Dalek Special, 1979, Terrance Dicks
Now you too can defeat the Daleks by, uhm, coloring in pages, solving mazes and doing hidden image puzzles.

The Challenge of Smoke Wade, 1951, Robert J. Hogan
Sometimes it takes a lot of character to refrain from pointing out the unintentional homoeroticism of western paperback covers…

Heroes & Monsters of Greek Myth, 1967, Bernard Evslin, Dorothy Evslin and Ned Hoopes
Apparently 60s ideas of classical Greece did not include practical headgear.

Uncle Pogo So-So Stories, 1953, Walt Kelly
Man, dig that marginalia.

Mini-Mysteries, 1973, Julia Remine Piggin
“The killer was…the short guy!”
“Again?”

The Mystery of the Talking Skull, 1969, Robert Athur
“What do you and your friends do with Mr. Hitchcock, anyway?”
“We solve weird mysteries for him.”
“…I don’t want you going over there anymore.”

Never Dead With a Dragon, 1990, Robert N. Charrette
Although it just loses out to World of Darkness for the title of “Most 90s RPG” I suppose we should give the makers of Shadowrun credit for their prescience in anticipating the “two things” school of geek culture hybridization.
Ah, let’s go ahead and blame them for urban fantasy too.
(Actually, the Charrette books are fairly good.)

A Murder in Marienburg, 2007, David Bishop
When I’m tired of police procedurals disguised as licensed fantasy fiction (and vice versa) I’ll be tired of reading entirely.

Another Fine Myth, 1978, Robert Asprin
You really shouldn’t revisit things you loved as a kid.
Exhibit #287…

The Gray Wolf and Other Fantasy Stories, 1980, George MacDonald
Victorian fantasy authors are why I don’t have a lot of patience for the twee, gothy fantasy writers of today.