May 05
Click for full imageJuanPaul Comments: Who knew that the upturned palm, universal symbol of intelligent discourse, also applied to molluscs. You, sir artist, are a master.
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(Average: 6.78 out of 10)
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JuanPaul Comments: Who knew that the upturned palm, universal symbol of intelligent discourse, also applied to molluscs. You, sir artist, are a master.
Published 1985
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May 5th, 2016 at 11:36 am
Once again Freud brings new meaning to the word ‘fishmonger’.
May 5th, 2016 at 12:00 pm
“You must read my important paper: The Ego and the Squid“
May 5th, 2016 at 12:45 pm
Typical bloody remake – way too much CGI.
May 5th, 2016 at 2:22 pm
Sometimes a cover with Sigmund Freud and a squid alien is just a cover with Sigmund Freud and a squid alien.
May 5th, 2016 at 2:23 pm
“Gimme 5! Ay! Up high! Down low – too slow!”
May 5th, 2016 at 2:29 pm
“When did you first feel this attraction to Japanese schoolgirls?”
May 5th, 2016 at 3:05 pm
“When did you first feel this attraction to AMSTRAD computers ? “
May 5th, 2016 at 3:30 pm
‘Release the kraken!’ has now become ‘Release your feelings, kraken!’
May 5th, 2016 at 3:36 pm
“Ach! This one is even weirder than that Wolf Man guy I saw last week. All right Mr. Squid, and what did you feel when you saw your parents together on the sea bed?”
May 5th, 2016 at 4:21 pm
“Raark! Polly shouldn’t be!’
May 5th, 2016 at 6:35 pm
Freud: All your troubles stem from the fact that, deep down inside, you’re obsessed with sex.
Squid Alien: . . . Can I get a second opinion?
May 5th, 2016 at 6:41 pm
“My parent was a hermaphrodite, doc. How does the Oedipus complex apply?”
May 5th, 2016 at 8:08 pm
Well this isn’t my usual sex with mother dream, ah well time for me to get naked.
May 6th, 2016 at 3:22 am
@Bibliomancer – Nice one.
Honestly, If Freud’s work had been about rational conversations with sentient, mutant squid instead of about overconfident, subjective dream analysis I think it would have made for an improvement for subsequent literary critics everywhere. My opinion, anyhow.
May 6th, 2016 at 3:40 pm
I was blissfully unaware that the word ‘alienist’ had an old meaning.
May 26th, 2016 at 9:25 pm
“Doctor, why do I keep having these nightmares about being dropped into a cabinet filled with crushed ice and a sign that says ‘Today’s Catch’?”
April 22nd, 2022 at 9:51 am
Freud remade as… Oliver Sacks?
April 22nd, 2022 at 9:57 am
“Okay, tentacles. Very funny. Who put you up to this? Jung? Pavlov?”
April 22nd, 2022 at 12:57 pm
Mother, James Kirk, and transferance is about to get NSFW.
April 22nd, 2022 at 10:40 pm
You don’t have to be Sigmund Freud to see that all these comments deserve GSS.
So, GSS.
April 22nd, 2022 at 10:41 pm
(Hmm. I wonder what he meant by that.)
April 23rd, 2022 at 12:00 am
I suppose we ought to be grateful that the cover isn’t even more Freudian.
What with UAI grads liking to throw every damn random symbol onto the covers in garish colors. Siggy and a tentacle monster are mild compared to what might have appeared on this.
With that title and blurb, Mr. Shaw did a credible job. (Although for a guy obsessed with penises, you’d think Freud would be a little more concerned about that claw being where it is.)
April 23rd, 2022 at 5:18 am
@GSS ex-noob: “Hmm. Tentacles _and_ crab pincers? Yes, I think I see where that self-castration complex of yours comes from.”
April 24th, 2022 at 3:16 am
@Bruce: Although squiddy’s expression seems to say “No shit, Sigmund” to that “brilliant” surmise.
I really do commend the “alienist” pun, though.
“The Remaking of Sigmund Freud” title makes me wonder if there were sequels, prequels, crossovers, spinoffs, and Freud Cinematic Universes.
An Amazon review also mentions “a nonreclusive Emily Dickinson and her relationship with Samuel Clemens”, so… I guess it’s good they didn’t make the cover too?
Goodreads is meh: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/132453.The_Remaking_of_Sigmund_Freud
(be sure to translate the Italian review! It has one splendid turn of phrase.)
Review here: https://english.netmassimo.com/2016/10/13/the-remaking-of-sigmund-freud-by-barry-n-malzberg/