Comments on: The Barsoom Project

By: Karl

Karl — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:07:37 +0000

Or your could design sci fi covers like this:

http://causticcovercritic.blogspot.com/2010/02/this-is-how-to-do-it.html

All this cover needs is Baen on it, add an alien Kzin cat thing, and some Vikings.

By: James Lovegrove

James Lovegrove — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:19:23 +0000

“From the look of the copy in the photo, somebody has tried doing just that.”

And yet still it came back. Obviously, like Poe’s black cat, it just can’t be killed.

By: CSA

CSA — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:24:57 +0000

Maybe the giant worm creatures don’t really have the same appeal as Niven’s Terminator Cats in Man-Kzin Wars.

It looks like the movies Westworld and Tremors have been shoved into one book. (which shouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing)

By: Adam Roberts

Adam Roberts — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:55:40 +0000

“It subliminally tells you that you should just tear the book up and chuck it away.”

From the look of the copy in the photo, somebody has tried doing just that.

By: SI

SI — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:33:24 +0000

Return to the dream park… To be fair if there was a park you could fight a large worm creature, I’d be there!

By: James Lovegrove

James Lovegrove — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:35:46 +0000

A worm creature made of wicker, as far as I can tell.

And I love the way the image makes it look as though the cover has been ripped across one corner. It subliminally tells you that you should just tear the book up and chuck it away.

By: CSA

CSA — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:19:45 +0000

“Unadulterated wish fulfilment”…. does anyone know if William Shatner is married?

… now i feel ill too

By: Adam Roberts

Adam Roberts — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:24:10 +0000

Makes me feel slightly ill. Just slightly, but ill nevertheless.