Good Show Sir

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Ryan Comments: Flash wanted to check just exactly how far he should trust Captain Redtights.

Published 1974

(Average: 6.33 out of 10)

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Ryan Comments: Featured Tunics: TWO
Baen Blue/Orange Spectrum: YES
Fainting Damsels: ONE
Laser Fire Accuracy: PISS POOR

Published 1994

(Average: 8.00 out of 10)

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

Published 1983

(Average: 4.33 out of 10)

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

Published 2006

(Average: 8.67 out of 10)

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

Thanks to Alain for sending this in.

Published 2017

(Average: 6.57 out of 10)

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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)

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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: 7.33 out of 10)

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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: 8.17 out of 10)

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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: 8.85 out of 10)

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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.

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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:

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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.

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Good Show Comments: … Let’s end the next decade with a bang!

Published 1951, 1964

(Average: 8.86 out of 10)

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