Jun 15
It has been a while since we’ve had an Honourable Mention post, so following are some of the recent doozies that didn’t meet our strict, fiercely-enforced rules for cover submissions. Enjoy!
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Leah Comments: I know it’s a tie-in, but this is definitely worthy of an Honorable Mention. That lettering is not actually black, it is bright orange metallic foil. I think it says a great deal that the picture is an accurate depiction of the featured aliens.
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Leah Comments: Another Honorable-Mention-worthy tie-in. Working title: ‘Attack of the Fifty-Foot Fop’.
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Joachim Comments: A French cat woman? There’s so much wrong with this cover.
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Bibliomancer Comments: I don’t think it’s technically science fiction. But Lordy, is this a bad cover.
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Tagged with: BBC Books • Black Sheep (artist) • cat people • devil's dumplings • dinosaur • Doctor Who • dog people • Earth • flowers • Galaxie • George Roux • handgun • Honourable Mentions • Jacqueline Rayner • legs • lion • Paul Magrs • Picador • pyramids • rocket • tasteful smoke • Thomas Pynchon
Jun 13
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Good Show Sir Comments: It’s a Two-Fer Tuesday – Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Edition!
#1 No Shoes, No Shirt … No Problem!
#2 Your boyfriend needs to wash his hands first.
Published 1956 and 1970
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Tagged with: big hair • Bob Lavin • Bob Pepper • busy hands • catsuit • cleavage • damsel • devil's dumplings • dude • font problems • Hunt Collins • loincloth • muscles • Pyramid Books • straw boater hat • topless
May 31
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Good Show Sir Comments: In response to yesterday’s German Sex-Robot Extravaganza, we’ve just received this Italian submission. One can only imagine what the Japanese are publishing in this genre.
Published 1998
Thanks to Armando for sending this in.
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Tagged with: Alessandro Riva • Angelo Filippini • Carlo Lucarelli • chrome • cyborg • damsel • devil's dumplings • Elena Soprano • Enzo Fileno Carabba • ES (publisher) • Hajime Sorayama • Italian • Michele Monina • Nico Maccentelli • Nicoletta Vallorani • Paolo Bianchi • Roberto Di Caro • sexytime • space sheep • Stefano Sardo
May 30
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Good Show Sir Comments: It’s a Two-Fer Tuesday – German Sex-Robot Extravaganza!
1. From the Asimov After Dark collection.
2. Miss Mavis Ming has undergone quite a transformation.
Published 1990 and 1984
Thanks to Erika for sending these in.
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Tagged with: Bastei Lübbe • Beitag • Cesare Reggiani • chrome • damsel • David J. Skal • devil's dumplings • font problems • German • Isaac Asimov • Michael Moorcock • owl • proportional issues • robots • sexytime • Sir Mix-A-Lot • starkers • Ullstein Science Fiction
May 01
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Tat Wood Comments: I just popped back to France and found some more ripe examples of 70s French cover-art. This has all the worst features of inept collage but was painstakingly painted by a professional artist.
Published 1978
You might remember this from here.
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Tagged with: alien landscape • devil's dumplings • floating lips • French • hair on fire • lizard • moons • Presses Pocket • Robert Sheckley • ruins • shell • starkers • Wojtek Siudmak • WTF
Apr 17
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Good Show Sir Art Direction: This cover has to be at the printers in 15 minutes. Just cut some pop stars out of Melody Maker and paint over the collage. And add a rocket — it’s supposed to be “science fiction”. Next time don’t smoke angel dust before you come to work.
Published 1971
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Tagged with: aeroplanes • Beagle Books • damsel • devil's dumplings • drums • dude • fantastical rock star • font problems • guitar • hippies • Richard A. Lupoff • rocket • space sheep • stars • Victor Valla
Mar 31
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Good Show Sir Comments: Our colleague over at pulpfiles has a new Liberator of Jedd book review up and, Holy Space Sheep, the French sure know how to do a Dick Blade cover! Thanks again to pulpfiles for bringing this new cover awfulness to our attention.
Published 1976
You might remember this from here. And here.
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Tagged with: bladed weapons • chainmail lingerie • damsel • devil's dumplings • dude • floating head • font problems • Gerard de Villiers • Jeffrey Lord (aka Manning Lee Stokes) • Plon Books • Richard Blade • ridiculous hat • space sheep • Ting! • visible waves
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