Jan 09
Frank Comments: Helmets for men only because we wouldn’t want to mess up the lady officers’ hair. And if we’re seeing the forward view, I hope they’re looking at the rear view mirror.
Published 1980
Frank Comments: Helmets for men only because we wouldn’t want to mess up the lady officers’ hair. And if we’re seeing the forward view, I hope they’re looking at the rear view mirror.
Published 1980
January 9th, 2012 at 8:57 am
I’m getting a lot of pareidolia from that space station.
January 9th, 2012 at 9:32 am
You can tell by their expressions that there’s NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT THOSE TITLES AT ALL.
January 9th, 2012 at 9:50 am
Best title combination… ever…
January 9th, 2012 at 10:18 am
Surely those titles were the result of a bet. “I bet you can’t get a reference to…”
January 9th, 2012 at 11:07 am
@Repton: you’d be smirking like that, too, if you tried to find the hard way up a Bertram Chandler!
Or, you’d be trying to maintain your composure like that couple in the foreground.
Love the mouse-over text!
January 9th, 2012 at 11:41 am
Well, it is panto season, so:
BEHIND YOU!
I’ve always wanted to use this author as a quiz answer…
Q. Who wrote THE ROAD TO THE RIM?
A. Bertram Chandler.
Works for multiple choice, too, as long as the answer is A.
January 9th, 2012 at 11:42 am
I’d like to see an ITV drama based on this book. Sponsored by Domestos. Or Toilet Duck.
January 9th, 2012 at 11:50 am
I suspect the helmet is there to hide that his head is considerably larger than hers.
January 9th, 2012 at 5:53 pm
At least there are female officers — science fiction (at least the early stuff) is notoriously bad in that regard…. But yes, the point is well-taken…
January 9th, 2012 at 6:42 pm
What is that crewman in the far lower left background doing?
January 9th, 2012 at 10:57 pm
I think it’s forced perspective. The man is missing his left arm, but he’s actually standing ahead of the woman, so he looks bigger.
Well, it works for movie hobbits, right?
January 18th, 2012 at 7:11 pm
It’s captain Janeway and captain Jean Luc Picard (with his fancy “next generation” hat) together for the first time….on a mission that will be much more challenging than anything they faced in the past!
May 28th, 2015 at 12:36 pm
Where’s the “Behind You!” tag?
May 28th, 2015 at 2:03 pm
@RachelJ: it’s BEHIND YOU! And it’s wearing a funny hat. 🙂
May 29th, 2015 at 10:32 am
While trying to neutralize the threat of R-Ver, the child of V-Ger, Janeway has to deal with a family crisis involving her special-needs brother, Captain Lampshade.
June 2nd, 2015 at 12:34 pm
Sequels were:
ALL THE WAY IN TO THE RIM
and
HARD UP ON THE ROAD
They were banned in 26 countries for the titles alone.