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8 Jan, 15 tweets, 5 min read

What do you think folks, shall we do some bad book covers today?

I think we should...

"I have made some bad decisions in my life..."

Dressed Up For Murder, by Gary Brander. Fastback, 1986.

"It's not you Mr Darcy, it's me..."

Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. Bestseller Library, 1966.

Move along Twitter, nothing to see here...

The Star Fox, by Poul Anderson. Panther Books 1968. Cover by Bob Haberfield.

Fangs For The Mammaries, edited by Esther Friesner. Baen Books 2010. Art by Clyde Caldwell.

I see what you did there Clyde...

Croak, by Robin Evans. Hamlin Books, 1981.

Reddit. Reddit...

The Hungry Ones, by Craig Douglas. Crescent, 1966.

I'm not sure about this clown...

Star Trek: The Motion Picture! Oh hang on...

Runts of 61 Cygni C, by James Grazier. Belmont Books, 1970.

The Spy Who Loved Me, by Ian Fleming. Pan, 1971.

Where's her left leg gone?

Sparks are back on tour I see...

The Iron Dream, by Norman Spinrad. Timescale, 1982.

Don't even get me started on Asimov book covers...

Herovit's World, by Barry N Malzberg. Pocket Books, 1974.

Not my type...

"Surging womanhood!"

The Sex Life of the Gods, by Michael Knerr. Uptown Books, 1962.

The Fungus, by Harry ("the new Stephen King") Adam Knight. Star Books, 1975.

I'm lichen this cover art...

More bad book covers another time. You can't judge...

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