Aug 02
Click for full imageJessie Comments: I really don’t know what to say about this, but I recommend noticing not only the shag carpet flames but also the subtle nuances of how the model’s head is too small for her body, which is wearing a very modern pair of socks.
Published 1985
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August 2nd, 2010 at 9:24 am
“A rousing trumpet voluntary”
Does that hurt anyone else’s head?
August 2nd, 2010 at 9:56 am
What’s with the giant ghost with flame breasts that have been ripped off in the background? Or are they supposed to be eyes? Yeah after seeing enough of these you have to point these things out.
August 2nd, 2010 at 12:39 pm
I think those boob eyes are supposed to be the eyes of grey alien? I love it when my fantasy gets a little scifi mixed in. It would be even more amusing to me if said grey aliens are not featured in the novel at all and the artist just threw them in for fun.
August 2nd, 2010 at 2:46 pm
What was going through McCaffrey’s head? I mean caring and sharing and daring?
Anne: “I’m a poet and you don’t know it, but my feet sure show it ’cause they’re long fellows”
Friend: “Ms. McCaffrey, have you been taking someone else’s prescription painkillers again?”
August 2nd, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Hey! With a beautiful woman and a romantic sunset, a shag carpet sounds like an excellent idea!
However, whoever positioned it must be brain-damaged.
October 29th, 2013 at 6:28 pm
Winner worst blurb FOR FREAKIN’ EVER!!
Seriously, all you other blurbs pack it in and head back to your covers. There be none that shall even rise to within striking distance of this incoherence.
Nice bit of brilliance though, when you think of all the people it had to get past before it went to the printer.
October 29th, 2013 at 7:25 pm
@FoM—truly, only a blurb another writer could have written. Should be erased and replaced with a single word: “Precious!”
May 1st, 2014 at 4:36 am
I knew I’d seen this woman somewhere.
http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2009/11/the-giant-of-inishkerry/
May 5th, 2014 at 11:15 am
What I admire about this blurb is the way it manages to be so weird and nonsensical, while still somehow making the book it “praises” sound as repellent as possible. And McCaffrey makes this tricky balancing act look so effortless! What a master!
May 6th, 2014 at 8:42 am
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August 14th, 2015 at 6:51 pm
So.. is she the boor then?
August 25th, 2015 at 1:22 am
Is that Sigourney Weaver?
August 25th, 2015 at 1:23 am
@Anna: no, Sigourney Weaver brings dignity to her roles.
August 27th, 2015 at 12:35 am
@Dead Stuff With Big Teeth: Having seen “Aliens”, I concede your point.
August 14th, 2017 at 3:26 pm
McCaffrey really needs to work harder on her blurbing. Nothing ‘Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant’ about this blurb.
August 15th, 2017 at 5:19 am
@L.B. she’s been dead for years; her blurbing ain’t gonna improve.