Jul 01
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Jonathan Art Direction: What’s this? I told you the giant ant needs to be wearing a top hat. We’ll have to fix it with typography.
Tag Wizard Comments: Jonathan also helpfully forwards the note on the copyright page: ‘The Large Ant’ originally published as ‘The Big Ant’
Published 1961

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Tagged with: Bantam Books • giant ants • Howard Fast • little people • Unknown Artist Institute
May 22
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Lillie Awesome Art Direction: Give me a little man, with a giant bird grafted to his head, and out of the giant bird’s head, I want a man’s head if human heads were shaped like potatoes, but upside down, and sitting inside that, I want a man, but with a bird’s head, and maybe make it look like the bird-headed man is shooting a bird out of his hand, which should also be holding a torch. Throw a bunch of rainbow people in a birth control pillbox in the background — it’s very high concept. We’re going to have to skimp on printing costs because we went over budget persuading Heinlein and Asimov to appear together, so don’t break your neck painting detail. Now, what say we make this a five martini lunch?
Published 1970

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Tagged with: Alfred Bester • Anthony Boucher • Avram Davidson • bird • bird hairdo • bird people • Damon Knight • detachable head • George P. Elliott • Howard Fast • Isaac Asimov • James Blish • John Collier • Mark Van Doren • Paperback Library • people with animals for heads • Poul Anderson • R.V. Cassill • Ray Bradbury • Robert A. Heinlein • Robert P. Mills • Theodore Sturgeon • Unknown Artist Institute • Walter M. Miller Jr • WTF
Jan 01
Happy New Year!
And so the world has spun, strutted and wobbled its way around the sun yet again! We’ve come through ruff storms, predictions of the end of the world and a lot of superhero movies. This leaves us though with one eternal question, will anyone find a cover to top I Sing The Body Electric!?! It certainly doesn’t look like it! But who knows, who knows eh? I am sure the year ahead will be full of wondrous treasures!
Thanks to everyone for sending in all the covers we’ve posted over the year! And thanks to everyone who leaves a comment. Oh they do make me laugh! Ah ha ha ha ha… ha!
The top rated cover of the year:
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A personal favourite:
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CSA Chooses Lizard shield attack:
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And finally, just for the double triple Ting!
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Tagged with: Alan Danzig • Anthony Boucher • anthropomorphism • Barry K. Nelson • bladed weapons • C M Kornbluth • C.S. Lewis • capes • Christopher Anvil • Cordwainer Smith • Damon Knight • damsel • DAW Books • dude • electricity • font problems • Fritz Leiber • glow • Good Show Sir • Hal Clement • Howard Fast • Joe Garcia • John Brunner • John Jakes • John Wyndham • jumpsuit • Kate Wilhelm • Keith Stillwagon • Kingsley Amis • lightning • Lin Carter • magic • mighty moustache • monsters • muscles • Old Year Sum Up • Panther Books • Penumbra Publishing • planets • Robert Conquest • Ron Goulart • strange creature • sword • Ting! • Unknown Artist Institute • Wayland Young • WTF
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