Oct 12
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Glen Comments: It’s a naked man, holding a ray gun, being chased by dogs controlled by evil alien parasites from Titan, which agrees with the plot of Heinlein’s book. But why the red trilby hat? You would think that boots be more useful than a red hat, if you’re in an unclothed state on a hillside…
Published 1969
Males bums don’t need censored, right?
Many thanks to Glen!
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Tagged with: BEHIND YOU! • dude • gun • hunkbutt • Pan Books • Robert A. Heinlein • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute
Oct 07
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Eron Comments: In this cover, we get a fantastic 70’s disco door that leads to ancient Rome and connected by the most realistic rendering of… uh… electricity? … we have a centurion, a queen, a werewolf and, wait for it, a dude in a sombrero.
Published 1996
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Tagged with: damsel • dude • electricity • font problems • magic • monsters • Ron Walotsky • Ronald Anthony Cross • strange creature • The Eternal Guardians Series • Tor Books
Oct 01
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Anne’s Art Direction: It’s a book of short stories by one of the most lyrical authors in the universe? I know, we’ll put a ripped blond naked guy on the front with something or other covering his nibbits. How about a tiger head? That sends the right sort of message, don’t you think? Then we’ll surround him with some dobermans for good measure. To top it off, we definitely need three different fonts but also distract everyone with an aurora border.
Published 1978
Many thanks to Anne!
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Tagged with: clouds • Dell Books • dogs • dude • Edgar Pangborn • fantastical rock star • font problems • Good Show Sir • long haired men • muscles • starkers • strange creature • tigers • Unknown Artist Institute
Sep 30
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Ashton Comments: This accurately depicts the eponymous story, except I don’t recall the protagonist being described as the smuggest douche in the universe in an equally terrible shirt.
Published 1987
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Tagged with: Amber Series • Avon Books • beak! • chess • dude • handheld beverage container of Germanic origin (tankard) • horse people • horses • James Warhola • monsters • once you see it • Roger Zelazny • Smirky McSmug • strange creature • towel • Unicorns! • wings • WTF
Sep 29
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Don’s Art Direction: It has dragons. People ride them. Put the woman in a swimsuit even though she’d freeze to death at that altitude. Make the guy look like some kind of alien elf, just to cover both the SF and fantasy genres. And it’s written by a chick, so do the main coloring in shades of lavender and rotting-orchid pink.
Published 1980 (maybe)
Many thanks to the Don!
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Tagged with: Anne McCaffrey • damsel • dragon • dude • Ron Dilg • Science Fiction Book Club
Sep 28
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Stevie Comments: Jack Chalker’s Wonderland Gambit Book 2 is wild. That hot demonic guy with a massive glowing genital lesion doing who knows what to those dudes with the plumbing coming out of their heads. Who comes up with this stuff!
Published 1996
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Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • dude • Jack L. Chalker • muscles • my head aplode • Paul Youll • pipe • strange creature • Ting! • wings • Wonderland Gambit Trilogy • WTF
Sep 24
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Art Direction: We’ll have the male sitting on an Ikea chair like he’s James Bond with laser guns and space ships. We’ll put him in some sort of spandex suit with knee pads and fob that off as armour. With the girl lets go for nudity but we’ll photoshop in some clothes later. What we really want is, plenty of side boob! Therefore appealing to both genders… right?
Published 2010
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Tagged with: Baen Books • cleavage • damsel • David Seeley • Dominic Flandry Series • dude • gun • Hank Davis • planets • Poul Anderson • space • space chess
Sep 23
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Eric Comments: The ironic thing about this one is that the cover depicts an actual portion of the story. Accurately. Really. It is a good book, regardless of how it’s clad.
Published 1986
Many thanks to Eric!
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Tagged with: Berkley Books • damsel • dude • frickin laser beams • Michael Whelan • planets • Robert A. Heinlein • space • strange creature
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