Nov 23
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Libraryman comments: I love how it seems as if the characters are just randomly placed around this dead body. Kind of like a cluedo clue. “It was Sinbad with the scimitar in the dungeon!”
Published 1995
This cover… is perfect!
Libraryman, good show sir!
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Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • bladed weapons • booties • bracers • cloaks • damsel • dude • glow • Good Show Sir • Harry Turtledove • jazz hands • magic • magical orbs • puffy shirt • Stephen Youll • Unknown Artist Institute • waistcoat • Wizaaaaaaaard!
Nov 19
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John Comments: The artwork reminds me of a late 1950s B Movie.
Published 1988
Real men wear loincloths.
Many thanks to John!
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Tagged with: cleavage • damsel • Dell Books • Dell/Laurel Books • dude • egg • Kurt Vonnegut • loincloth • magical orbs • muscles • Teason Art • wings
Nov 18
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GK Comments: Which direction is the monorail headed?
Published 1978
Many thanks to GK!
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Tagged with: alien city • Dean Ellis • Del Rey Books • dude • Frederik Pohl • jumpsuit • pointing
Nov 17
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Greengerg Comments: Forge the Season of the Witch, it’s the Season of the Bull according to the back cover, and nothing says demonic violence like a fat guy with cow horns slowly being turned into a Ravensburger jigsaw puzzle.
Published 1974
Many thanks to Greengerg!
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Tagged with: daemons • dude • evil • Good Show Sir • horns • Horrorscope Series • Pinnacle Books • Robert Lory • Unknown Artist Institute • white number two
Nov 16
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NGpm Comments: Okay, so there’s this face vase thing on the left, but it’s a mushroom (just like what the art director just ate) … and a decaying woman that is scaring the mess out of a cat that lives in Salvador Daliwood.
Published 1980
Includes – The Puppet Masters, Double Star & The Door into Summer
Many thanks to NGpm!
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Tagged with: aliens • damsel • dude • Gary Viskupic • Nelson Doubleday SFBC • Robert A. Heinlein • strange creature • WTF
Nov 15
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Rich Comments: The nipple!
Published 1993
Many thanks to Rich!
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Tagged with: dragon • dude • Geoff Taylor • HarperCollins Books • Mike Jefferies • muscles • spear
Nov 12
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Art Direction: You know when facial hair becomes so intense it actually takes over your head? Well exactly like that, also with an evil blue guy and a king. Oh and a princess! And a guy with a sword! Ah, just put everything on there within a glorious yellow boarder!
Published 2001
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Tagged with: Archives of Anthropos series • beard-wielding • bladed weapons • Dale Larsen • damsel • dude • Eagle Books • evil • font problems • John White • Sandy Larsen • vampires • Vic Mitchell
Nov 09
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Nix Comments: You may recognise some aspects of this cover. The huge glowy face on the left? That, I think, is Tung: I suspect Miles is the other glowy face. In the book, Tung’s never described as having any kind of moustache, and it would fit poorly inside a combat helmet, but hey, Eurasians all look like Ming the Merciless, right? Right?
Published 1997
You might remember me from such covers as The Vor Game.
Many thanks to Nix!
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Tagged with: Baen Books • damsel • dude • font problems • Gary Ruddell • Lois McMaster Bujold • shoulder pads • shuriken of approval • space • space ships
Nov 02
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Tom Noir’s Art Direction: That’s a really nice painting you did for the Le Guin cover, but you know what would really sell it? Incorporating this photograph of my nephew and I at the Ren Faire. Don’t be silly, my mod seventies mullet-ponytail combo looks COMPLETELY medieval.
Published 1981 (maybe)
Many thanks to Tom!
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Tagged with: Bantam Books • cloaks • dude • Earthsea Series • font problems • magic • robes • staff • Unknown Artist Institute • Ursula K. Le Guin
Nov 01
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Jeweleya Comments: This cover is so off-putting to me that I can’t bring myself to read the book. A few highlights –
- The sword dissolving into blue dust
- The barbarian’s barely-decent rags (it’s refreshing that the woman is wearing more than the man, for once)
- The utterly generic, swirly, rainbow-threw-up-on-it background
- And my personal favorite: the horse that looks like it’s just been flung backwards from a giant slingshot
…Indeed, a cover for the ages.
Published 1978
Many thanks to Jeweleya!
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Tagged with: bladed weapons • booties • bracers • C.J. Cherryh • capes • damsel • DAW Books • dude • horses • horses with hairstyles • hunkbutt • loincloth • magic • Michael Whelan • muscles • once you see it • rope • surprised horse • sword • wall
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