Feb 16
Like a baseball bat to the face, we’ll hit our viewers with something special. A large forest women with rams horns and red curly hair. Perfect? Not quite. She’ll be wading her way through a swamp with another considerably smaller green tinted female watching. Now we’re perfect.
February 16th, 2010 at 9:33 am
Damn, looks like we’ll have to get a magician to un-attach the o’s in brooks.
February 16th, 2010 at 9:37 am
Editor : Hmm Terry, theres just too many letters in your surname “Brooks”….
Terry : Six letters is too many? Just use a smaller font, what the hell do i pay you for?
Editor : I made rice crispie biscuits….
Terry : You’re not going to use a smaller font, are you?
Editor : …they have cheese sprinkles
I read first three possibly 4 of his Sword of Shannara when i was like 14, which i enjoyed. I didn’t like the direction of the 2nd series set in that world and gave it up about 40 pages in. I think the book above is vaguely comedy, but i could be wrong
February 16th, 2010 at 10:59 am
Cheese sprinkles on rice crispie biscuits? You’re no man…
‘Ohhh so you used the herbal essences with added radiation. Well your hair does look fantastic.’
February 16th, 2010 at 12:20 pm
“Why thank you, i also use herbal essences conditioner to sort out that tangle in my er… box…” -call me a taxi, i’ll get my coat.
BTW Did you see Barclays profits were £11.6bn this financial year?! Who’d have thought fantasy writing was so profitable???
February 16th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
multiple posts win.
Just looking at the background of that photo. Someone seriously wanted rid of their Simon Green novels… then again, he did write the novel adaptation of a Kevin Costner movie
*crosses fingers that Simon who posts here isnt Simon Green lol*
February 16th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
I’m not.
February 16th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
*coughs to break the awkward silence*
February 16th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Who would have guessed there are atleast two Simons in the UK
February 17th, 2010 at 11:57 am
I found the original picture on the artists website. original artwork
I actually quite like the art when you see it in full detail, but still wouldnt want it on a cover
February 17th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
Not my intention to cause awkwardness.
I’ve heard rumours about a third Simon but frankly I think that’s ridiculous.
February 17th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
“The Third Simon” by Dan Brown
April 22nd, 2010 at 7:07 am
you can bet that box is tangled
May 1st, 2010 at 4:46 pm
I HAVE this book. Surprisingly enough, the cover is relevant to the story.
April 10th, 2012 at 11:08 pm
The Magic Kingdom of Landover series was actually pretty good–for the first 2 books. The third one was OK, but then this one came out. I found the cover to be very off-putting. Everything about this cover screamed at me, “Don’t Buy It!!!!” Reeeally should have listened….Needless to say, I haven’t read any of the rest of the series since then.
April 13th, 2012 at 4:09 am
When She-Hulk met Miss Megabytes of Ram …
April 2nd, 2015 at 11:48 am
I like to think that this picture was painted of the scene where She-Ram fell out of the tree into the muck and is now trying to recapture the awe of her visitor.
May 8th, 2020 at 5:50 am
“The Magic Kingdom of Land Rover” would make a great name for an upscale auto dealership.
May 8th, 2020 at 11:11 am
Mating season among giant ram people must be quite the tourist destination and the basis for the best unmade Monty Python skit never made.
May 8th, 2020 at 12:20 pm
At this stage I’m wondering if there’s such a thing as a New York Times Worstseller.
May 8th, 2020 at 3:33 pm
@THX: yes, all my books.
May 8th, 2020 at 3:54 pm
I think big woman is warning little woman about the monstrous crocodiles* that bit off her lower legs.
*Other fearsome creatures are available but as I’m Australian I’m going with crocs.
May 9th, 2020 at 12:27 am
Love the L.A. Rams new cheerleader outfits!
May 9th, 2020 at 12:54 am
It’s well-done, all proportioned and everything. It may even apply to the book’s plot. It’s just daft. Giant woman’s right fingers are in a strange position.
And yes, the juxtaposition of the title and art is, erm. Well, yes.
@BC: “With out-of-this-world financing!”
@fred: It must have been too tough even for the Pythons to consider.
@THX: raises hand
@B’man: Rah, rah, siss, boom, BAAAH. Tiny woman must be auditioning for the team (She’s gone green from a badly-maintained swimming pool).