Nov 02
Click for full imageBilly Awesome’s Art Direction: Nuclear holocaust and interplanetary rebellion, I can dig it…a cover that’ll look groovy under black light in my no-account sixteen-year-old’s pot den will really drive that home, trust me.
Published 1970
(Average: 7.85 out of 10)
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November 2nd, 2016 at 10:23 am
Looks about as chilling as Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century.
November 2nd, 2016 at 10:58 am
I’m not sure what is happening stage right center, but it seems to involve several parts of the reproductive system.
‘A plot to set the stars on fire’…is nuclear fusion technically fire, though? Discuss.
November 2nd, 2016 at 1:02 pm
The war is on. But our Lunar Starfleet can lick ’em!
November 2nd, 2016 at 1:04 pm
@DSWBT – Apparently “fire” is now “chilling.” Your thoughts?
November 2nd, 2016 at 1:37 pm
That planet on the left there has a wicked case of teenage acne.
November 2nd, 2016 at 2:07 pm
‘Dr Tongue’s 3D House of the Moon’ next week on Monster Chiller Horror Theatre.
November 2nd, 2016 at 2:55 pm
Someone has set off the devastating Mandelbrot bomb.
November 2nd, 2016 at 3:50 pm
. . . is that a planet fitted with engines flying about I see in the lower centre?
Does this cover deserve a “WTF” tag? I mean, it’s some kind of space battle, but it’s a pretty weird one.
November 2nd, 2016 at 4:51 pm
@B’m: If it’s in an environment with a higher ambient temperature, well, it could happen!
November 2nd, 2016 at 5:33 pm
Ralph Bakshi’s Foundation Trilogy.
November 2nd, 2016 at 10:10 pm
I’m imagining that this cover is merely a corner of an epic space mural painted on the walls of an urban rec center.
November 3rd, 2016 at 2:32 pm
“A plot to set the stars on fire…”
Sounds a bit daft, innit?
Or how about:
“A plot to drown the oceans in water…”
“An evil scheme to freeze the entire Antarctic…”
“A dastardly plot to transform Vladimir Putin into a worthless scumbag excuse for a human being…”
November 3rd, 2016 at 2:33 pm
The child in me says “KA-CHOW! KA-CHOW” when it sees that cover…
November 6th, 2016 at 6:53 am
@A.R.Yngve If you ask me, this is another of those backhanded blurbs. Imagine it read out in a weary drone, followed by a contemptuous snigger.
November 10th, 2016 at 8:00 pm
No, Quentin, use ALL the crayons in the box.
November 11th, 2016 at 2:13 am
Okay, I ENJOY the works of Philip José Farmer, and I understand he’s right there neck and neck for most books with horrific covers next to Michael Moorcock, but WTF? I can accept art at a juvenile skill level (sorta), rocket propelled planets and the worst spacecraft ever to exist outside the inner cover of a nine year olds textbooks… THAT FONT!! WHO THOUGHT THAT FONT WAS ACCEPTABLE? WHO?
June 19th, 2022 at 3:09 am
I vote it the “Cutest Cover on GSS” – and so totally different from the other oddballs Mr. Farmer’s been stuck with. Kinda waiting for the yellow submarine to float into the shot…
(and thanks @fred – almost snorted tea out my nose…)
June 19th, 2022 at 2:37 pm
If I saw this as a blacklight poster back in the day at Chess King I would have bought it.
June 20th, 2022 at 1:23 am
@fred: So would have my older brother, who was a teen in 1970
June 20th, 2022 at 4:05 am
Hm. As cold as the moon is, wouldn’t the tongues stick to it like the kid’s does to the flagpole in the movie “Christmas Story”?
June 20th, 2022 at 9:11 am
@Hammy: well, it’s quite hot during the lunar day, so they’d eventually thaw out. But is the Moon licking its own face?
June 20th, 2022 at 10:50 pm
You can’t lick the Moon; all the water in your tongue would boil away in vacuum almost instantly.
Presumably, thi in’t probem or the Moon. (My home row require repir now)