My Old friend David Gerard​ raises yet another hole in the * Puppies' story.

My Old friend David Gerard​ raises yet another hole in the * Puppies' story.

Originally shared by David Gerard

Forward to your SF friends! And buy some Chris Foss prints, he was good.
http://rocknerd.co.uk/2016/09/04/the-hugos-the-sad-puppies-and-1970s-science-fiction-paperback-covers-which-were-ridiculous/

Comments

  1. David Gerard4 September 2016 at 18:23

    I didn't even realise who Chris Foss was until I was assembling cover images for this post and found his site, and went "ohhh that guy had a name."

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  2. John Samuel4 September 2016 at 20:49

    Oh this is glorious. Thanks Rob Masters for highlighting this, and many thanks to David Gerard for doing the research on it.

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  3. David Gerard4 September 2016 at 22:24

    cheers :-) Most of the "research" was hitting Google Images and trying to find my vague memories of thirty-odd years ago ...

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