Jan 28
Art Direction: Screw this! It’s a light hearted novel about a space dentist. Lets just give them exactly that. I mean, what could go wrong?
Published 1974
Art Direction: Screw this! It’s a light hearted novel about a space dentist. Lets just give them exactly that. I mean, what could go wrong?
Published 1974
January 28th, 2011 at 9:18 am
This cover is just so wrong.
January 28th, 2011 at 9:44 am
I’ve heard of being down in the mouth but this is… eh, yeah…
January 28th, 2011 at 10:17 am
Wait a second, that’s a compass! You’re no dentist! You’re a mathematician! Guards!
January 28th, 2011 at 10:45 am
Assuming that’s attempting to depict the scene I think it is, that mouth is actually far, far too small
January 28th, 2011 at 11:22 am
I’ve developed a sudden and strong interest in this book. It might be silly, but it’s a great concept and great cover – potential accuracy notwithstanding – and I’m sure a lot could be done with the idea; I want to know what has been!
January 28th, 2011 at 11:28 am
The title rates highly on the “how am I supposed to pronounce that?” scale.
The artwork also falls into that special genre of “scenes that might be in deep space, or might be underwater, we just aren’t sure”.
At first, I though the man’s left hand was resting on a lower incisor. Then I saw the shadow of his hand, and realised he is free-floating. Either way, I think he should get out of their before it’s too late.
January 28th, 2011 at 11:40 am
Millenium Falcon comes to mind…
January 28th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
Someone isn’t flossing.
January 28th, 2011 at 3:03 pm
They do say that dentistry is one of the most stressful professions.
January 28th, 2011 at 3:30 pm
I have this book, but the cover is different. I feel cheated.
January 28th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
I sorta like it…
January 28th, 2011 at 4:23 pm
You don’t know how lucky you are, folks!
Can you imagine what the cover would look like if the content had matched the title?
“PROSTHO PLUS: Cosmic Prostate Examiner”
January 28th, 2011 at 4:56 pm
Prostho Plus: gets to the heart of the pain. Fast.
January 28th, 2011 at 6:24 pm
True terror struck deep to the core of our hero when he realized that it wasn’t a chunk of gristle causing the beast’s pain but rather another space dentist wedged between two bicuspids.
January 28th, 2011 at 7:22 pm
I read this from the library.
In the Gollancz hardback with the plain yellow cover.
January 28th, 2011 at 10:44 pm
I just have to know if its a crocodile or an alligator, Frank! Where’s my protractor?
January 29th, 2011 at 4:51 am
I’m with Jennifer in that I read the book, back in the day and the cover (of the copy I had) was not nearly as cool…
Piers Anthony wrote of ton of books that seemed to be excuses for the author to do research on a ridiculously wide variety of topics, sos he could crank out a book every 6 months or so…
January 29th, 2011 at 9:36 am
“Is it safe?”
January 30th, 2011 at 1:44 am
Sorry…every time I read it, I read it as ‘Potato Plus”…the color of them choppers doesn’t help one bit…
January 30th, 2011 at 10:19 am
Paraplegic Pictures Presents:
FANTASTIC VOYAGE II: The Quest To Save McCain’s Molars
in spectacular 3-D
January 31st, 2011 at 12:35 pm
Those are bloody big teeth for such a small hole. Assuming that’s a mouth that is.
February 1st, 2011 at 11:23 am
@Simon – Just suggesting, if you ever find a bodily hole that has teeth and isn’t a mouth, I suggest it’s time to run!
February 2nd, 2011 at 10:26 pm
But wait — what’s that ominous wail, coming from the depths of that hideous mouth? Could it be — Good God, please don’t let it be…
“AND IIII-IIIIIII… WILLL ALWWAYS LLLOVE YOU-UU-UUU…”
Noooo!!!