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Click for full imageGood Show Sir’s Art Direction: Many minds? He’s got many minds?! Well that means one thing which of course makes perfect sense. With more minds comes more… ummm… laser eyes! Science fact!
Published 1968
(Average: 7.85 out of 10)
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July 23rd, 2012 at 9:23 am
Man of many minds, without a single thought. In case your were wondering what he is looking at, just follow those solid lines coming out of his eyes.
Not sure that I like those Xmas decorations behind him.
July 23rd, 2012 at 9:57 am
Sign up now for laser surgery on the go!
July 23rd, 2012 at 10:12 am
He may not be the best lecturer but when he points something out with his laser pointers… He really puts on a great show!
July 23rd, 2012 at 11:40 am
Man of many minds? No wonder he’s wearing something which looks suspiciously like a straitjacket.
July 23rd, 2012 at 3:04 pm
Is there really any other way to vote for this one than a 9?
“Gah…my eyes! They are burning!”
July 23rd, 2012 at 3:22 pm
I have linked to the Project Gutenberg eText, though I haven’t had the time to read it. The review says he can transfer his mind to animals. Based on the art, maybe also anti-gravity onions.
July 23rd, 2012 at 3:37 pm
Link on Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/19660/19660-h/19660-h.htm
It seems the title character is a telepathic secret agent. I have yet to determine whether he in fact possesses laser-eyes, but I’m guessing the answer is “no”.
July 23rd, 2012 at 5:45 pm
Abounding astounding alliterations. M’s making merry, E’s enhancing effect.
July 24th, 2012 at 7:53 pm
The same cover art was also used for Sturgeon’s The Synthetic Man… Not sure which title makes the cover worse….
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?269843
July 25th, 2012 at 3:47 pm
So Doc, I have this problem….I can’t seem to get any sleep.
September 26th, 2012 at 7:46 pm
Typical “Promise Inferior Males a Daydream About Mental Powers” cover blurb, hmm? Rather bland copy, hmm?
“In his brain was the power to rule the world,” yadda yadda.
But apply the Universal Blurb Generator and you’ll spiff it up:
“In his (1) was the power to (2) the (3)”
In the numbered slots, use any of these alternatives:
(1)
– Brain
– Gonads
– Knee
– Pinky finger
– iPhone
– Ear
(2)
– Rule
– Destroy
– Annoy
– Shampoo, rinse and dry
– Tickle furiously
– Be ignored by
(3)
– World
– Aliens from a suburb of Zorg
– Excrement-flinging monkeys in the zoo
– Girls who snubbed him in high school
– Towering figure of his mother
– Math teacher
September 27th, 2012 at 1:47 am
In his popliteal fossa was the power to eat the Alhambra! (thanks to my wife for the suggestions)
September 27th, 2012 at 1:56 pm
“This puny straitjacket can’t restrain me! Pew pew pew!”
January 4th, 2017 at 1:24 am
We had Christmas tree ornaments shaped like that back when I were a wee Noob; fairly sure they predated me by some years. They were in bright colors instead of shades of drab, of course, and we didn’t have a laser-eyed loony in front of the tree. Not even during cocktail parties.
January 4th, 2017 at 10:26 am
Did you know? The pop-culture trope “beams shooting out of the eyes” (and Superman’s X-ray vision) may originate from the pre-scientific notion that sight was a kind of “beam” going out of the eyes (instead of the other way around):
http://web.stanford.edu/class/history13/earlysciencelab/body/eyespages/eye.html
There is much we can learn from picking through our culture’s trash.
January 4th, 2017 at 2:42 pm
Glad to see that crushed velour is still going strong as a fashion choice in the future.
In fact, I think these are the boots he’s wearing.