‘Silk is welcomed to New Texas with a giant barbecue, where he sees a trial and learns that assassination of politicians is a legitimate part of the New Texan political process as long as the assassin can show that his victim “needed killin’”.’
Ummm…..will keep my thoughts to myself.
And I also can’t get the theme to ‘Rawhide’ out of my head.
@fred: The ‘He needed killin’ defense is a somewhat apocryphal tale of Texan law. Apocryphal, in that I cannot find a citation for a particular case where this phrase was uttered. Somewhat, in that character evidence is admissible in a court of law in Texas, as in the civilised world. 🙂
The two arcuate brush strokes, even though they overlap more than a bit, make it look to me as if the moon in the background had bounced off the lead steer’s horn. I can’t un-see it.
@anon: I was saving the other half of the Ace Double for anther day, as it looks like the Ray Harryhausen/ Kirk Douglas epic we should have had. I can’t look at it without hearing the ‘Star Trek’ gladiator-fight music
Maybe any future Ace Doubles ought to include both at once. It’s double the fun, like ‘Whizzer and Chips’..
“Tonight’s New Texas News headlines: Planetary Governor Jenna Bush decreed that the correct spelling of ‘nuclear’ is ‘nucular’. Another shooting spree leaves five people dead in the Spacemall. And the New Texas Beef Council recommends liquid beef for toddlers… after this.”
The double novel I have is a Piper double—Lone Star Planet (retitled from A Planet For Texans) and Four Day Planet. Can’t tell you what the cover looks like, since it got stripped (and not destroyed.) I am not getting rid of it because I don’t have other copies of the novels in question…
@Tat Wood: It starts to look a bit like a joke when you put “Four-Day Planet“, “Lone Star Planet“, “Little Fuzzy“, “Space Viking” and “H. Beam Piper” together.
No offense to anyone.
Look, I am currently (involuntarily ) in Texas. And trust me, if New Texas is anything like OldTexas, EVERYTHING would be fenced in. Also flat, dull, smelling of cattle poo and litter strewn. If you want a dystopian western, New Texas might be the place.
Hmmmm…. this cover hasn’t been revisited in years.
Is the story as corny as the cover appears?
Good news: A planet for Texans has herds of giant, grass fed longhorn cattle.
Bad news: They’re sentient, and you’ve just interrupted their volleyball game.
@Emster: I’d probably read that alternative. And it’s almost as corny as you think. It’s very Of Its Time, though the writing per se is good.
@ARY (way back): Liquid beef would be fine for toddlers, it’s basically what baby food is. Now liquid beef for newborns is another thing, and I bet the NTBC would suggest that too.
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June 3rd, 2015 at 9:08 am
Holy cow Batman, we’d better steer clear of this!
June 3rd, 2015 at 10:19 am
Missile, a bomb (looks like one anyway), a floaty round thing, giant longhorns, and is that a fighter jet..?
Perfect match. Hope they have oil there.
June 3rd, 2015 at 10:22 am
Hey… What’s the other novel?
And do they really have to advertise that they’re selling complete novels?
June 3rd, 2015 at 10:26 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Planet_for_Texans
‘Silk is welcomed to New Texas with a giant barbecue, where he sees a trial and learns that assassination of politicians is a legitimate part of the New Texan political process as long as the assassin can show that his victim “needed killin’”.’
Ummm…..will keep my thoughts to myself.
And I also can’t get the theme to ‘Rawhide’ out of my head.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ace_double_novels
@anon Andre Norton ‘Star Born’.
June 3rd, 2015 at 10:43 am
@anon
http://www.andre-norton-books.com/archive/Titles_Sp/Star_Born_A_Planet_for_Texans/Star_Born_A_Planet_for_Texans_1958_D-299.jpg
June 3rd, 2015 at 11:25 am
“This new world couldn’t be fenced in”
Of course, the first thing Space Texans would do is try to build a wall to keep out the illegal aliens.
June 3rd, 2015 at 12:08 pm
@fred: The ‘He needed killin’ defense is a somewhat apocryphal tale of Texan law. Apocryphal, in that I cannot find a citation for a particular case where this phrase was uttered. Somewhat, in that character evidence is admissible in a court of law in Texas, as in the civilised world. 🙂
June 3rd, 2015 at 12:10 pm
Addendum: Gutierrez v. State, Thompson v. State.
