Jan 16
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David’s Art Direction: I was up late last night and I’m getting tired, just draw me an alien ostrich on E and a beautiful naked woman. … What do you mean that’s gratuitous? Oh alright, I need sleep, give her a bra then—BUT NO PANTIES!
Published 1977
You might remember this from here.
(Average: 8.51 out of 10)
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January 16th, 2013 at 11:37 am
So Space Sheep is Space Merkin now?
January 16th, 2013 at 12:19 pm
Yep space sheep really does add incredibly to this cover. I tell you, if a lady dropped her pants and you saw that… Oh la la!
January 16th, 2013 at 12:48 pm
The treestrich in the background (ostrich at the front, tree at the rear) seems to have its legs crossed…best not to wonder why.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:59 pm
‘Does he face worship, love or death?’ What’s wrong with ‘and’?
The treestrich is straight out of ‘Yellow Submarine’. The girl’s apparent bra is in fact quotation-marks for a tattoo on her back.
January 16th, 2013 at 1:01 pm
The artist misinterpreted the title “Virgin Planet” and drew a woman WITH NO GENITALS.
January 16th, 2013 at 1:03 pm
“He lands! One hopelessly inexperienced sci-fi fan on a planet ruled by women who have absolutely no interest in him whatsoever. Does he face ridicule, indifference… or a total makeover?”
VIRGIN PLANET
January 16th, 2013 at 1:06 pm
Is this what Nietzsche meant by “gazing into the abyss”?
January 16th, 2013 at 1:11 pm
This book is almost like a Darwin Award… give it to a guy whose genes you do not want to be carried to the next generation.
January 16th, 2013 at 1:35 pm
The bikini/bra looks like two commas. In other news, the underwear is a question mark.
January 16th, 2013 at 3:27 pm
Which one is the “he” in the blurb?
Since no one else has punned this pun yet, I’ll say that this cover is virgin on the ridiculous.
January 16th, 2013 at 5:06 pm
The ostrich is sporting some tail bling….
January 16th, 2013 at 5:57 pm
The Zapp Brannigan autobigraphy?
January 16th, 2013 at 7:25 pm
“I can totally draw women! I read about them in a book one time.”
January 16th, 2013 at 11:45 pm
And the book of their leaders spoke thusly:
” Thou shalt wander this planet with your hoohah out, but on no accounts are you to show your bubbies.”
January 16th, 2013 at 11:54 pm
With the Iggy Pop abdomen, skeletally thin arms…heroin addict? Her right arm is already tied off, so worship or death may depend on his answer to the question..”Did you bring the good stuff? D’ya got it?”
January 17th, 2013 at 1:54 am
Saddle. Sore.
January 17th, 2013 at 1:55 am
I’m trying very hard not to look at her ostrich. Or the weird creature standing behind her.
January 17th, 2013 at 2:29 am
This is what happens when the artist AND the model are using the same hallucinogenics!
January 17th, 2013 at 2:56 am
With her Iggy Pop-like abdomen and skeletally thin arms, I’m thinking, heroin addict? She has already got her right arm tied off and ready, so the question of worship or death may very well lie in how he answers the question “Did you bring the good stuff? The GOOD s**t…DID YOU?!!”
January 17th, 2013 at 5:50 pm
Her left arm belongs to a different person from her right arm. Maybe the bra’s a brace to hold her donated limbs on until the glue dries.
January 31st, 2013 at 1:39 pm
“Death by Snoo Snoo!”
February 1st, 2013 at 5:16 pm
Does that ostrich have three legs or is it happy to see her?
May 24th, 2013 at 10:05 am
The ostrich-alien depilatory went awry leaving the unfortunate gal with partially teleported genitalia. Understandably uncomfortable, she has eschewed clothing for the time being. In the meantime, Dolly the Space Sheep has stepped in until the missing em, parts can be beamed back to their rightful owner.
May 21st, 2014 at 6:45 pm
Some anthropologist studying sci-fi geek culture would have a FIELD day with this cover.
September 1st, 2017 at 12:29 pm
On her, the space sheep looks more like some unshaven male genitalia.
September 1st, 2017 at 1:31 pm
If that bird exists on a diet of nuts it would explain a lot. It does seem to have noticed something in the viewer’s direction.
September 1st, 2017 at 5:28 pm
“He lands!”
September 2nd, 2017 at 12:58 am
This cover is a bit sexier WITH Space Sheep, which is just wrong.
September 2nd, 2017 at 12:04 pm
Sorry, Poul. You called your book “Virgin Planet”; what did you think you were going to get.
September 3rd, 2017 at 9:07 pm
@F. Boyle: I think he was maybe expecting the other covers detailed in posting and comments on “You might remember this from here.” Particularly the Spock eyebrow one.
September 4th, 2017 at 12:41 pm
So basically the same thing but with added LSD.
September 5th, 2017 at 2:58 am
Poul wouldn’t have approved of the LSD.
I’d guess he’d have liked Spock eyebrow ladies best, then Baen cover, then pretended this one never happened.
You know this is bad when the BAEN! cover is better.