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Worldwar – Tilting the Balance

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Always the lizards... always...Click for full image

Art Direction: A lizard… with a codpiece… fighting in World War 2 may seem like a crazy idea. But just put him in a work out vest and give him a laser gun. It will all work itself out!
Published 1995

Actually, that cover is a visual feast!I would pick that one up.Neeaaa, I've seen worse.Interesting, but I would still take it on a train.It's somewhere between the awful/good scale.Would not like to be seen reading that!Awful... just awful...I swear, thats my flatmates!Gah... my eyes! They are burning!Good Show Sir.... Good Show! (Average: 6.76 out of 10)
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11 Responses to “Worldwar – Tilting the Balance”

  1. Phil Says:
    December 7th, 2011 at 9:02 am

    Sinuous muscles. Not an ounce of fat. Once-piece revealing costume. Head-mounted microphone…

    Madonna!

  2. Phil Says:
    December 7th, 2011 at 9:03 am

    ONE-piece. Damned typos.

  3. Phil Says:
    December 7th, 2011 at 9:04 am

    Last comment for today, I promise.

    We’ve seen a lot of blue-hued covers this last week. Is it a seasonal thing?

  4. THX 1138 Says:
    December 7th, 2011 at 10:11 am

    I don’t think this prequel to the V remake would be any more successful…

  5. Skuds Sister Says:
    December 7th, 2011 at 11:26 am

    Not to be nit-picky but it just says ‘World War’ not ‘World War 2′. To (mis)quote the Doctor ‘lots of planets have world wars….’

  6. Adam Roberts Says:
    December 7th, 2011 at 12:06 pm

    You’re really going to try and tell me that “Tilting the Balance” is a better title than “Balancing the Tilt”? Really? Really?

  7. fred Says:
    December 7th, 2011 at 6:41 pm

    These space invaders were way down the list when it came to competence. Send investigative probes. Check. Armored knights height of military science. Check. This will be easy. Check. Send slow boat invasion force. Check. Don’t continue probing Earth. Check. Arrive in the middle of WW2. Wackiness ensued.

  8. Dead Stuff With Big Teeth Says:
    December 7th, 2011 at 7:07 pm

    Look at that lizard in the background. He’s off-balance on his tippy toes.

    Hm…”Tipping the Balance”…hm…

    “What we in the Well, Basically Club propose to do is use SAM missiles fired from underground silos to knock the lizards over.”

  9. A.R.Yngve Says:
    December 7th, 2011 at 9:26 pm

    I’m torn…

    Should I nitpick about details…? (Lizard soldiers with no food, water or ammo…)

    Or gripe about publishers squeezing every last drop of Significance out of World War II…?

    Or make a sarcastic quip about how “astounding” the whole concept is (about as “astounding” as Rockets To The Moon)…?

  10. SI Says:
    December 8th, 2011 at 11:04 am

    X-Factor contestants are actually improving this year.

  11. Anti-Sceptic Says:
    December 9th, 2011 at 7:08 pm

    “The astounding alternate history of alien invasion”…..wait a minute. You mean to tell me that there’s a non-alternate history of alien invasion? That’s the one that I would like to read about!

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