Magnum Books • Methuen Books • Philip K. Dick • Richard Sparks • space • space ship
Oct 14
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MisterBOB’s Art Direction: Imagine if you could reach out and touch a bald lady face on your pc screen. Draw that!
Published 1984
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Tagged with: Baen Books • Bryn Barnard • computers • damsel • floating face • font problems • Joseph H. Delaney • Marc Stiegler
Sep 15
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Scott B’s Art Direction: Take a woman with highly improbable hair, with a snake wrapped around her shoulders. Sexy, eh? But we need to make it all technological-like, so the snake’s actually made of fiber-optic wires or something. And throw a computer keyboard behind her, to make sure people get it. Technology! Also put a giant floating head in the background — you know I require that on all my covers!
Published 1991
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Tagged with: Albert Rocarlos • Bantam Books • bird hairdo • computers • damsel • dude • font problems • Haircut 100 • Pat Cadigan • snake • strange creature • WTF
Aug 04
SteveAsat Comments: I can overlook an Apple II case with a Commodore PET monitor being used to visually indicate “hey kids, computers!” And the Escheresque architecture suggesting a suburban three-bedroom rendered in granite. But how the hell did that cat get up there and why isn’t he sliding off?!
Published 1980
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Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • Ballantine Books • computers • dude • James P. Hogan • Rowena Morrill • strange creature • WTF
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