Time for another "Rename This Horrible Cover" contest!

Children of the Lens is the last novel in E.E. "Doc" Smith's LENSMAN series which, in general, Sandy loves.

All of the covers are pretty bad, though.

We feel like this book needs a new title that fits the cover art better. Can you suggest one?

The creator of the title we like best wins a book from our stacks. 

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Time for another "Rename This Horrible Cover" contest!

This story by Jack Williamson was recently reviewed by Sandy. Apparently, the story is not nearly as bad as the art.

But we feel like the cover needs a new title. Can you suggest one?

The creator of the title we like best wins a book from our stacks. 

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Time for another "Rename This Horrible Cover" contest!

This book by Lin Carter is not quite as bad as its cover. But the cover definitely needs a new title.

The creator of the title we like best wins a book from our stacks. 

Got a suggestion for a horrible cover that needs renaming? Please send it to Kat.
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Time for another "Rename This Horrible Cover" contest!

This book by Phyllis Eisenstein is not as bad as its cover. And really, the cover's not that bad. It just wants a new title.

The creator of the title we like best wins a book from our stacks. 

Got a suggestion for a horrible cover that needs renaming? Please send it to Kat.
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We're always on the lookout for horrible SFF covers that need renaming.

When we tweeted our review for this book last week, author Myke Cole pointed out that this awful cover is really begging to be renamed:

Folks. This cover is crying out for alternate titles. Something more clever than "Behold! My glowing junk!" Please. https://t.co/UKieUzZ2ZO

 

Time for another "Rename This Horrible Cover" contest!

Please help us rename this atrocious-looking science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg.

(We love Robert Silverberg, by the way.)

The creator of the title we like best wins a book from our stacks. 

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It's been nearly a year since we played "Rename This Horrible Cover." Far too long!

Please help us rename this atrocious-looking science fiction novel by Catherine Asaro. Wow. It's really bad... Well, at least the cover is... We haven't worked up the nerve to actually read the book yet.

The creator of the title we like best wins a book from our stacks. (Sorry, we don't have Diamond Star.)

Got a suggestion for a horrible cover that needs renaming? Please send it to Kat.

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It's time again for one of our favorite games!

Please help us rename this atrocious-looking science fiction novel by John Rackham and DAW books (November, 1973).

Got a suggestion for a horrible cover that needs renaming? Please send it to Kat.

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It's time again for one of our favorite games!

Please help us rename the horrible cover of this book by Grande Dame Andre Norton.

The author of the new title we like best wins a book from the FanLit Stacks.

Got a suggestion for a horrible cover that needs renaming? Please send it to Kat.

We love this game!

NEXT WEEK's Thoughtful Thursday column: We'll be giving away all of the Nebula and Hugo nominated novels to one lucky winner! Read More

Here's a book cover that's screaming for a new name. See it screaming?

Please help us rename the horrible cover of this book by the esteemed Michael Moorcock.

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Wow. Just wow.

This has got to be one of the very worst book covers we've ever seen.

There are so many ways this is wrong.

Please help us rename this horrible cover, because it should not polluting this excellent story collection by Ray Bradbury.

The author of the new title we like best wins a book from the FanLit Stacks.

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I have to admit that I have not read Clash of Star-Kings, but with a cover like this, I'm not likely to pick it up when I see it in my local used bookstore. (And that's a shame because I've read other fine books by Avram Davidson.)

So, if I'm not going to read Clash of Star-Kings, at least I can help rename it with a title that better fits this cover.

Please help me.

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No, gentle readers, your eyes are not deceiving you.

This is the cover for the 1975 Ballantine issue of William Goldman's classic novel The Princess Bride.

Yes, we are just as offended as you are. It's INCONCEIVABLE! This horrid cover does not belong on one of our favorite books and, therefore, it needs a new title. Can you help us provide one that's more appropriate? Read More

Now, you know we love Jack Vance -- he's one of our favorite speculative fiction authors -- but some of the covers on his books are truly atrocious.

This one here, in fact...

We think the title Space Opera is just too generic for this striking cover. Can you help us rename it?

Here's the description, if it helps:
Space Opera — (1965) A society matron underwrites the interstellar tour of an Earth opera company, performing Beethoven, Mozart and Rossini for bewildered human and alien audiences on a kaleidoscopic range of planets. But intrigue and secret agendas complicate what was already a doubtful enterprise, and the matron’s feckless nephew finds that the simple country girl he plans to marry is far more mysterious than she seems. This is Jack Vance at his funniest, rolling out a rollicking picaresque tale where the belly laughs play... Read More