Oct 12
Click for full imageDiggler’s Art Direction: Lets put a big black phallic symbol on a moon surface and have the men running in fear while the women gawk.
Published 1954
(Average: 5.39 out of 10)
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Diggler’s Art Direction: Lets put a big black phallic symbol on a moon surface and have the men running in fear while the women gawk.
Published 1954
(Average: 5.39 out of 10)Loading...
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October 12th, 2012 at 10:34 am
Costigan called. He said can you change the title to Costigan’s Mighty Thrusting Monolith?
October 12th, 2012 at 10:39 am
it’s about tiny people trying to get off a meat-feats pizza to the far-off lands of poppadom-and-chutney on the horizon.
October 12th, 2012 at 11:53 am
It’ll be a fantastic adventure. In time.
Now? Not so much. Mostly pointy.
October 12th, 2012 at 6:07 pm
Serious lack of clothing options on this planet. I like the 2 figures way in the background pointing in different directions.
October 12th, 2012 at 8:49 pm
Umm, no to the post in general. One of my favorite covers. The colors, the space needle, the AMAZING landscape. Boo boo boo boo boo. The perfect pulp sci-fi cover creation.
October 13th, 2012 at 1:35 pm
I think this is a great cover, too. And you can’t blame the tiny people for running: they’re being attacked by a giant black clothespin.
October 13th, 2012 at 2:27 pm
Part of the Haberdashery Sequence, other titles being Costigan’s Thimble, Costigan’s Crochet Hook and Costigan’s Pinking Shears.
October 14th, 2012 at 5:01 am
Sadly they have no rope to thread this needle.
October 14th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
There used to be a SF writer named ‘[X]-OHL’ for every letter of the alphabet, Sadly, only Frederick Pohl and Jerry Sohl have survived.
October 14th, 2012 at 4:24 pm
Does anyone have a camel? There’s something I need to test…
October 15th, 2012 at 10:17 am
Meh… Wellworths needles were just as good and half the price.
October 17th, 2012 at 8:07 pm
COSTIGAN’S OVERCOMPENSATION
October 18th, 2012 at 8:29 am
“Look out, the aliens are starting to do cross-stitches! RUN!!”
November 5th, 2012 at 6:46 pm
Is it me, or is that “needle” making everyone do the twist?
September 22nd, 2023 at 5:07 pm
Something something camel, something something SpaceX
September 22nd, 2023 at 6:21 pm
“Oh that’s just great,” Sue muttered, “Large darning needle = large holey socks. So much for this futuristic time travel adventure, looks like we’re back where we started…”
September 22nd, 2023 at 11:38 pm
Not knowing anything about the book, I’ll be very disappointed if the needle doesn’t actually stitch time.
September 23rd, 2023 at 1:38 am
Is the eye of the needle some kind of portal? The guy at it seems to be dematerializing.
@Tat (2): I happened to catch a few minutes of a “Land of the Giants” episode a couple of weeks ago. A few in that I was wise enough to turn it off quickly before my brain cells could commit suicide. Your comment reminded me of that.
I was also reminded of how we made fun of it at the time (though we did appreciate the talents of the over-sized prop makers), and that my older brother explained the square-cube law to me to show how impossible it all was.
September 23rd, 2023 at 3:09 am
Worst. Interdimensional portal. Ever.
I had some other ideas for comments, but I think I’ll just stick a pin in it for now.
September 23rd, 2023 at 5:12 pm
“Hey, you call that a beard? Looks like you glued a brillo pad to your face. And that jumpsuit looks like a trash bag with a belt. And why can’t you come up with a plan to get out of here? You always brag about how smart you are, but you’re just standing around like a doofus. And another thing . . . .”
“I swear Costigan, if you don’t stop needling me I’ll blast you.”
September 24th, 2023 at 3:57 am
Ya know, sewing together space-time works much better if you stick the point of the needle in the fabric of space-time. The eye of the needle isn’t as effective….
September 24th, 2023 at 7:37 am
@Hammy: maybe it’s being pushed _up_ through the fabric of space-time? (Now I’m imagining the whole landscape sitting in the lap of Cosmic Granny)
September 24th, 2023 at 10:42 pm
“Oh no, the legends are true! There IS a giant underground granny doing embroidery on this planet! Damn you, Costigan! Run for your lives, men! We’re doomed if she’s doing a satin stitch!”
September 25th, 2023 at 8:23 pm
@GSSxn—I guess they call it “Costigan’s Needle” because he’s such a prick.
September 26th, 2023 at 1:27 am
@BC: GSS!