Bibliomancer Comments: Would you read this on a bus … late at night … riding through Compton?
Published 1980
Bibliomancer Comments: Would you read this on a bus … late at night … riding through Compton?
Published 1980
Perry Comments: In an alternate universe, happy King Binro is lauded for his theories of celestial mechanics, and receives backrubs from Bok, for some reason.
Published 1988
Bibliomancer Comments: Finally an explanation for the Earth’s molten core. A crucible in a subterranean foundry!
Published 1976
Good Show Sir Comments: Fire that Clown you hired for the kid’s party. He’s got the neighbours up in arms.
Published 1967
Bibliomancer Comments: My card must be the Queen of D-Cups.
Published 1987
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Tom Noir Comments: Ye poor souls, gaze upon the beardy face of PURE EEEEEEVIL!
Published 1983
YES! It’s not only a bank holiday on Monday but the site is working! Woo! That means we can finally do another Honourable Mentions!
Thanks to all of you who constantly checked the site for over a month to see if it was working again! I missed all your comments, though oddly I actually got some work done. Anyway, I’m back to my normal pace now! Till the site breaks again…
Scott W’s Art Direction: Ok, I need me a Ben Franklin, some lecherous 18th century dudes copping feels (or having their feels copped) by busty harlots, and oh yeah, can you possibly have Mr. Hundred Dollar Bill ride in on a cardboard lightning bolt with a pleasantly startled expression on his mug?
Published 1980
Matt Comments: It wasn’t the airplanes. It was chain smoking that killed the beast.
Published 1977
Ian R Comments: Do you accept old pulp sci-fi magazine covers? I hope you use them, if only because of that… thing on the woman’s neck/shoulder. It looks quite uncomfortable.
Published between 1955 & 1958
And we are back! Woo hoo! Enjoy all these great covers and pieces of art from Frank!
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I couldn’t help but wonder what this cover art was about: the Cosmic Striptease, or The Devil Downstairs. So I looked within, where I found….
Published 1957
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“Beautiful women were Satan’s main weapon. They made sin look so attractive.”
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“Millions of Earthlings gaped while the Martian show went on.” Apparently the Martians had a pretty good grasp of human anatomy.
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Further in, for another story titled, “Excitement For Sale!!”
“He was a mood-merchant, a happiness-huckster, peddling dreams from door to door.”
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Table of contents so you can see all the authors and cover art credit.
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I may have to go back and read this one to get the context for, “women were flung heartlessly into space”.
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: A naked woman… and a goat’s head! Two of the most Satanic things ever… well, according to Wheatley. So just get them on there, we’ll get the attention of all those 14-year-olds!
Published 1975
Bonus movie trailer: To the Devil… a Daughter
starring Christopher Lee, Richard Widmark, Nastassja Kinski,
Honor Blackman, and Denholm Elliott
Good Show Sir Comments: Nothing says, “classic” like a good ol’ shiny cover! Baen, you never fail to impress! I hope you never change.
Published 2001
Many thanks to Rachel and Thomas!
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