Oct 19
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Mirrie’s Art Direction: Sci-fi villians must be as campy as possible. Hmmm, maybe give him a chair made of antlers like Jareth from Labyrinth had, and have him wearing a gold suit. 70’s babe on the left of him, sinister chimp-surgeon to the right. And behind them all looms the Angel of Death, looking like if Peter Capaldi played Grandpa Rick.
Published 1975
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Tagged with: anthropomorphism • ape • Ballantine Books • cleavage • computers • Cordwainer Smith • damsel • dude • Gray Morrow • monkeys • planets • Smirky McSmug • strange creature • throne • waistcoat • 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: Corgi Books • damsel • dude • loincloth • Patrick Woodroffe • Piers Anthony • starkers • sticks
Oct 15
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Bibliomancer Comments: Sing along with the California Raisins … in space!
Published 1965
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Tagged with: Ace Books • asteroid • Damon Knight • font problems • Jack Gaughan • moon • space • strange creature
Oct 14
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Perry Comments: I actually rather like the artwork for this junior, abridged edition (even the title’s abridged!), but remain intrigued by the gentleman depicted at centre. Either he was already blind, or, assuming he’s one of the multitude blinded the night before, clearly thought it important to locate/don dark glasses prior to venturing outside!
Published 1973
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Tagged with: blind man's bluff • bullseye • dude • Hutchinson • John Wyndham • Patrick Nobes • strange creature • suits you • sunglasses • tentacles • unknown artist
Oct 13
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Young Flandry and his sister-wives, Mormon missionaries to the Terran Empire.
Published 2010
You might remember Flandry from here
and here
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Tagged with: Baen Books • bikini • cleavage • damsel • David Seeley • Dominic Flandry series • dude • gun • handgun • Hank Davis • Poul Anderson • rocket • sexytime • starkers • strange creature
Oct 12
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Billy Awesome Comments: Pull out all the stops. I want the head of Sturgeon as a devil, floating on an asteroid made partially of humanoid hands and torsos, and partially of a futuristic city that looks like a garbage truck, his hair a naked lady with a peacock feather magic aura, his brow haloed by dollar store xmas tinsel. I want a topless mermaid riding a unicorn over a chain that secures nothing. I want an astronaut trying to take a smoke break through his bubble helmet, and a nude baby on a floating cockle shell awestruck by the majesty of it all. Don’t let me down. Let’s make some magic!
Published 1964
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Tagged with: big hair • cleavage • damsel • dude • Ed Emshwiller • evil children • flying heads • goat • horns • my head aplode • Pyramid Books • space • space suits • Theodore Sturgeon • Unicorns! • WTF
Oct 09
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Bibliomancer’s Art Direction: My name is Bibliomancer. I’m from 2015 in the future. I want a cover with a future-retro Amy Winehouse using a space music ghetto blaster to kill some dudes … and a satyr! Don’t make the art very good. I need it to win a ten-star rating on a website of terrible sci-fi cover art. Why are you looking at me like that?
Published 1961
You might remember this from here
and also here
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Tagged with: Ace Books • antennae • ax-wielding • chain • damsel • dress for success • dude • Fritz Leiber • Haircut 100 • piercings • radio • satyr • unknown artist • visible waves
Oct 07
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Good Show Sir Comments: I’ve spent days creating this DNA model for the Scientific convention of abominations. To the conference centre Bill! Come on now, hurry… no complaining!
Published 1987
Many thanks to Chris M for sending this in!
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Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • birds • dude • eyes on stalks • Leo A Frankowski • mighty moustache • Ralph McQuarrie • strange creature • tree people • WTF
Oct 05
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Chuffmunky’s Art Direction: “Ok there’s NO budget for the cover this time. Go through that pile of dusty CDs; there should be some forgotten illustrators’ portfolios from the 90’s we can raid.”
Published 2012
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Tagged with: butterfly • Chris Moore • Gollancz books • Hannu Rajaniemi • spaceships with faces
Oct 02
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Good Show Sir Comments: Wankh On, Jeeves.
Published 1979
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Tagged with: alien city • DAW Books • H.R. Van Dongen • Jack Vance • the lonesome toad • throne • trapezoid head
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