I wouldn’t want to wear a bubble helmet that apparently served no purpose beyond limiting one to a fishbowl’s worth of oxygen, either. I can’t believe they even bothered to pack them, honestly.
@Lillie A—Not being too wise to the ways of social media-speak, I do not know the meaning of that emoticon: O_o
I hope it doesn’t mean: “You idiot, why I oughta . . . .” or something similar.
😉 (this one I know).
A one-hit wonder about people on a space-station repopulating after everyone on Earth commits suicide. Nobody seems to know anything about the author but, it being 1960 and Britain, ‘Tyrone’ has to be an assumed name*. Maybe it’s one of the family who make Irn Bru – that would explain the cover’s colour-scheme.
(*Unless his mum was a big fan of flamboyant actor-managers of the late 19th century. Or he was about 19 and his mum really liked ‘The Mark of Zorro’.)
Guy in blue isn’t wearing his helmet either — is this refusal to wear helmets how humanity got down to The Last 14?
Or are they merely a fashion statement? Woman in blue’s helmet isn’t attached to anything, and nobody’s got air tanks. Person way in the background (center) doesn’t have a helmet OR shoulder pads! How did that happen?
At the far left, is that an armless survivor, or merely a mannequin? And where are the rest of the 14? At most, there’s 6 of them depicted.
One can see why Tyrone was undiscovered just as quickly.
@BC: I thought they were merely “booties” (ahem, Tag) but you’re right. That chick has hooves.
O_o means Lillie’s eyes are wide open in astonishment. One more than the other. It’s the perfect emoticon for GSS.
Woman in blue has popped her jaunty hip so much that everything below her waist is back to front. Tell me that doesn’t look more like a bum than a thigh front.
October 25th, 2018 at 10:39 am
You know what they say, Tyrone C. Barr, Tyrone Do Barr.
October 25th, 2018 at 11:20 am
“As leader of the last men I have some roles to assign. First I have to ask: are any of you a little bit gay-curious?”
October 25th, 2018 at 12:16 pm
Did the discoverer(s) of Mr. Barr get a K for this?
October 25th, 2018 at 1:44 pm
Green-clad damsel may certainly be hot, but she’s got a camel toe (no, really, look at her feet).
October 25th, 2018 at 1:46 pm
It’s a jaunty hip fest in the new world of tomorrow!
October 25th, 2018 at 2:04 pm
@B. Chichlitz – O_o
I wouldn’t want to wear a bubble helmet that apparently served no purpose beyond limiting one to a fishbowl’s worth of oxygen, either. I can’t believe they even bothered to pack them, honestly.
October 25th, 2018 at 2:36 pm
@Lillie A—Not being too wise to the ways of social media-speak, I do not know the meaning of that emoticon: O_o
I hope it doesn’t mean: “You idiot, why I oughta . . . .” or something similar.
😉 (this one I know).
October 25th, 2018 at 3:41 pm
A one-hit wonder about people on a space-station repopulating after everyone on Earth commits suicide. Nobody seems to know anything about the author but, it being 1960 and Britain, ‘Tyrone’ has to be an assumed name*. Maybe it’s one of the family who make Irn Bru – that would explain the cover’s colour-scheme.
(*Unless his mum was a big fan of flamboyant actor-managers of the late 19th century. Or he was about 19 and his mum really liked ‘The Mark of Zorro’.)
October 25th, 2018 at 6:05 pm
I would imagine the sleeveless spacesuits are just as unhelpful to clear breathing as not wearing a bubble helmet.
October 26th, 2018 at 12:39 am
Bubble helmet no, bubble brain, yes.
Guy in blue isn’t wearing his helmet either — is this refusal to wear helmets how humanity got down to The Last 14?
Or are they merely a fashion statement? Woman in blue’s helmet isn’t attached to anything, and nobody’s got air tanks. Person way in the background (center) doesn’t have a helmet OR shoulder pads! How did that happen?
At the far left, is that an armless survivor, or merely a mannequin? And where are the rest of the 14? At most, there’s 6 of them depicted.
One can see why Tyrone was undiscovered just as quickly.
@BC: I thought they were merely “booties” (ahem, Tag) but you’re right. That chick has hooves.
O_o means Lillie’s eyes are wide open in astonishment. One more than the other. It’s the perfect emoticon for GSS.
Woman in blue has popped her jaunty hip so much that everything below her waist is back to front. Tell me that doesn’t look more like a bum than a thigh front.
October 30th, 2018 at 1:04 am
Space station still has the “no fat chicks” sign on it, I see.
March 8th, 2020 at 3:12 pm
Q: What’s a “powerful” story?
A: Shorthand for “It’s 1960 so we can’t print the word ‘sexy’ yet.”