“Yes, hello? Do you have a copy of The Queen of Lamba? Er, Bamba? No, Yamba? Samba? 5amba? On second thoughts, just give me Stranger in a Strange Land and we’ll say no more about it.”
I think the little dude with the spear has bigger problems than that six-legged mongoose he’s fending off. First of all, he appears to be in outer space. Second problem, there’s a space-ship about to crash into him.
And third and most important, his mutton-chopped boss has started calling him “The Queen of Samba” behind his back.
For those (like myself) who did not get fred’s comment the first time (or the second, or the third as a matter of fact): if you really close attention to this cover, you might find out that the Zueen of Famba and the Cosmic Manhunt are most probably the same book.
“The Cosmic Manhunt” is printed in really tiny type right above “Camp” on the cover of [The Queen of &Prince;amba]. Isaac Asimov is distracting you from the fact you already bought this book. The cover of [The Cosmic Manhunt], so titled, makes it pretty clear who’s hunting for a man. There’s one here, lady, waving. Possibly a mistake.
I think it’s quite likely that Isaac Asimov preferred the cover of [The Cosmic Manhunt], too, except that we had to go looking for it.
I showed this to my husband and he now insists I write something called “The Tween of Samba” (she was in over her head…the other contestants were all older than her) I’m envisioning a Hunger Games-esque dance contest…
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March 14th, 2012 at 11:21 am
Gah! The fonts, they burn! And the diatomaceous seed-pod ship and the horrible heraldic-icon art, and Isaac Asimov’s face gazing out over all. Yow.
(Hey, how come L. Sprague de Camp needed Asimov’s introduction? He was a long-established author by 1977.)
March 14th, 2012 at 12:59 pm
Jhe 2ueen Øf 3amba?
March 14th, 2012 at 2:44 pm
“Yes, hello? Do you have a copy of The Queen of Lamba? Er, Bamba? No, Yamba? Samba? 5amba? On second thoughts, just give me Stranger in a Strange Land and we’ll say no more about it.”
March 14th, 2012 at 2:48 pm
I think Asimov’s choice was not to be on that cover over that horrid font.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:50 pm
Look out space monster! He’s about to burst your giant ball!
March 14th, 2012 at 2:55 pm
I think the little dude with the spear has bigger problems than that six-legged mongoose he’s fending off. First of all, he appears to be in outer space. Second problem, there’s a space-ship about to crash into him.
And third and most important, his mutton-chopped boss has started calling him “The Queen of Samba” behind his back.
March 14th, 2012 at 4:21 pm
Werewolfipede!!!!
March 14th, 2012 at 6:26 pm
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/Cosmic_Manhunt.jpg
BEHOLD!!!
She defied the code of space! Awesome in all its queenly awesomeness!
March 14th, 2012 at 9:27 pm
@Fred – The code of space? Is that like the Highway Code? Or the Countryside Code?
March 14th, 2012 at 9:32 pm
For those (like myself) who did not get fred’s comment the first time (or the second, or the third as a matter of fact): if you really close attention to this cover, you might find out that the Zueen of Famba and the Cosmic Manhunt are most probably the same book.
March 14th, 2012 at 9:48 pm
Also check out these toe-tapping, hip-shaking sequels to ASIMOV’S CHOICE: THE QUEEN OF SAMBA
-ASIMOV’S CHOICE: THE KING OF ZUMBA
-ASIMOV’S CHOICE: THE EMPRESS OF SALSA
March 14th, 2012 at 10:19 pm
@fred: Aww, L. Sprague de Camp got some really tragic covers.
March 15th, 2012 at 9:47 am
Asimov’s Choice, like Sophie’s Choice but with far more logic.
March 15th, 2012 at 3:48 pm
Worst pantomime horse ever.
Cracking sideburns on Asimov though.
March 15th, 2012 at 7:14 pm
I think it might have been over at Librarything that I saw someone use the oath “By Asimov’s sideburns.” Makes me chuckle every time.
March 16th, 2012 at 12:00 am
“The Cosmic Manhunt” is printed in really tiny type right above “Camp” on the cover of [The Queen of &Prince;amba]. Isaac Asimov is distracting you from the fact you already bought this book. The cover of [The Cosmic Manhunt], so titled, makes it pretty clear who’s hunting for a man. There’s one here, lady, waving. Possibly a mistake.
I think it’s quite likely that Isaac Asimov preferred the cover of [The Cosmic Manhunt], too, except that we had to go looking for it.
March 17th, 2012 at 8:44 pm
I showed this to my husband and he now insists I write something called “The Tween of Samba” (she was in over her head…the other contestants were all older than her) I’m envisioning a Hunger Games-esque dance contest…
April 9th, 2012 at 9:32 pm
Gnoph-keh! That beast is a gnoph-keh! I say, what a surprise, that a book by L.Sprague de Camp should have a Mythos reference…
June 21st, 2012 at 11:48 pm
“I hope this wasn’t his first choice.”
You mean there was a worse suggestion?
July 20th, 2012 at 11:21 am
I literally had to click for the big version and read the plain-font title off the spine to work out what it actually said…
(For the record, the &Prince; symbol is actually a “Z”)
October 8th, 2012 at 12:27 am
At first glance, no joke, I thought the title was “The Queer of Samba”. That is a really, REALLY Bad font.
@hestia: Adding a Hunger Games-esque twist to any of the current dance contest shows could only improve them. Markedly.