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Click for full imageMissie Comments: It’s a little-known fact that when Asimov died, he was days away from sending his own head into space.
Published 1969
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Missie Comments: It’s a little-known fact that when Asimov died, he was days away from sending his own head into space.
Published 1969
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May 15th, 2012 at 9:58 am
Our book will blow your head off!!
May 15th, 2012 at 10:13 am
“Wait, I haven’t thought this through – how do I scratch my nose now?!”
May 15th, 2012 at 10:26 am
That’s a tragic miscalculation if ever I saw one.
May 15th, 2012 at 10:34 am
It can’t by Asimov, unless his mutton chops have fallen off due to excessive G forces. It must therefore be either Arthur C. Clarke or the father of Joe 90. Both of whom were scientists.
Notice that no ladies were permitted to appear in this volume, just “the men who make science”. I’d prefer to read a book by people (of any (or no) gender) who DO science, not those who just make it.
May 15th, 2012 at 11:39 am
Sequel anthologies were:
- Great Science Fiction By HAIRDRESSERS
- Great Science Fiction By POLICEMEN
- Great Science Fiction By DOOR-TO-DOOR SALESMEN
- Great Science Fiction By PLUMBERS
May 15th, 2012 at 11:41 am
“He-he und he! Mein new invention shall make me ze master of ze world! Once mein head goes into orbit, I will hold ze Earth to ransom with my deadly hands of… oh crap.”
May 15th, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Judging from the suit it’s Tom Wolfe.
May 15th, 2012 at 12:17 pm
Don Ivan Punchatz was the guy who created the original package art for the DOOM video game.
Now I now longer feel guilty about my first thought on seeing this cover: ‘Decapitated guy with torn arteries hanging from his neck.’
May 15th, 2012 at 12:34 pm
Chemistry…is so green…
May 15th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
Fancy a laugh? Do an image search for Groff Conklin, the editor. It looks like a ‘coming up next on GSS’ advert!
May 15th, 2012 at 2:53 pm
I would also like to point out that the head and the hands are awfully big compared to the suit. The head I can understand, since “scientists” are supposed to be “eggheads” (note: closely related to several, so please recognize irony here), but the hands?
May 15th, 2012 at 3:19 pm
“Thunderbalds are GO!!”
May 15th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
“HOLY CRAP! Would you look at that… a fire proof suit!!”
May 15th, 2012 at 3:29 pm
Idle thought: those could be retro-rockets, so the head could be making a descent, aiming to dock with the awaiting shirt collar aperture.
Other idle thought: but for the hands, the suit could be the invisible man (san bandages).
May 15th, 2012 at 5:57 pm
And its companion book “Great Science Fiction by Housewives”. Imaginative tales by the women who make dinner for the men who make science.
May 15th, 2012 at 10:06 pm
Phil: Picture the head-docking sequence with the waltz music from “2001″ playing…
;-P
May 16th, 2012 at 12:08 am
“Tuesday 15 March. Testing continues with the new Coke recipe. Pleasing taste. Some head launching.”
May 16th, 2012 at 6:06 am
“Yeah dude, get down to the lab. Asimov’s cooked up the good stuff and we’re all getting hiiiiighhhh!”
May 16th, 2012 at 6:09 am
“And I think it’s gonna be a long long time
Till touch down brings me round again to find
I’m not the man they think I am at home
Oh no, no, no, I’m a rocket man
Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone”
May 16th, 2012 at 1:52 pm
At last, a headache cure that really works!
May 17th, 2012 at 2:54 am
“Edited, and with an introduction by Groff Conklin”
Great misplaced commas by scientists!
May 17th, 2012 at 4:38 pm
Thank god it’s edited. I hate all those unedited books. They just go on and on.
Why aren’t there more people called Groff? Or Conklin?
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:11 pm
…did the scientists design the cover, too? :S
May 24th, 2012 at 4:23 am
Yikes. Yet another that is actually on my bookshelf. I must seek therapy.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:52 am
Great Science Fiction By TRANSFORMERS DISGUISED AS SCIENTISTS