He’s so arch he can arch his eyebrow while wearing a cartoon vulture logo – for all we know he’s standing in an actual arch. He’s probably arching his back as well. Created by an archbishop too. Arch, is what I’m saying.
Gary K. Wolf, the creator of Roger Rabbit! (Not Gary K. Wolfe, the SF critic.)
I fear the Gene Wolfe quotation has been taken out of context:
I’m sure some people will READ IT, AND HAVE A THRILLING ADVENTURE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIALIZED IN PLANET STORIES, while the rest of us will toss it aside as outdated, derivative junk.
What’s that critter on his chest? Goth Hello Kitty? Hello Cthulu?
…a thrillling adventure that might possibly have been serialized in “Planet Stories” or some other simliar publication of the Golden Era of pulp science fiction like “Amazing Stories,” “Astounding Stories,” “Cosmic Stories,”or “Startling Stories.” Or not.
He’s going for the Spock eyebrow thing, but it’s coming across as Tony Hawks. The guy who went round Ireland with a fridge, not the guy who went round in circles on a piece of wood.
The Gene Wolfe blurb is a carcrash, though, isn’t it? ‘read a story that would have been serialised in Planet Stories‘ makes me mentally add ‘…would have, if only it hadn’t been such rubbish.’
@AS – No, a few years ago SciFi channel changed their name to SyFy. That’s also when they started showing things like professional wrestling. Though that finally seems to be gone. (The woman who used to be in charge HATED science fiction so she was forever putting on non-scifi programing.)
Smirky McSmug, party of one.
(He’s so superior, he doesn’t need anyone else)
I love how the first Amazon review said they bought it at a dollar store — didn’t make a whole lot of dough for Syfy, did it?
Do click on the Goodreads reviews, which contain such gems as “Pretty much what you would expect from space pulp fiction written by an archbishop”, “backpfeifengesicht”, and another reference to the dollar stores which seem to have been this book’s major sales channel.
July 1st, 2011 at 10:23 am
He’s so arch he can arch his eyebrow while wearing a cartoon vulture logo – for all we know he’s standing in an actual arch. He’s probably arching his back as well. Created by an archbishop too. Arch, is what I’m saying.
July 1st, 2011 at 10:33 am
Woah! He can arch his arm the wrong way too!
July 1st, 2011 at 11:13 am
The Wolfe quote implies that the narrative style is rather archaic, as well.
July 1st, 2011 at 11:36 am
Gary K. Wolf, the creator of Roger Rabbit! (Not Gary K. Wolfe, the SF critic.)
I fear the Gene Wolfe quotation has been taken out of context:
I’m sure some people will READ IT, AND HAVE A THRILLING ADVENTURE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIALIZED IN PLANET STORIES, while the rest of us will toss it aside as outdated, derivative junk.
Not that I’m pre-judging, mind.
July 1st, 2011 at 12:46 pm
Aggressively faux-retro.
July 1st, 2011 at 2:11 pm
What’s that critter on his chest? Goth Hello Kitty? Hello Cthulu?
…a thrillling adventure that might possibly have been serialized in “Planet Stories” or some other simliar publication of the Golden Era of pulp science fiction like “Amazing Stories,” “Astounding Stories,” “Cosmic Stories,”or “Startling Stories.” Or not.
July 1st, 2011 at 2:15 pm
That guy’s the archbishop of Newark, NJ. That explains a great deal.
July 1st, 2011 at 4:50 pm
Pooh! I was just at the zoo on Saturday, and the peacock was scarier than this guy.
July 1st, 2011 at 6:53 pm
A young John Noble starring in “Henry V in Space”.
July 1st, 2011 at 9:04 pm
It’s actually a veiled commentary on the author’s opinions of the pope.
July 1st, 2011 at 11:37 pm
He’s going for the Spock eyebrow thing, but it’s coming across as Tony Hawks. The guy who went round Ireland with a fridge, not the guy who went round in circles on a piece of wood.
July 2nd, 2011 at 10:04 am
Either this chap has had a stroke, or its a still from “When Facelifts Go Wrong”
July 3rd, 2011 at 6:10 pm
The Gene Wolfe blurb is a carcrash, though, isn’t it? ‘read a story that would have been serialised in Planet Stories‘ makes me mentally add ‘…would have, if only it hadn’t been such rubbish.’
July 3rd, 2011 at 11:24 pm
I think he’s saying do those things consecutively, and then compare the two.
July 8th, 2011 at 11:07 pm
Shouldn’t archbishops be writing books like A Case of Conscience or even Behold the Man instead??
July 15th, 2011 at 4:25 am
Space Vulture, a novel starring George Hamilton!
http://img1.loadtr.com/b-493748-George_Hamilton_cigar.jpg
July 17th, 2011 at 10:46 pm
OH MY GOD THE EYEBROW COMPELS ME!
July 18th, 2011 at 1:54 am
Oh Sci Fi, when it was Sci Fi instead of Sy Fy.
July 26th, 2011 at 5:56 pm
I must be old….Isn’t it still Sci Fi?
August 5th, 2011 at 5:47 pm
@AS – No, a few years ago SciFi channel changed their name to SyFy. That’s also when they started showing things like professional wrestling. Though that finally seems to be gone. (The woman who used to be in charge HATED science fiction so she was forever putting on non-scifi programing.)
August 12th, 2011 at 5:22 pm
He looks like George Hamilton. I was hoping for a sequel to the classic “Love at First Bite”.
February 12th, 2014 at 2:06 am
I knew that I had seen his logo somewhere…
July 18th, 2015 at 11:57 am
Whether villain or a hero, a nom de guerre of “Space Vulture” and a cartoon logo will make you look ridiculous.
January 10th, 2017 at 4:39 am
Smirky McSmug, party of one.
(He’s so superior, he doesn’t need anyone else)
I love how the first Amazon review said they bought it at a dollar store — didn’t make a whole lot of dough for Syfy, did it?
Do click on the Goodreads reviews, which contain such gems as “Pretty much what you would expect from space pulp fiction written by an archbishop”, “backpfeifengesicht”, and another reference to the dollar stores which seem to have been this book’s major sales channel.
January 10th, 2017 at 5:32 pm
It must make John Wright green with envy.