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It’s time for Mars Sexytime Honourable Mentions. And it’s a score in more ways than one. Scraping the bottom of the Mars barrel, here are three also-rans that, for various reasons, didn’t meet our STRICT AND RIGIDLY ENFORCED GROUND RULES.

Sex Life on the Planet Mars. I can’t find much info on whether this is comedy, sci-fi or maybe even a mystery. But I’m not surprised it’s written by this guy. Somewhere Capt Kirk is getting a boner.

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A Princess of Mars. Further proof of the benefits of novels losing their copyright and entering the public domain. This is an actual by-the-rules science fiction book cover, but it’s print-on-demand and I didn’t feel like spending a tenner of Tag Wizard’s expense account money to buy a copy.

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Mars Ho! It’s a Kindle ebook cover. I think it’s also paperback but, since nobody is in a hurry to send that cover in, this will just have to do.

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Good Show Sir Comments: Thanks to Cyndi-with-an-i, me, and Sir Douglas Quintet for sending these in.

Published 1986, 2008, and 2017

(Average: 9.44 out of 10)

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Ripley Comments: I don’t know if the front cover is Good Show Sir worthy. But the back cover is for the Hall of Fame!

Published 1949

You might remember this from here.

(Average: 7.88 out of 10)

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Bibliomancer Comments: “Way to go Einstein. Didn’t I tell you to check this planets miscegenation laws before you booked our honeymoon vacation?!”

Published 1982

(Average: 7.55 out of 10)

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Tom Noir Comments: Oh god, not another race that communicates entirely through interpretive dance!
Published 1999

(Average: 8.64 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: A man, a woman, and a one-way rocket. And that’s how babies are made!

Published 1959

(Average: 7.64 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: “Good day Mr. Alien Lizard. Let me tell you about my friend named Jesus!”

Published 1958

(Average: 7.63 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: “We claim this barren rock for Earth! Now let’s shoot these pesky aliens, ja.”

Published 1944

Thanks to Jon Jensen for sending this in.

(Average: 7.75 out of 10)

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It’s a Two-Fer Tuesday — Swedish Special!

Good Show Sir Comments: So what did you expect would happen if you delivered an alien-dinosaur-sized dildo.

Thanks to Jon Jensen for sending these in!

Published 1953

(Average: 8.91 out of 10)

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Tom Noir Comments: It was a long road, but this would eventually become a major motion picture starring Matt Damon.

Published 1967

(Average: 6.94 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: Every time I look at this cover I imagine her singing “I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper”
Published 1990

(Average: 5.92 out of 10)

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