This cover only strengthens the widespread prejudice that SF fans are turned on by rockets. Hogwash! We do not turn into slobbering gimps at the sight of large, shiny rockets with curved pointed heads and… bulbous, powerful thrusters, glistening with…
The novel climaxes with the Earth getting smashed to pieces by a rogue planet (I’ve read it)… and it didn’t occur to the publishers that they could use that on the cover??
@ARY: A quick look at ISFDB shows that perilously (har) few covers have used the obvious idea. Whereas so many covers without that book concept exist, as we have seen.
There do appear to be a couple of worlds possibly colliding in the background, but nobody notices due to the foreground.
This is the only cover with a gay orgy, luckily. The obligatory hero/heroine pair (who are actually in the book!) appear on several.
@ARY&GSSxn: Maybe the publishers didn’t want any spoilers on the cover, but I can’t help thinking the title is still a teeny little bit of a clue…
I assume the orgy (which looks about 80% gay as far as I can tell) is picturing one of the classic ‘what would you do if the world was going to end today’ options.
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September 5th, 2019 at 10:42 am
So that’s where Stallone and Travolta got the idea for Staying Alive.
September 5th, 2019 at 12:08 pm
Hey lady, who let you in here. This is a gay orgy for gay people.
September 5th, 2019 at 12:57 pm
The Men’s Chorus Club annual rocket-wash fund raiser got a little out of hand this year.
September 5th, 2019 at 1:55 pm
“We’re carrying too much weight. Everybody, off with your clothes and we can fit more people into the escape rocket!”
September 5th, 2019 at 2:37 pm
‘After Worlds Collide’ uses the same theme in cover art. Supermen…but some of them do look amazingly like women.
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https://www.biblio.com/book/after-worlds-collide-wylie-philip-edwin/d/1146238366?aid=frg&utm_source=google&utm_medium=product&utm_campaign=feed-details&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIiJetteS55AIVmpOzCh3ENA4lEAQYBCABEgIj0fD_BwE
September 5th, 2019 at 2:55 pm
@fred – Someone is getting blown away on that cover
September 5th, 2019 at 3:58 pm
I don’t know about worlds, but there are definitely moons colliding.
September 5th, 2019 at 3:58 pm
@Bibliomancer: Ah, leading to the sequel, “The Cold Equation” – everyone got chilly after throwing out their clothes!
September 5th, 2019 at 5:18 pm
That’s a really bad spot to hold an orgy, since the rocket blasting off will severely injure or kill them.
September 5th, 2019 at 5:48 pm
Now this is what it’s like when Worlds Collide!
September 5th, 2019 at 5:57 pm
When pinas colada.
September 5th, 2019 at 6:16 pm
They seem to have landed their rocket on the sun. No wonder they had to disrobe.
September 5th, 2019 at 8:12 pm
This cover only strengthens the widespread prejudice that SF fans are turned on by rockets. Hogwash! We do not turn into slobbering gimps at the sight of large, shiny rockets with curved pointed heads and… bulbous, powerful thrusters, glistening with…
Eh… Where was I…?
September 5th, 2019 at 8:56 pm
@TM #11…I can’t stop giggling 😀
Thank you. GSS!
September 6th, 2019 at 3:44 am
The naked men grow impatient at being the last in boarding priority, behind even basic economy and pets in hats.
September 6th, 2019 at 5:09 am
“You have to let him on board. He’s my emotional support sex slave”.
September 6th, 2019 at 7:00 am
Let’s face it, SF back then had so few women that it was a complete sausage fest. Rather less buff, though.
September 7th, 2019 at 9:13 pm
The novel climaxes with the Earth getting smashed to pieces by a rogue planet (I’ve read it)… and it didn’t occur to the publishers that they could use that on the cover??
September 8th, 2019 at 9:46 am
@ARY: A quick look at ISFDB shows that perilously (har) few covers have used the obvious idea. Whereas so many covers without that book concept exist, as we have seen.
There do appear to be a couple of worlds possibly colliding in the background, but nobody notices due to the foreground.
This is the only cover with a gay orgy, luckily. The obligatory hero/heroine pair (who are actually in the book!) appear on several.
September 9th, 2019 at 2:32 pm
@ARY&GSSxn: Maybe the publishers didn’t want any spoilers on the cover, but I can’t help thinking the title is still a teeny little bit of a clue…
I assume the orgy (which looks about 80% gay as far as I can tell) is picturing one of the classic ‘what would you do if the world was going to end today’ options.