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Ryan Comments: Hey, Poul, I bet you can’t write a SciFi novel that references Shakespeare and contains D’Artagnan, the Ring Cycle, steam-powered locomotives, Classical Greek architecture, and bearded monks!

Published 1975

(Average: 4.80 out of 10)

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Arthur Dent Comments: The War of the Sexes is apparently a duel.

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Published 1979

(Average: 8.67 out of 10)

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Ryan Comments: Yes, a novel by Robert Sheckley. No, I don’t know what he meant by ‘the Sheckley type’ of hero illustration. Maybe it stands for ‘Sheckley & Magazines’ or ‘Sheckley & More’?

Published 1988

(Average: 4.63 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments Dear Penthouse Letters. You won’t believe what happened to me after my Renaissance Faire gig …

Published 1984

(Average: 7.71 out of 10)

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Tom Noir Art Direction: “Make sure to include a guy with evil facial hair and a bad haircut. Also, we need a guy sneezing because he’s allergic to space ships.”

Published 1981

(Average: 9.00 out of 10)

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Outis Comments: A valiant attempt to describe an actual scene from the book. Yes, that’a foxlike alien with humanlike hands, then a different one with a beak, plus two perplexed looking humans. An ordinary day in the Humanx Commonwealth.

Published 1977

(Average: 8.50 out of 10)

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Herman Comments: My Swedish masseuse translates this as “The Shipwreck on Tschai”

Published 1970

(Average: 8.96 out of 10)

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Bibliomancer Comments: “After we find the Starblade the future of Ireland will be trouble-free!”

Published 1990

(Average: 8.38 out of 10)

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Rick Deckard Comments: Captain Flandry: Intergalactic hero and weekend cosplay Hell’s Angels re-enactor.

Published 1976

(Average: 6.38 out of 10)

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Bibliomancer Comments: I’ll take “Penis Mightier Than The Sword” for $100 Alex!

Published 2010

(Average: 8.86 out of 10)

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