Like I need another thing to worry about. What with, postal carriers all being cyborg government spy drones. Then there’s the issue with my neighbor’s dog — he’s been saying some pretty messed up stuff lately. And the squirrels… actually I’m afraid to even say what I think they might be up to.
Ha, ha. Fritz must have just had one hell of a breakup with his girlfriend…
And while I’m here–
–Jami, believe me, not all thin females are that way just because we’re dieting to impress men (or whatever you think the deal is). I resent this implication, actually.
Hah, witches with the power to make men do whateeever they want.
I know Leiber most likely meant it as a frightening prospect, but damn it, man, I grew up on the internet, and I can’t read the back of this book without remembering some of the more amusingly inept stories I’ve been forwarded over the years.
Of course, Lieber’s story would have far better grammar and punctuation than any unintentionally-hilarious fetish wank you’d run across online. There is that.
July 25th, 2012 at 9:17 am
could easily say the same about men… damn love—the worst spell in the world.
July 25th, 2012 at 9:52 am
I say, I say, I say, what do you get if you cross a wife with a firework? Er, I dunno, this cover probably…
July 25th, 2012 at 10:04 am
Hm, cover text aimed at a (straight) male readership. How novel.
July 25th, 2012 at 12:12 pm
Tragically, Ang Lee was reading this very volume when the script for The Hulk came in.
July 25th, 2012 at 3:29 pm
Like I need another thing to worry about. What with, postal carriers all being cyborg government spy drones. Then there’s the issue with my neighbor’s dog — he’s been saying some pretty messed up stuff lately. And the squirrels… actually I’m afraid to even say what I think they might be up to.
July 25th, 2012 at 4:15 pm
Is she wrapped in green cling film, or does she just have the worst cold ever?
July 25th, 2012 at 4:57 pm
More like Paintball Wife.
July 25th, 2012 at 6:32 pm
Mmmm! Minty!
July 25th, 2012 at 6:41 pm
You guys like my new tie-dye shirt?
July 25th, 2012 at 7:19 pm
Half-witch wife, half-cactus, ALL HORROR!
July 25th, 2012 at 7:26 pm
And when they say hell, they mean, his mother-in-law Andora stops by for a visit.
July 26th, 2012 at 1:17 am
@Drlemaster – You mean Endora.
If all women were witches and could control men, there’d be no super model industry. Or thin women what so ever.
July 26th, 2012 at 5:53 am
Ha, ha. Fritz must have just had one hell of a breakup with his girlfriend…
And while I’m here–
–Jami, believe me, not all thin females are that way just because we’re dieting to impress men (or whatever you think the deal is). I resent this implication, actually.
*turns him into a frog*
There.
July 26th, 2012 at 7:48 am
Hah, witches with the power to make men do whateeever they want.
I know Leiber most likely meant it as a frightening prospect, but damn it, man, I grew up on the internet, and I can’t read the back of this book without remembering some of the more amusingly inept stories I’ve been forwarded over the years.
Of course, Lieber’s story would have far better grammar and punctuation than any unintentionally-hilarious fetish wank you’d run across online. There is that.
July 26th, 2012 at 1:34 pm
This was actually made into a film called Night of the Eagle which is highly entertaining, so the book might be pretty good.
July 26th, 2012 at 11:05 pm
“All women are witches and secretly control their husbands’ actions”
I feel moderately confident that domestic violence does not feature in this novel.
July 28th, 2012 at 9:35 pm
Damn. Leiber found us out.
July 29th, 2012 at 2:41 pm
“Conjure Wife” sounds like something a CAPTCHA would randomly generate.
February 20th, 2013 at 6:12 am
The two word answer to how a sci-fi fantasy geek can ever hope to see a naked woman in his bed.
February 20th, 2013 at 12:01 pm
@FearofMusic: what makes you think they’re all male? You should get out more.
February 20th, 2013 at 1:16 pm
@Tat…(blushing) Sadly, too true.
December 14th, 2015 at 11:27 pm
“…take a look at anyone else’s wife.”
Penguin Books accepts no liability for the consequences.
December 19th, 2017 at 12:05 am
Harvey’s worst nightmare.