Jan 12
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Ken R. Comments: This beauty is from 1945, Duchess Publishing, Canada. It is infamous for it’s ugliness as well as crediting the editor, John W. Campbell, as the author. Ray Cummings sued to have it removed from the shelves, thus it’s scarcity.
You might remember this from here.
Published 1945

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Tagged with: blockhead • Duchess Printing Co • font problems • John Campbell • mushroom cloud • planets • Ray Cummings • rocket • sticks • Unknown Artist Institute
Oct 24
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Lord Kelvin Comments: Spoiler alert: the “giant wolf-creature” turned out to be a Halloween mask on a stick.
Published 1972

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Tagged with: damsel • dude • floating head • font problems • Frank Belknap Long • Frankenstein Horror Series • Gray Morrow • It's Howling Time! • mask • Popular Library • starkers • sticks • visible waves • wolf
Dec 03
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Verylatetotheparty Comments: I bought several “Mayflower Moorcocks” at my Oxfam shop a few years back and some of the covers have already been on GSS, but I don’t think you have this one yet and I really think it belongs here. The colours sort of look faded but I think it was that bad originally. Apart from that I will let it speak for itself.
Published 1973

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Tagged with: bird hairdo • Bob Haberfield • cape • globus cruciger • goalposts • Mayflower Books • Michael Moorcock • non-papillial person • raven • skulls a-poppin' • sticks • WTF
Jun 28
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JuanPaul Comments:“I told you to stop interrupting my Taiko practice!”
Published 1983

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Tagged with: Avon Books • bladed weapons • busy hands • dude • Faux-nan • Joe DeVito • monkeyshines • monster • muscles • Piers Anthony • sticks
Nov 22
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Good Show Sir Comments: “When he said he was a headhunter I thought he wanted me because of my LinkedIn® profile”.
Published 1975
Finally, the trilogy of terrible Corgi GSS covers is complete. See here and here.

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Tagged with: Corgi Books • dude • Patrick Woodroffe • Piers Anthony • severed head • skulls a-poppin' • sticks • sword
Nov 24
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Bibliomancer Comments: Political arguments ruined the Greyhaven Thanksgiving reunion dinner. The barbarian uncle was a Trump supporter. And the Unicorn! voted Jill Stein.
Published 1983

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Tagged with: angel • baldness • balls • beard-wielding • dagger • damsel • DAW Books • dude • evil children • fairies • Marion Zimmer Bradley • sticks • strange creature • strange head armor • sword • Unicorns! • Victoria Poyser • wings
Oct 16
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Good Show Sir Comments: Not as handsome as Sos the Rope, but more of a ladies man.
Published 1975
Check out Var’s friend Sos on the back cover

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Tagged with: anatomical issues • Corgi Books • damsel • dude • loincloth • Patrick Woodroffe • Piers Anthony • starkers • sticks
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