Jan 25
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Bibliomancer Comments: Let me flash your BIOS big fella!
Published 1964
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Tagged with: Ace Books • computers • dude • Ed Valigursky • explosion • frickin laser beams • H. Beam Piper • robots • space suit
Dec 11
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Good Show Sir Comments: By the end of “Take Your Alien Child To Work Day” the little fellow was all worn out.
Published 1981
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Tagged with: alien • BEHIND YOU! • casually walking away from an explosion • dude • Fred Saberhagen • frickin laser beams • ill-fitting spacesuit • mushroom cloud • Tom Kidd • Tor Books
Oct 20
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Bibliomancer Comments: The Man in the Iron Depends.
Published 1965
Ace Doubles, double the reading pleasure, double the bad cover art.
This is the flip side of last week’s book: Off Center
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Tagged with: Ace Books • BEHIND YOU! • blow drier gun • booties • crotch armor • Damon Knight • dude • frickin laser beams • Jack Gaughan • puffy shirt • strange creature
Aug 10
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Tom Noir Comments: And the Hugo Award for Sweatiest Book Cover goes to…
Published 1995
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Tagged with: Christopher Hinz • damsel • dude • font problems • frickin laser beams • gibberish title • Kevin Murphy • muscles • Sir Mix-A-Lot • tights • Tor Books
Jun 29
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Peter T Comments: Not sure how you wear your pants with a tail sticking out…. or how he killed all those creatures with such an erratic gun…. Girl looks nice though….
Published 1984
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Tagged with: capes • cleavage • damsel • death • dude • font problems • frickin laser beams • gun • H.M. Major • Kathleen Buckley • Ken Kelly • muscles • people with tails • Sharon Jarvis • Signet Books • WTF
Jun 12
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Noel Comments: Promise me one thing. No white rabbits this time, ok?
Published 1971
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Tagged with: Bruce Pennington • Corgi Books • damsel • dude • Frederik Pohl • frickin laser beams • Haircut 100 • shoulder pads • sunglasses
Mar 25
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Tom Noir Comments: There’s a lot going on on this cover, so let me break it down for you: BLAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHH!
Published 2000
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Tagged with: Baen Books • dude • font problems • frickin laser beams • Jeffery D. Kooistra • Patrick Turner • planets • space • space ships • war
Sep 11
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Frank Comments: So much going on that it burns your eyes, or maybe you’ll put an eye out, it’s hard to tell!
Published 1959
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Tagged with: BEHIND YOU! • birds • blood • dogs • dude • E. Everett Evans • frickin laser beams • giant insects • Kelly Freas • Pyramid Books • shoulder pads • space • space ships
Jul 04
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Tom Noir’s Art Direction:
“Great, John, you’re here, come see the cover we’ve whipped up for Soldiers vs. Dinosaur Space Centaurs!”
“Uh, my book is just called ‘Soldiers’.”
“Ermmmmm… have you considered adding some dinosaur space centaurs to it?
Published 2001
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Tagged with: Baen Books • centaur • David Mattingly • dinosaur • explosions • font problems • frickin laser beams • Good Show Sir • ill-fitting spacesuit • John Dalmas • space • space ship • war
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