Good Show Sir

Mar 08

Good Show Sir Comments: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Danke an Erika!

Published 1984

(Average: 8.90 out of 10)

Tagged with: German • glow • Heyne Bücher • Jeanne Robinson • ridiculous hat • shuriken of approval • Sir Mix-A-Lot • Spider Robinson • submarine • thong • underwater • Unknown Artist Institute

Oct 22

Ice and Iron

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On the shores of Gitche Gumee ... Click for larger image

Ryan Comments: I don’t think that the blurb writer understands how time works. And the illustrator has some interesting ideas about what occurs underwater.

Tag Wizard: And that brings Ryan Week to an end here at GSS. Thanks for the mother lode of covers.

Published 1975

(Average: 7.00 out of 10)

Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • anorak • Ballantine Books • beard-wielding • boat people • Darrell K. Sweet • dudes • font problems • he's dead Jim • searchlights • underwater • Wilson Tucker

Aug 07

Deathhunter

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You don't want to know where she put SpongeBob Click for larger image

Hoo Doo Comments: The Brilliant Ideas Man thinks: “Mermaid Porn”!

Published 1982

(Average: 8.80 out of 10)

Tagged with: anatomical issues • big hair • chest antenna • Corgi Books • devil's dumplings • Ian Watson • Peter Jones • sea urchins • starkers • underwater

Aug 16

Time to Teleport

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Shark Week is always on! Click for larger image

Charles Comments “Do you like the underwater nursing home I found for you, Dad? When can I visit? … ooh the call must be breaking up … all that water you know ….”

Published 1960

(Average: 7.18 out of 10)

Tagged with: Ace Books • dude • Ed Emshwiller • floating head • glow • Gordon R. Dickson • old-timer • shark • Ting! • underwater

Aug 13

The Presence

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Adam and Eve. Eatin' shrooms. Good times. Click for larger image

Dionysius Rogers Art Direction: Don’t we have some rejected cover art for that last printing of Stranger in a Strange Land? Where there’s a burning, lightning-struck monster in the middle of it for some reason?

Published 1977

(Average: 8.45 out of 10)

Tagged with: damsel • Don Ivan Punchatz • dude • Earth • Fawcett Books • fire • fungi • lightning • Rodger Clemens • spectacular space chart • starkers • strange creature • tree • underwater

Feb 19

Greek Mega Post

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Bibliomancer went to Greece and GSS didn’t even get a lousy tau-shirt. But we did get a bunch of terrible Greek book covers. I’ll turn this post (and week) over to him:

I come from Greece bearing gifts! So don’t look a Trojan Horse in the mouth. Athens has a big chain store called “Public” which is a combination of Barnes & Noble and Best Buy with a whole large floor of new books in Greek and English. Athens also have a few “charming” used book stores in some of the older neighborhoods. Here’s the inside view of one of them:

So here are some terrible covers, Greek-style. Sorry, but we will have to skip the authors, cover artists and publication dates. Be kind to Tag Wizard:

Do surfers dream of aquatic sheep? Click for larger image