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Published 1963
Thanks to Robert Van D N for sending this in!
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September 5th, 2013 at 9:56 am
RT @GoodShowSir: New Book Cover: The Interpreter http://t.co/UhxNf346qY
September 5th, 2013 at 9:59 am
Those were the days, when all paperbacks were 2/6.
“Behind you!” tag required, of course, especially if directed to the smug fellow on the left.
And what IS he wearing on his head? And why is he carrying a schoolboy satchel?
September 5th, 2013 at 10:32 am
Wait – a story of dev… what? Devils? Devastation? Deviation? Development? Deviants? Devices? Dev Patel?
September 5th, 2013 at 10:37 am
One might suggest that it was a story of Deviled Fish Eggs, THX.
You can’t usually devil fish eggs due to the lack of a hard outer shell, but when Fish Alien Thingies come encrusted in a delicious coating of plate armor, such cumbersome culinary obstacles are no longer a hinderance.
Anyway, looking forward to the smartphone tie-in, Angry Fish-Alien-Thingies
September 5th, 2013 at 11:32 am
A story of Devo’s new album and corruption in a fantastic galactic empire of tomorrow.
I approve that this is a ‘digit’ book. I’ve tried to use books with my other appendages, and digits have always worked well for me.
September 5th, 2013 at 12:09 pm
Who did Brain Aldiss piss off that they gave him an invisible font color?
It’s a Dig It Book! Must be from the 60s.
September 5th, 2013 at 2:30 pm
CAAAAAAAAAAN YOOOOOOOOOUUU DIIIIIIIIIIIIIG IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT?!!!!
Never pass up a chance to quote Cyrus.
September 5th, 2013 at 2:34 pm
@ Phil, they’re wearing the K-1 high altitude helmet of the 1950s on their heads.
September 5th, 2013 at 3:08 pm
Their helmets are flared. In the same way Officer Cranium’s isn’t.
September 5th, 2013 at 4:07 pm
Imagine what happens when a three-shouldered fish is asked a question in a language he doesn’t understand. He’d shrug and concuss himself.
September 5th, 2013 at 4:46 pm
That astronaut has to go pee SO BAD….
September 5th, 2013 at 6:09 pm
Devilry combined with corruption inevitably leads to the man purse, which is the surest indicator of an impending revolution.
September 5th, 2013 at 7:17 pm
@ THX: How about “development hell”?
“Who did we get optioned by?”
“SyFy Channel.”
“NOOOOOOOOOOO….”
September 5th, 2013 at 7:35 pm
@admin: Yesterday was Null-A. Today is Bow Down to Null. If tomorrow there is no update, it’s merely continuing a pattern. 🙂
September 5th, 2013 at 8:29 pm
It’s nice of you to carry my books home and all, but you’re still a dork and I will never play “Hide the Three-Eyed Fish” with you, so just get that out of your mind right now!
September 5th, 2013 at 8:29 pm
@ fred, check out the man purse on the 1961 cover. It’s fabulous!
http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/images/0/0f/THNTRPRTRP1961.jpg
September 5th, 2013 at 9:19 pm
@Tom Herring, a gingy with fashion sense.
September 6th, 2013 at 12:12 am
Hey, they’re wearing JIffy-Pop spacesuits! No wonder that three-eyed guy looks so hungry.
September 6th, 2013 at 9:56 am
Whatever do you mean, Fred? That seems like a bit of an odd thing to say.
September 6th, 2013 at 1:45 pm
@ Tom Hering – HAHAH, the link you posted is a funnier cover imo. It appears the “murse” is a key component to this story.
How come fishy face is huge in this version yet tiny in the link version? Which is the real fishy face???
Also someone should tell our heroes belts really arent the best way to go with spacesuits. Neither is casual footwear.
September 6th, 2013 at 7:05 pm
Its less of a man purse an more a briefcase in this one.
Maybe he’s a space accountant.
September 7th, 2013 at 11:06 am
@Lionrock. No, no, no. Then it would be called “The Accountant”.
@Rags. From what I’ve been able to find out, fishy-face is meant to be huge and threatening, not small and cute.
There are actually a lot of covers around for this book, all of them featuring 3-eyed fish-aliens, man-purses, or both. The fishies are clearly the “Nul” of the alternative title, but the role of the murse remains elusive…
September 7th, 2013 at 1:58 pm
@ Rachel J, the murse is how the interpreter carries his English-Fishy dictionary around.
@ Lionrock, not all murses have shoulder straps. Some just have big loops (like the one on this cover), so you can either carry them by hand – or hang them from your forearm, which looks especially nice when striking a pose.
September 7th, 2013 at 6:20 pm
Remember, it’s not a “man-purse,” it’s a Space-European carryall!
September 8th, 2013 at 10:09 pm
@Rachel J : maybe she’s the interpreter and he’s doing the space accounts.
Is our armoured friend really the big brother of the mutant fish from the Simpsons:
http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Blinky
October 9th, 2013 at 3:10 pm
Apparently in the future space suits will be so advanced that they will no longer require gloves.
December 17th, 2015 at 8:02 pm
They’re not astronauts. They’re models, posing in a “space-themed” shoot. And the Three-Eyed Fish of Doom is a prop in the background.