June 3rd, 2015 at 12:50 pm
@fred: Thanks a lot! Now I have that song running through my head.
June 3rd, 2015 at 2:17 pm
That’s a lot of bull.
June 3rd, 2015 at 2:21 pm
The two arcuate brush strokes, even though they overlap more than a bit, make it look to me as if the moon in the background had bounced off the lead steer’s horn. I can’t un-see it.
June 3rd, 2015 at 2:53 pm
@anon: I was saving the other half of the Ace Double for anther day, as it looks like the Ray Harryhausen/ Kirk Douglas epic we should have had. I can’t look at it without hearing the ‘Star Trek’ gladiator-fight music
Maybe any future Ace Doubles ought to include both at once. It’s double the fun, like ‘Whizzer and Chips’..
June 3rd, 2015 at 3:40 pm
@Tat Wood: Well, I don’t really care either way, but it’s so obvious that my mind will jump there.
June 3rd, 2015 at 4:31 pm
“Tonight’s New Texas News headlines: Planetary Governor Jenna Bush decreed that the correct spelling of ‘nuclear’ is ‘nucular’. Another shooting spree leaves five people dead in the Spacemall. And the New Texas Beef Council recommends liquid beef for toddlers… after this.”
June 3rd, 2015 at 4:42 pm
H BEAM PIPER AND JOHN J MCGUIRE
Complete Novel
ACE DOUBLE
Publish Novel
GOOD SHOW SIR
Mock Cover
June 4th, 2015 at 1:58 am
The double novel I have is a Piper double—Lone Star Planet (retitled from A Planet For Texans) and Four Day Planet. Can’t tell you what the cover looks like, since it got stripped (and not destroyed.) I am not getting rid of it because I don’t have other copies of the novels in question…
June 4th, 2015 at 2:11 am
@B.Durbin: it looks as if this http://people.uncw.edu/smithms/numerical%20%285%20digit%29%20series/24890-X.jpg is it, Michael Whelan’s 1979 cover for a reprint.
June 4th, 2015 at 11:00 am
@Tat Wood: It starts to look a bit like a joke when you put “Four-Day Planet“, “Lone Star Planet“, “Little Fuzzy“, “Space Viking” and “H. Beam Piper” together.
No offense to anyone.
June 4th, 2015 at 11:56 am
Technically…isn’t Earth a lone star planet? Aren’t Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune as well?
June 6th, 2015 at 8:11 pm
Look, I am currently (involuntarily ) in Texas. And trust me, if New Texas is anything like OldTexas, EVERYTHING would be fenced in. Also flat, dull, smelling of cattle poo and litter strewn. If you want a dystopian western, New Texas might be the place.
June 7th, 2015 at 12:41 am
I know texan cattle is very healthy and strong. But this is ludicrous
http://t.co/OkhIyGohwo
June 8th, 2015 at 3:31 am
The giant cattle aren’t nearly as annoying as the fire ants (note anthill to right of picture)
June 11th, 2015 at 8:16 pm
Alternate title:
HOPEFULLY A PLANET VERY, VERY FAR FROM EARTH
January 25th, 2016 at 10:31 pm
Nothing but steers and queers.
January 25th, 2016 at 11:01 pm
@RayP: And spheres.
January 26th, 2016 at 12:44 am
And hopefully beers. Or would that be Nostrilia?
January 26th, 2016 at 1:11 am
@Ray P.: No, that’s shears.
November 12th, 2022 at 9:12 pm
Hmmmm…. this cover hasn’t been revisited in years.
Is the story as corny as the cover appears?
Good news: A planet for Texans has herds of giant, grass fed longhorn cattle.
Bad news: They’re sentient, and you’ve just interrupted their volleyball game.
November 12th, 2022 at 9:51 pm
@Emster: I’d probably read that alternative. And it’s almost as corny as you think. It’s very Of Its Time, though the writing per se is good.
@ARY (way back): Liquid beef would be fine for toddlers, it’s basically what baby food is. Now liquid beef for newborns is another thing, and I bet the NTBC would suggest that too.