I don’t see how the helmet works, frankly. And what’s with the hard-plastic plate-ruffles on the astronaut’s shoulders? They get in the way and would be terribly fragile and vulnerable.
Lloyd Biggle (jr.) had quite a run of covers, didn’t he?
I like this one. Some books hide the fact that they’re going to be boring behind exciting covers. Here, though, they’ve put the boredom right up front!
It is quite an interesting book… at least, I think so; it’s been a while. The dominant planet culture keeps these neanderthal gnome critters as slaves or worse, but is it a case of human or animal rights, and is it anyone else’s business?
I’m not sure why the giant termite mounds, though.
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February 28th, 2012 at 10:57 am
This isn’t one of those ventriloquist acts, is it?
February 28th, 2012 at 11:05 am
Well, how would YOU look if your space helmet came with such an old-fashioned ‘do on the helmet?
February 28th, 2012 at 1:06 pm
I don’t see how the helmet works, frankly. And what’s with the hard-plastic plate-ruffles on the astronaut’s shoulders? They get in the way and would be terribly fragile and vulnerable.
Or … Is he some kind of space-clown?
And where does the Neanderthal come in?
February 28th, 2012 at 2:20 pm
Lloyd Biggle (jr.) had quite a run of covers, didn’t he?
I like this one. Some books hide the fact that they’re going to be boring behind exciting covers. Here, though, they’ve put the boredom right up front!
February 28th, 2012 at 3:44 pm
I guess I encounter the word “menders” infrequently enough that my brain initially tried to turn it into some kind of nonsensical verb.
“Do you have the report on planetary conditions?”
“Mendering has increased by 25%, sir.”
stupid brain.
February 28th, 2012 at 5:35 pm
I can date cave boy somewhere between the PostGanja and PreVisine epochs.
February 28th, 2012 at 8:34 pm
Yoss: I agree, but the whole thing re-phrases it self in my stupid brain:
THE MIND BOGGLES, by Lloyd Menders, Jr.
This cover almost counts for a “behind you!”, but if spaceman can’t sense that caveman is there, he doesn’t deserve any assistance from the audience.
I wonder whether this is drawn to scale. Were neanderthals really that big? And is red-eye what drove them to extinction? I think we should be told.
February 29th, 2012 at 10:00 am
“So Johnson got himself a new space ship.”
“Really?”
“Yep.”
“Oh.”
“Uh huh.”
“That’s nice.”
“Yeah.”
February 29th, 2012 at 10:52 am
“They were the most bored people in the universe — but together they became
THE WORLD BORERS”
March 15th, 2012 at 11:50 pm
It is quite an interesting book… at least, I think so; it’s been a while. The dominant planet culture keeps these neanderthal gnome critters as slaves or worse, but is it a case of human or animal rights, and is it anyone else’s business?
I’m not sure why the giant termite mounds, though.
March 23rd, 2012 at 5:11 pm
The world menders are the odd couple? Really?