Mar 02
Click for full imageAmy Comments: I wish this snap had turned out better but I was getting suspicious glances from the clerk at the bookstore. At any rate, high focus is not entirely necessary to appreciate a fat, be-earringed red Troll doll brandishing a sword whilst riding on an anatomically challenged horse floating above a cloud in front of an angry sun. Winds of Limbo indeed. Also, it says Moorcock *snigger*
Published 1974
WHAT?!?
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March 2nd, 2011 at 9:01 am
That’s one hilarious cover. But it is so beautifully executed that I feel unable to give it a high GOOD SHOW, SIR rating. Take a look at the higher quality image on Wikipedia and you will see there is comedic subtlety in this artwork:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Michael_Moorcock_The_Winds_of_Limbo.png
March 2nd, 2011 at 10:14 am
The artwork’s good — it’s forgetting to put “Michael” before “Moorcock” that makes the cover such comedy gold.
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It Just Goes On and On
March 2nd, 2011 at 10:44 am
Is this what’s called breaking in a horse, or is it just breaking a horse?
March 2nd, 2011 at 12:40 pm
Every time I look at this cover, I keep seeing fetuses…goodbye…
March 2nd, 2011 at 1:05 pm
I like the way the horse’s back legs are made of rubber. And also the way the slight out-of-focus-ishness means I can’t be quite sure if that’s a sword potbellied-red-demon is holding, or if he just hasn’t cut his fingernails in a long, long time.
March 2nd, 2011 at 1:18 pm
The horse must be flapping his hind legs to fly. Now I understand.
March 2nd, 2011 at 1:31 pm
IMHO, that horse has EXACTLY the right reaction to what’s going on.
March 2nd, 2011 at 1:38 pm
I must say it’s one of the most hilarious covers I’ve seen here. The horse looks so terrified. I’m not amazed. If I found myself hanging mid-air with sword wielding, fat maniac on my back I would be out of my wits too!
March 2nd, 2011 at 1:56 pm
The horse is looking all like “OMG what happened to my Moorcock?!?!?” Which also explains why the red guy is waking the knife around triumphantly with an evil smirk. It’s a cruelty-to-animals theme.
Also, is that a really fluffy tail or is the horse farting?
March 2nd, 2011 at 3:24 pm
I’m just stunned … three bucks for that?!?
Pray tell, what is the “science fantasy” that Mayflower is selling here? I mean, I get the fantasy part … troll dolls and frightened airborne geldings and all, but where is the science?
March 2nd, 2011 at 8:46 pm
I’m glad Phil provided a link to a better image. I also think I do not have the hang of my cell’s camera. Still, I’m not convinced it is supposed to be humorous, however, I haven’t read the book. Moorcock certainly was published a lot, but his publishers didn’t seem to like him very much.
March 3rd, 2011 at 1:32 am
A demented, sword-wielding Tibetan demon would scare the horse hockey out any poor horse.
March 3rd, 2011 at 8:35 am
I have to say, putting Michael Moorcock covers up here is like shooting fish in a barrel. There is so much wrong with pretty much all of them. A lot like the contents really.
March 3rd, 2011 at 9:15 am
The horse is clearly upset cause someone has cast a magic fireball at them. The plump bloke hasn’t noticed it yet.
March 3rd, 2011 at 9:01 pm
CHUCKY TEN
IN WHICH HE CAN RIDE A HORSE
March 25th, 2015 at 4:36 am
Is it just me, or do the Winds of Limbo always seem to reek of unbaptized baby souls? I really hate that smell.
March 27th, 2023 at 7:01 pm
90 minutes after dropping the tab, Richard Jones declared that he still wasn’t tripping and decided to leave the party to go for a pony ride instead.
December 18th, 2023 at 9:45 pm
Moorcock/Blue Oyster Cult/Heavy Metal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veteran_of_the_Psychic_Wars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuCv2fpNusU&list=OLAK5uy_mSMFZRq5hmaOj-TCB6ACfLqgbyBsj0Y4c
December 19th, 2023 at 1:31 am
So the Winds of Limbo are almost enough to hold up a horse with a troll demon on its back, but not very securely. Thus horsie’s panicked expression as it screams in fear over falling and the entire scenario. Horse is probably thinking this is more Hell than Limbo.
Does Mayflower’s Fantasy always involve Moorcock? I mean, I wasn’t at all attracted to him the one time we met, but I don’t judge others’ taste.
December 19th, 2023 at 2:19 am
Looks like horsie has had quite enough of evil fat baby.
December 19th, 2023 at 2:24 am
@Emster (#prev.):
Indeed. Horse-of-a-different-color (let alone construction) is about to bite evil-trolly-baby on the stomach, it seems.
December 19th, 2023 at 5:23 pm
Is the horse flying through the air propelled by the “winds of limbo”? Small wonder it looks panicked if it can fart hard enough to take off.
(to be fair to Mayflower, I have a more recent edition of TWOL from the ’90s that actually shows a scene from the book on the cover and is so completely lacking in the sort of strangely rendered over the top awesome Mayflower/Granada/Grafton used to churn out at the drop of a hat. I mean this is just plain dull, innit? The guy can’t even bust a disco move properly, never mind ride a flying horse while waving a sword and grimacing…
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/eF0AAOSw9bZlaW3u/s-l1600.jpg)