Sep 24
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Rick Deckard Comments: Looks like our Halloween party dates have arrived!
Published 1956

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Tagged with: Ace Books • bubble helmet • dudes • flag • Gordon R. Dickson • ill-fitting spacesuit • spiffy uniform • Unknown Artist Institute
Apr 14
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Stevie T Comments: I have no words, except maybe “what the….”
[Cover artist: unknown, possibly in hiding].
You might remember this from here.
Published 1972

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Tagged with: devil's dumplings • flag • Keith Laumer • LPs • rifle • starkers • surrealist imagery • torso • Unknown Artist Institute • Warner Books • WTF
Jul 04
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Jimmy Comments: “I said “socks” not “sucks”! Please don’t send me to the front lines. I’m ten years old!”
Published 1991

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Tagged with: boats • Don't be silly - it's for children! • dude • Elvira Woodruff • flag • Neal McPheeters • Scholastic Books • soldier • spiffy uniform • tricorne • USA! USA!
Sep 20
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Tom Noir Art Direction: “I’m thinking naughty robot nun, with just a hint of communism.”
Published 1988

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Tagged with: Barry B. Longyear • flag • font problems • Les Edwards • Popular Library • robot • sexytime
Mar 11
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Tom Noir Comments: When I said I wanted a New Model Army this is NOT what I had in mind.
Published 1970

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Tagged with: bikini • cleavage • damsel • dome • flag • gun • helmet • John Boyd • Paul Lehr • rifle • suggestive • uniforms • Weybright and Talley
Feb 27
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Simon W Comments: The blurb says “The women had taken over by 1998!” and, “Read the results in Richard Wilson’s unique, tongue-in-cheek, highly risible novel. It’s science fiction with a Woody Allen twist!”
Published 1969

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Tagged with: booties • cleavage • damsel • flag • illegal rave • Kelly Freas • Lancer Science Fiction • monument • pole weapons • Richard Wilson • space ship • spear • spiral • vase • yellow number five
Feb 20
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Benjamin Comments: The French translation of, “The Destruction of the Temple.” Barry N. Malzberg’s deconstruction of the JFK assassination through the kaleidoscope of SF and worthy Good Show Sir contender!
Published 1974
You might remember this from here.

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Tagged with: Barry N. Malzberg • blood • cross • crucifix • dude • fire • flag • French • I'm melting! • J'ai Lu books • metropolitan apocalypse • muscles • my head aplode • neo-jesus • once you see it • Philip Caza • political figure • scrolls • USA! USA! • weird pecs
Sep 26
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Tom Noir Comments: The subset of Sir Walter Scott fans who also like Rollerball is probably about the size of that Roman soldier’s thong.
Published 1996

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Tagged with: Alasdair Gray • baldness • cleavage • computers • damsel • devil's dumplings • dude • flag • Harvest Books • helmet • inadequate armor • insects • loincloth • male skirts • muscles • once you see it • ships • sky sleigh • space • space sheep • starkers • tattoo you • tidal wave • weird delts • WTF
Jun 27
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: KITTY! KITTY! Get off my keyboard! If you don’t get off this instant you are going on that cover in hell we’re getting done. Cause that’s where you belong… RIGHT! You’re going on… you are going on there… with Genghis Khan… in hell! That will teach you.
Published 1989
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Tagged with: Baen Books • beard-wielding • capes • Cats! • clouds • daemons • David Drake • David Mattingly • dragon • dude • face • face tree • fantastical rock star • flag • gun • head on a plate • Heroes in Hell series • horns • Janet Morris • male skirts • monsters • obvious subtitle • once you see it • orson • rifle • shields • skeletons • strange creature • sword • utility belt
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