Time for another “Rename This Horrible Cover” contest.
We like Philip K. Dick‘s Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said, but wonder if you can come up with a better title for this particular cover? (Click to embiggen.)
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.
May 19th, 2022. FanLit | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 14 comments |
Time for another “Rename This Horrible Cover” contest.
We like Isaac Asimov‘s The Gods Themselves, but wonder if you can come up with a better title for this particular cover? (Click to embiggen.)
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.
August 19th, 2021. FanLit | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 17 comments |
Usually at this time of year we promote Free Comic Book Day and ask you about your plans for visiting your local comic shop, but this year, due to the pandemic, it’s been postponed to August 14.
So, instead, let’s do another “Rename This Horrible Cover” contest.
Farnham’s Freehold, by Robert A. Heinlein, was published in 1964, probably not coincidentally, the same year as the last cover we mocked. You can click the image to embiggen.
April 29th, 2021. FanLit | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 15 comments |
Time for another “Rename This Horrible Cover” contest!
The Underpeople, by Cordwainer Smith, was published in 1964 and makes up half of the novel Norstrilia. The cover is…. striking…
Can you suggest a better name for a book with this cover?
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.
April 8th, 2021. FanLit | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 19 comments |
Time for another “Rename This Horrible Cover” contest!
Actually, this cover isn’t that bad, but we do feel like the book needs a better title — one that fits the cover art better.
Can you suggest one?
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.
September 10th, 2020. FanLit | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 18 comments |
Time for another “Rename This Horrible Cover” contest!
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.
Got a suggestion for a horrible cover that needs renaming? Please send it to Kat.
We love this game!
April 9th, 2020. FanLit | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 12 comments |
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.
Got a suggestion for a horrible cover that needs renaming?
September 26th, 2019. FanLit | E.E. "Doc" Smith | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 14 comments |
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.
Got a suggestion for a horrible cover that needs renaming? Please send it to Kat.
We love this game!
April 12th, 2018. FanLit | Jack Williamson | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 22 comments |
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.
We love this game!
February 15th, 2018. FanLit | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 16 comments |
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.
We love this game!
November 30th, 2017. FanLit | Phyllis Eisenstein | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 14 comments |
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