Jan 15
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Tom Luczycki’s Art Direction: I need a guy astride a giant walking fish-thing accompanied by a metallic angel with nippless bazooms. Could you have the guy holding an impossibly small and ineffective bow? Forget about the arrows. The bow is more a symbol for the subtext of the underlying metaphor. And moths. The moths should round things out nicely.
Published 1983
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Tagged with: butterfly • devil's dumplings • dude • Frederik Pohl • Jack Williamson • Kevin Johnson • lizard • loincloth • Nelson Doubleday SFBC • statue • wings
Jul 14
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Raoul Comments: This cover is a hot mess. I see one face, one foot, one arm, and one hand. And I’m not sure how they are connected.
Published 1977
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Tagged with: C.J. Cherryh • Chet Jezierski • damsel • FM shoes • font problems • Nelson Doubleday SFBC • stars • tasteful smoke
May 09
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Bibliomancer Comments: Hey Space Cowboy, BEHIND YOU! How did you let the giant bat sneak up on you?
Published 1977
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Tagged with: bats • BEHIND YOU! • chainmail lingerie • cleavage • damsel • Don Maitz • dude • Edmond Hamilton • giant • handguns • Leigh Brackett • Nelson Doubleday SFBC • shoulder pads • spiffy uniform • strange creature
Dec 04
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Bibliomancer Comments: Finally an explanation for the Earth’s molten core. A crucible in a subterranean foundry!
Published 1976
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Tagged with: ax-wielding • chains • damsel • drill • Edgar Rice Burroughs • fire • George Akimoto • giant birds • monsters • Nelson Doubleday SFBC • perspective problems • pig people
Aug 18
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Tom Noir Comments: Do you struggle with unsightly forehead acne? New LeiberCreme Advance will have you round and smooth in no time!
Published 1974
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Tagged with: aliens • flying heads • Fritz Leiber • Larry Kresek • Nelson Doubleday SFBC • planets • WTF
Apr 02
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Bibliomancer’s Art Direction: You spilled your whiskey all over the cover art! No time to redo it. Just sponge it off and get it out the door. It has to be at the printer’s today.
Published 1977
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Tagged with: baldness • baldy bad man • beard-wielding • bladed weapons • booties • dinosaur • dude • handguns • I'm melting! • Jack Woolhiser • Leigh Brackett • lizards • monsters • Nelson Doubleday SFBC • once you see it • skeletons • sword • Unicorns! • WTF
May 23
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Joachim Comments: The future fashion item of choice — yellow plastic latex gloves… A better title would be “The Janitorial Triplets: an odyssey from childhood to adulthood”.
Published 1978
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Tagged with: dude • evil children • jumpsuit • Margo Herr • Nelson Doubleday SFBC • Richard Meredith • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Nov 07
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Joseph Comments: Beautiful woman rides an enchanted jackass. Incidentally, this is how I view most of my female friends and their respective relationship partners.
Published 1982
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Tagged with: capes • castle • damsel • donkey • floating horse • flying • font problems • glow • horses • Karen G. Jollie • magic • Nelson Doubleday SFBC • once you see it • pony • Suzette Haden Elgin • Tony Fiyalko • wand • WTF
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