Good Show Sir

Nov 23

Lady Jane Comments: “Computerworld” cover. Featuring no computers.

Published 1983

(Average: 5.00 out of 10)

Tagged with: A.E. van Vogt • blob of awesomeness • DAW Books • dickless wonder • dude • frickin laser beams • he's dead Jim • Michael Mariano • starkers

Aug 19

Blackcollar: The Judas Solution

13 Comments »

Smack me over the head, Baen. Make me see double. Click for larger image

Xanthippe comments: Who am I supposed to be rooting for here?

Published 2006

(Average: 8.60 out of 10)

Tagged with: Baen Books • David Mattingly • fight club • font problems • frickin laser beams • nunchucks • strange creature • Timothy Zahn

Feb 25

Capitaine Futur

15 Comments »

L'espace, c'est moi! Click for larger image

Good Show Sir Comments: Somehow, Capitaine Futur got his head stuck in a blender.

Thanks to Alain for sending this in.

Published 2017

(Average: 7.17 out of 10)

Tagged with: bubble helmet • dude • Edmond Hamilton • exposed brain • frickin laser beams • Le Bélial • Philippe Gady • robot

Jan 21

Agent of Chaos

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This laser tag game is rigged! Click for larger image

Got his MFA in Bosch Studies Click for larger image

It’s a Two-fer Tuesday – Spinrad Special!

Good Show Sir Comments:

1. For fans who prefer an agonizing reading experience.

2. When the art director demands CHAOS, Clifton-Dey delivers!

You might remember this from here. And some recycled shit here.

Published 1967, 1972

(Average: 8.50 out of 10)

Tagged with: anatomical issues • Belmont Books • Earth • eye-yi-yi • frickin laser beams • I'm melting! • interpretive dance • little people • New English Library • Norman Spinrad • Richard Clifton-Dey • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF

Sep 04

Seven Steps to the Arbiter

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Planets were prawns and worlds were mashies ... and I'm getting hungry Click for larger image

Good Show Sir Comments: We haven’t had an L. Ron Humpday in a while.

Thanks to Fiona for sending this in!

Published 1975

(Average: 7.50 out of 10)

Tagged with: alien landscape • BEHIND YOU! • blaster • booties • cleavage • damsel • dude • font problems • frickin laser beams • L. Ron Humpday • Major Books • monsters • moon • pew pew pew • red • ridiculous hat • Smirky McSmug • viking helmet

Jun 18

A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows

19 Comments »

Caution: Do not look at laser pistol with remaining eye! Click for larger image

Turn around. See two moons! Click for larger image

It’s a Two-fer Tuesday: Dominic Flandry Showcase

Good Show sir Comments:

1. Poul Anderson pulls a George R.R. Martin; kills off Flandry in a first chapter surprise!

2. Signet decides that putting Flandry’s face or name on the cover does not sell books.

Thanks to Charles for sending one in.

Published 1975, 1987

(Average: 8.00 out of 10)

Tagged with: damsel • devil's dumplings • Dominic Flandry Series • dude • frickin laser beams • Gene Szafran • moon • Poul Anderson • robot • Signet Books • starkers • tasteful smoke • Tim Hildebrandt • two-fer

May 06

Stargonauts

67 Comments »

Fast and Furious 13: Jason Statham and the Stargonauts Click for larger image

Outis Comments: This one truly has it all. Car-like, no-roof spaceship? Check. Chrome trim? Check. Scantily clad dame? Check. Dramatic posing? Check. Drinking on the job? Check. Gratuitous discharging of beam weapons? Check. And lastly: William Gibson recommendation? It’s there.

Published 1994

(Average: 8.73 out of 10)

Tagged with: chainmail lingerie • corinthian leather upholstery • crotch armor • damsel • David Garnett • drunkie • dude • font problems • frickin laser beams • Haircut 100 • Mike Posen • mohawk • Orbit Books • pew pew pew • space • suits you • sweet ride • teat shields • Ting!

Mar 11

Ten Years to Oblivion … the Good Show Sir Story!

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Look at the calendar. It seems we have a very important day circled there. No, it’s not a Monday Bank Holiday. It’s the Good Show Sir 10th Birthday Gala! I guess we need to post OUR GREATEST COVER EVER! Which, unfortunately, Tag Wizard forgot to organize. So we will just have to fish something out of the slush pile. At least the title is somewhat relevant.

Your 15 minutes of fame is up ... 9 years ago! Click for larger image

Good Show Comments: The whole Good Show Sir experience was eerily foretold in B. Flackes’ classic science fiction novel “Ten Years to Oblivion”!

Thanks to all of our GSS After Dark club members for making it to the JuJu Chelsea for a wild evening of wining and dining. And what a surprise! Thanks to our good friends at Baen for picking up the tab. Didn’t you know? They bought us out last month in an unfriendly takeover. Well it’s been a good run.

We even ordered a very appropriate birthday cake:

Who ordered the beefcake? Click for larger image

Good Show Comments: Yeah, it’s photoshopped. We bought one of those edible photo cakes and even sent over a picture of our favourite book cover on a thumb drive for the baker to put on the icing. Unfortunately this is what was delivered to the party:

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Good Show Comments: But thanks anyway to all the loyal kooks who have been showing up these many years and somehow keeping this shitshow going. And for all the commenters who have fallen by the wayside. And for the one-off drive-by’s who remind us that it was really a great book and the cover is very professionally done and shows something that was really in the story. Remember, the real Good Show Sir were the friends we made along the way. Or some such bollocks.

Oh no! Not another Harry Turtledove mashup! Click for larger image