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Cheesiest And Most Inappropriate Book Covers Of All Time [Holy Crap Wtf]
io9.com - 11/21/2009
Cheesiest And Most Inappropriate Book Covers Of All Time [Holy Crap Wtf]
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Most of us would have no problem being seen in public reading a science-fiction novel... unless it had a cover so hideous, or so wrong, that you might get arrested. Here are the cheesiest and most disturbing science-fiction book covers. Our research intern, Cyriaque Lamar, pored over the most ...

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SF Tidbits for 11/21/09
SF Signal — ... - A Movement. Ellen Datlow has posted photos from the latest KGB reading with Sarah Micklem and Alisa Kwitney. Art/Music In case you missed it, it was impromptu Book Cover Week on the InterTubes: Here's our own Mind Meld on The Most Memorable SF/F Book Covers. Missions Unknown levergaed that for their take on San Antonio's Picks for Most Memorable SF/F Book Covers. io9 also played along with The Cheesiest And Most Inappropriate Book Covers Of All Time and A History of 16 Science ...

Daily Scan for 11.23.09 - Avatar Is Unfinished, Lost Gets Premiere
SciFi Scanner — ... • This gallery of the cheesiest and most inappropriate book covers of all time is pretty great. I actually have those exact copies of Starship Intercourse and The Little People (a surprisingly good novel, that one). ...

Giant End of Week Starlinks
Mike Brotherton: SF Writer — ... There’s been a lot written recently about the “scandal” involving the stolen emails from climatologists.  Want my take?  Have a look at what Phil Plait says on his blog.  And Phil also has a nice post about a new, supercool picture of our galaxy. Super Earths superior at fostering life?  Krypton maybe? Remember those Hostess Pastries ads they ran in comic books about 30 years ago? I do.  Stupid then, hilarious now. Cheesy book covers.  Some laughers for sure. Citizen astronomy? ...

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