Feb 08
Click for full imageRuth Comments: I work in a Library. As I was clearing out some of our not so popular books, I came across this cover and thought of your site immediately.
Published 1987
(Average: 7.87 out of 10)
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Ruth Comments: I work in a Library. As I was clearing out some of our not so popular books, I came across this cover and thought of your site immediately.
Published 1987
(Average: 7.87 out of 10)Loading...
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February 8th, 2013 at 9:55 am
I wonder why this book isn’t so popular in Ruth’s library. Could it have ANYTHING to do with the cover? Surely not.
February 8th, 2013 at 12:28 pm
Hierawfulmost Bosch.
February 8th, 2013 at 12:55 pm
I’ve read that book and given it as gifts. Not only is it an excellent read, the cover is actually quite accurate to the story. 🙂 A normal dude, a punk rocker, a prom queen, an alien and a bowling ball go on a space adventure and meet aliens. How else would you illustrate that?
February 8th, 2013 at 2:12 pm
“Sorry, we’re full.”
February 8th, 2013 at 3:34 pm
I bought this book when I was a teenager and always loved the cover. It is pretty accurate as far as the story. I remember enjoying the story but haven’t read it in years.
February 8th, 2013 at 5:19 pm
That sweater vest is the most disturbing thing on this cover.
February 8th, 2013 at 5:26 pm
Paul asked “How else would you illustrate that?”
I answer with the even more GSS-worthy first edition (apologies for the eBay link, but it’s the only online image I could find):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GLORY-LANE-SIGNED-ALAN-DEAN-FOSTER-1ST-/200283047596
February 8th, 2013 at 5:28 pm
@ fred #6: More disturbing than the eyeless half serpent/half poledancer …. thing? Surely not.
February 8th, 2013 at 6:50 pm
@Phil: Yikes, that is one horrible cover.
February 8th, 2013 at 11:53 pm
@Phil and Paul – The Science Fiction Book Club strikes again!
February 9th, 2013 at 3:25 am
You’ve heard of Monsters Inc.? This is Monsters ick.
February 9th, 2013 at 3:26 am
OK, now I’ve seen what a snake-woman hybrid in a bustier and wig would look like. Not on my bucket list, but I guess it counts as an accomplishment.
February 9th, 2013 at 7:47 pm
Shouldn’t the title be “Friday Night At The CBGB”?
February 11th, 2013 at 4:21 am
Good heavens. My husband reads me books while I prep/cook dinner, and he read me this one because he had fond high school memories of it. It really hasn’t aged well, but the cover IS pretty accurate.
February 11th, 2013 at 5:31 pm
@ Fred #6 @ David #8: More disturbing than the COFFIN DOOR? (In a setting where no two characters would have the same shape coffin, no less?)
February 11th, 2013 at 6:09 pm
“Hold it right there mister. Let me see some ID”
February 11th, 2013 at 6:10 pm
I like how bouncer #2 has his left hand on his hip like a cop putting his hand on his gun….wait a minute.
February 11th, 2013 at 6:11 pm
There is just sooo much to be said about this cover….Oh, there’s Waldo!
February 12th, 2013 at 10:35 pm
As several people have already mentioned, the cover is accurate as to the contents. However, I would say it was also quite accurate as to the whole tone of the story (silly and OTT(but still thoroughly enjoyable)).
In fact, it was the whole silliness of the cover that made me want to read it in the first place. Odd that similar covers for the Discworld books done by Josh Kirby had the opposite effect….
February 13th, 2013 at 2:11 am
Busy! Oh so busy!! And the colors! So bright! This cover should have one of those warnings for people with epilepsy. Prolonged exposure to this artwork may trigger seizures.
April 24th, 2013 at 4:33 pm
As people have said, the cover well represents the book (an attempt to rip-off Hitchhiker’s Guide). IIRC, the cover is done by James Gurney of Dinotopia fame.
June 23rd, 2016 at 2:07 am
Glory Lane, the artist paints another character…Very strange!
June 29th, 2017 at 11:01 am
This cover actually attracted me as a kid. Granted, it is a bit much. It is a fun read.
June 29th, 2017 at 11:22 am
Glory? LAME.
October 13th, 2017 at 11:37 am
Leather jacket, pin stripe
Three humans in a line
Drop ship, blue smoke
Hippo commandant just spoke
Green echidna, floating orb
Lady in the back looks bored
Aquarium to walk the brain
Art director’s gone insane
We didn’t start the fire…