“Reva has the unique ability to see different lines of causality spread out before her. When she chooses one of them, the others fade into nothingness and the new reality becomes her Mainline.”
I’m not sure what’s so special about this “power.” I mean, I do this every day, like, I’m in a bookstore deciding whether to buy the latest Flandry saga or the latest Dick Blade thriller, then I visualize myself sitting on a bus with either one of them, then I choose to buy Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy instead, and then the other two fade into nothingness. Isn’t that just sort of how reality works?
The cover art is a little weird, for sure! But it was a very good book and (FYI to the folks upthread) the back cover copy isn’t totally accurate and definitely doesn’t do it justice. 😉
Artist: “I started to paint an alien, but then I changed my mind… then I started on a space background, but I changed my mind… then I got to work on the female character, but I couldn’t make up my mind about her pose…”
Editor: “I see.”
Artist: “So, I guess it’s rejected then?”
Editor: “No, I like it! Just add some purple rectangles and we’re good to go.”
“Tsunamic use of reverse tint hotty, massive labia swirl, a bald twit, crap.” — Francesca Lion’s Chronic
Bah, shit decor, Rian
I AM LINEN
Fine real crotch scent LIII
December 11th, 2017 at 9:48 am
Look out, she’s gonna fall off the cover! Think of the implications!
December 11th, 2017 at 12:28 pm
Back cover. She has THAT superpower and wastes it on being an assassin?
And she looks like she’s speed skating.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71k448wVBKL.jpg
December 11th, 2017 at 12:54 pm
In a parallel timeline she adjusts her boob and scratches her butt?
December 11th, 2017 at 1:29 pm
“Dammit, killed by the Daleks with a cheap negative effect”
December 11th, 2017 at 1:55 pm
Using advanced imaging techniques I can discern that her other ability is Supertwerking!
December 11th, 2017 at 2:14 pm
@fred – I agree. If I had that superpower I’d start by fixing up election outcomes. And then I’d work on my stock portfolio.
December 11th, 2017 at 2:16 pm
Thank you Larry Niven. Now I must petition BAEN to produce a series of books starring heroine Ambitious Dynamite.
December 11th, 2017 at 3:22 pm
This must be why Sia switched to claymation for her videos.
December 11th, 2017 at 5:15 pm
Wow. What a graphic. It would be as powerful as
Duchamp’s “Nude Descending a Staircase” if it had a shred of artistic vision, skill or point to make.
December 11th, 2017 at 5:24 pm
“Reva has the unique ability to see different lines of causality spread out before her. When she chooses one of them, the others fade into nothingness and the new reality becomes her Mainline.”
I’m not sure what’s so special about this “power.” I mean, I do this every day, like, I’m in a bookstore deciding whether to buy the latest Flandry saga or the latest Dick Blade thriller, then I visualize myself sitting on a bus with either one of them, then I choose to buy Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy instead, and then the other two fade into nothingness. Isn’t that just sort of how reality works?
December 11th, 2017 at 5:32 pm
Tell that idiot artist that I said she should be extending her FOREARMS!
December 12th, 2017 at 6:26 am
The cover art is a little weird, for sure! But it was a very good book and (FYI to the folks upthread) the back cover copy isn’t totally accurate and definitely doesn’t do it justice. 😉
December 12th, 2017 at 8:04 am
Guy at top right: Narn, or turtle?
@B’mancer: She looks better that way; the negative image does her no favors.
I also can think of a whole lot of better ways to use that power. Apparently the power has nothing to do with brains or imagination.
November 7th, 2019 at 8:59 am
Editor: “Explain this cover art.”
Artist: “I started to paint an alien, but then I changed my mind… then I started on a space background, but I changed my mind… then I got to work on the female character, but I couldn’t make up my mind about her pose…”
Editor: “I see.”
Artist: “So, I guess it’s rejected then?”
Editor: “No, I like it! Just add some purple rectangles and we’re good to go.”
November 8th, 2019 at 9:10 pm
“Tsunamic use of reverse tint hotty, massive labia swirl, a bald twit, crap.” — Francesca Lion’s Chronic
Bah, shit decor, Rian
I AM LINEN
Fine real crotch scent LIII
November 9th, 2019 at 12:56 am
@anon: “reverse tint hotty, massive labia swirl, a bald twit, crap” is excellent.