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Bibliomancer Comments: Apocalypse Yow.
Published 1964

(Average: 8.86 out of 10)

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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:

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Bibliomancer Comments:

1. Rising sea levels were not kind to Venice.

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2. Who knew Ghandi collected Barbies?

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3. Black Hawk up, Black Hawk down!

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4. Ce n’est pas un primate.

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5. Dracula in the language Prince Vlad would have understood.

Published whenever

(Average: 7.60 out of 10)

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JuanPaul Comments: The name of that font is “Icing on the Cake” italic.

Published 1990

(Average: 8.75 out of 10)

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JuanPaul Comments: She has an earthy quality about her.

Published 1992

(Average: 6.67 out of 10)

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JuanPaul Comments: And I looked, and behold a velociraptor: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him in the GSS comments.

Published 1994

(Average: 8.00 out of 10)

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This guy just dropped a steaming load of bad covers on GSS Admin, so the boss told me to make this “JuanPaul Week”. Register your complaints using the handy “submit” button above. Plus, send in at least four high-quality losers and next week may be all yours! Enjoy! — Tag

JuanPaul Comments: Try pronouncing the author’s last name with a thick and exaggerated Russian accent. It’s good fun.

Published 1985

(Average: 8.50 out of 10)

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Klaatu Comments: Check out the Ting! on that bling!

Published 1972

(Average: 7.38 out of 10)

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JuanPaul Comments: Eeek. A mouse.

Published 1978

(Average: 7.29 out of 10)

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Dexter Comments: The cover of Image of the Beast blown by artist John Coulthart.
Published 2001

You might remember this from here.

(Average: 8.91 out of 10)

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Bibliomancer Comments: Supermind is a very stable genius. The F.B.I. will never outsmart him.

Published 1963

(Average: 7.40 out of 10)

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