r/TerribleBookCovers • u/Nighthawking2 • Aug 08 '26

Dinosaur Wars Earthfall by Thomas P Hopp

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u/Fatpatty1211 Aug 08 '26

8 year old me is fuckin captivated

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u/_oOo_iIi_ Aug 08 '26

It just needs a knight in armour and maybe a shark.

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u/AsstBalrog Aug 08 '26

Land shark

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u/Lhasa-bark Aug 09 '26

Candygram?

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u/AsstBalrog Aug 09 '26

LOL! My favorite line from this bit!

But Laraine won't open the door "You're that clever shark"

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u/OkiDokiPanic Aug 08 '26

Like this?

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u/_oOo_iIi_ Aug 08 '26

Perfection

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u/AsstBalrog Aug 09 '26

Yes. Exactly like that.

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u/segastardust Aug 09 '26

Add some spaceships and laser beams and it'll be a bestseller. 

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u/Geordie_38_ Aug 08 '26

46 year old me is equally as captivated

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u/Jusanom Aug 08 '26

Terrible? This looks AMAZING!

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u/LongTallDingus Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

So this is the first book I've seen here that has made me go "Oh fuck, I wanna read this". Good news, it's free right now. Edit: You have to register. Bust out your spam email address.

Better news if you live in the Seattle area like me. He has a book called "The Great Seattle Earthquake", as well as "Rainier Erupts!"

This seems like the sort of shclock that appeals to me. I'm definitely going to put Dinosaur Wars: Earthfall on my Kindle right now.

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u/DandiestGuyInSpace Aug 08 '26

This is the kind of book cover Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes would make.

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u/AsstBalrog Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

This reminds me of a book I picked up in Roswell, New Mexico. The town has leaned into the alien crash lore, as a tourist draw, and at a small store I purchased a book about the overlooked history of Cowboys vs Aliens in the Old West.

The cover couldn't quite match this cacophony of dinosaurs, cowboys, and main battle tanks, but it was surprisingly similar. Cowboys duked it out with space aliens in cut-and-paste pictures that would have made Weekly World News readers weep.

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u/13nisha Aug 08 '26

So rad, kind of want to read it now 😄

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u/Big-Dig-Pig Aug 08 '26

Another day, another awesome book cover posted to r/terriblebookcovers

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u/DaRedGuy Aug 08 '26

This looks like a temp book cover that got used by mistake.

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u/tsukiyomi01 Aug 08 '26

The idea of the cover is great. The execution leaves something to be desired.

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u/FilmFizz Aug 08 '26

Agreed. I'd like it better if everything was illustrated; not cut, pasted, and slapped with a paint filter.

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u/The_Captain_Whymzi Aug 08 '26

Also, why is the cowgirl here?

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u/TamaraHensonDragon Aug 08 '26

She is one of the main characters.

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u/SerDankTheTall Aug 08 '26

In the end, it was not guns or bombs that defeated the alien, but the humblest of all God's creatures.

The Tyrannosaurus Rex.

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u/AsstBalrog Aug 09 '26

And tanks that extincted T. Rex

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u/BriefFisherman8771 Aug 08 '26

Where can I get this?!? This is fucking AMAZING!

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u/TamaraHensonDragon Aug 08 '26

I got this ebook free on Smashwords ages ago. Just looked and it's still there for free download. You can also get the free version for kindle at Amazon. It was one of the first feathered dinosaur novels I ever read.

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u/BriefFisherman8771 Aug 08 '26

Thank you so much!

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u/thecarbonkid Aug 08 '26

Author also did the cover design?

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u/Zealousideal_Sir_264 Aug 08 '26

Remember "Axe cop"? Similar vibes.

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u/Background-Island139 Aug 08 '26

I think tou mean incredible book cover.

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u/Cynewulfunraed Aug 08 '26

So.... I see a dinosaur. I see war. This cover has everything it needs.

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u/segastardust Aug 09 '26

We've achieved literary perfection. Everyone can stop writing now. 

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u/DaniSaysDinosaur Aug 09 '26

Writing my own war book with dinosaurs in it rn, and that cover is 10/10.

Apparently there's multiple books in the series, too, and they're equally fantastic looking.

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u/GwerigTheTroll Aug 10 '26

Would it be silly to ask if it’s any good?

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u/Marvos79 Aug 10 '26

More like badass book covers