Aug 17
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GSS ex-noob Comments: These are being slowly taken in to the used bookstore. Who seem to be recycling them — I don’t get any money, but I got these for free and now they’re out of the house. Considering the price of gas, I’m losing a bit of money!
At any rate: #1! Setting the standard.
Published 1975

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Aug 23
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Arthur Dent Comments: Covers don’t come any uglier than this one.
Published 1967

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Tagged with: eye-yi-yi • frickin laser beams • horns • Roger Elwood • Sam Moskowitz • Tower books • Unknown Artist Institute
Oct 05
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Lord Kelvin Comments: Hey, my eyes are down here!
Published 1970

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Tagged with: dude • eye-yi-yi • Jack Faragasso • Macfadden-Bartell • non-papillial person • Roger Elwood • starkers • Vic Ghidalia
Jun 20
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Bibliomancer Comments: I picture this is how it went down: Artist: So what do you want on the cover? Editor: Its called “Invasion of the Robots” paint me a robot. Artist: What kind of robot? Editor: I don’t care, any frickin robot. Later. Artist: OK, here’s your frickin robot. Editor: You’re fired. Artist: I quit. Editor: Oh yeah, well I’m putting this on the book anyway. Artist: Put my name on this and I’ll sue you. Editor: Idiot, you forgot you initialed it!
Published 1965

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Tagged with: C.L. Moore • Eric Frank Russell • Henry Kuttner • Isaac Asimov • Jack Gaughan • Jack Williamson • Lester Del Rey • Paperback Library • Philip K. Dick • Richard Matheson • Robert Bloch • robot • Roger Elwood • WTF
May 13
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Art Direction: Lets get this done with, I have a squash game to get to! Right, got it! Half women, the topless half I might add and half… I don’t know… Golden retriever?
Published 1977

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Tagged with: Anne McCaffrey • anthropomorphism • B. Longley • Centaur! • Chad Oliver • cleavage • damsel • Dean R. Koontz • dog people • Edgar Pangborn • Gene Wolfe • Philip José Farmer • Poul Anderson • Roger Elwood • Star Books • strange creature • Thomas N. Scortia • WTF • yellow number one
Dec 09
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John Comments: There isn’t a joke I could make that would trump the description on the back – “The wife of a powerful figure in CA is found brutally murdered in the couple’s lonely mountain retreat. Wesley Stoneham made certain that all the evidence concerning the murderer of his wife pointed to a nearby hippie community. He had 3 goals in mind: to get rid of his wife, to drive out the hippie commune, and to enhance his own power in the state. He was at the point of achieving them all when Garnna, from the peaceful planet of Zartic finally made contact with Debby, a hippie from the commune, who had problems of her own. Then, Stoneham’s troubles began.” OF COURSE I BOUGHT THIS RIGHT AWAY!
Published 1975
Many thanks to John!

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Tagged with: aliens • beard-wielding • dinosaur • dude • fire • Kelly Freas • Laser Books • Roger Elwood • space • Stephen Goldin • strange creature
Aug 09
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Shelley’s Art Direction: We’re looking for a sort of lion-centaur. And a spaceship. And gore. And…could you do something with foreshortened perspective? Thanks.
Published 1977
That is… awesome.
Many thanks to Shelley!

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