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Bellatrix Comments: Hey Tag Wizard! Do you have a tag for a belly-dancing tornado?

I have “dancing up a storm”!  – T.W.

Published 1954

(Average: 7.86 out of 10)

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Tom Noir Comments: In conclusion, dragons should not wear clothes! Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

Published 1980

(Average: 7.64 out of 10)

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Tag Wizard Comments: Nicola Alter writes the Thoughts on Fantasy blog and last year she set out to create an over-the-top fantasy book cover including all the standard fantasy clichés. As she wrote:

“I’ve encountered a few covers that take it a bit far, but I thought it’d be amusing to go even further, and have a bit of fun with the tropes of my favourite genre… so here is my recipe for a no-holds-barred, all-boxes-ticked, epic high fantasy book cover (accompanied by examples from the most clichéd design I can muster).”

Well, we here at Good Show Sir! consider ourselves the experts on bad covers. So we’ll be the judge of that!

So check out her post where she walks you through the steps:

How to Make a Clichéd High Fantasy Cover

And be sure to visit the rest of her site and welcome her to join us here at Good Show Sir: the home of ethnic and erudite book cover curation.

Published 2017

(Average: 8.33 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: 7.75 out of 10)

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Raoul Comments: Humankind’s new enemy? I thought Cortez did a number on them half a millennium ago.

Published 1996

(Average: 8.70 out of 10)

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Raoul Comments: Hey Tag Wizard! Do you think there are “anatomical issues” with Stumpy, the One-Legged Sidekick?
Published 2007

(Average: 8.97 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: My son made this candle for me at summer camp.

Published 1970

(Average: 6.75 out of 10)

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JuanPaul Comments: Hold on to your elf-stones! It’s another cover from the master of shocked expressions and static depictions of action!
Published 1989

(Average: 7.07 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: Some people pay big money to get dragon lips like that!
Published 1981 (maybe)

Many thanks to Kyrre!

(Average: 8.92 out of 10)

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Bob Comments: I volunteer in an Oxfam bookshop which provides a happy hunting ground for dubious scifi and fantasy cover art! I came across a load of stuff whilst having a clear out of old stock the other day. I’m especially impressed with The Dragon Waiting, it seems to be missing a leg and has speared itself through its abdomen with its own tail, a truly troubled beast….
Published 1985

(Average: 8.44 out of 10)

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