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Click for larger imageIt’s a Two-Fer Tuesday – Avon 1950 Sci-Fi GGA Special
Baron Harkonnen Comments: In the 50s strange creature monsters hunted scantily-clad blondes almost to extinction.
Published 1950
(Average: 6.12 out of 10)
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It’s a Two-Fer Tuesday – Avon 1950 Sci-Fi GGA Special
Baron Harkonnen Comments: In the 50s strange creature monsters hunted scantily-clad blondes almost to extinction.
Published 1950
(Average: 6.12 out of 10)Loading...
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September 19th, 2017 at 10:28 am
1: “His name’s Kermit and he can do things with a banjo you can only dream of!”
2: No wonder Alan Titchmarsh scooped that Bad Sex literary award.
September 19th, 2017 at 11:14 am
1. She’s having second thoughts about Mr. Unnatural Horror since he got his candy in her hair.
2. If it’s a “land beneath the Earth”, then clearly her color isn’t for photosynthesis, ruling out my first hypothesis.
September 19th, 2017 at 11:49 am
#1. It’s not for his good looks. Must be that tongue.
#2. Not tonight. I have a headache.
September 19th, 2017 at 11:59 am
1. The Air Force to the rescue. Underground. Seems reasonable.
Is the ‘unnatural’ the frog, the sex of the frog, or the hypno-bra?
2. It’s underground so the Air Force must be just out of frame.
September 19th, 2017 at 1:48 pm
1. Corporate logo designer Bob stares at the cover and suddenly thinks, “Hey, I’ve got an idea!
2. No wonder he seems frustrated. No matter how hard he tries, he just can’t remove that bracelet!! So near and yet . . . so far.
September 19th, 2017 at 1:50 pm
1. At least he’s not a rollerblader. 🙂
2. There’s no stigma attached to their relationship, but she doesn’t seem to be his style.
September 19th, 2017 at 1:54 pm
Update: you can read the first one for free online! Fortunate you. No ejaculations to be found, though.
September 19th, 2017 at 2:52 pm
1, ‘What secret compulsion made this lovely girl the handmaiden to unnatural horrors?’ A shedload of money, a US passport and a chance to become First Lady.
2. Is the cat-lizard thing really flying with wings made of cabbage?
A general point: these damsels look actionably like real film stars (Rita Hayworth and Veronica Lake respectively). Did nobody at Avon Books fear the wrath of showbiz lawyers?
September 19th, 2017 at 3:17 pm
@Tat: Ms. Hayworth probably thought a frog monster was preferable to Harry Cohn.
September 19th, 2017 at 3:18 pm
I could swear we’ve seen other versions of The Moon Pool on here before, but search is failing me. But I can say with confidence this book inspired several bad covers.
September 19th, 2017 at 3:24 pm
@Tat Wood—
Thought 1— 😉
Thought 2— 😉
Thought 3— 😉
September 19th, 2017 at 6:03 pm
@Tat Wood (2): Perfectly reasonable. As all scientists know, the air is a lot denser underground.
September 19th, 2017 at 8:01 pm
#1 –
Major Nelson: “My gosh, Dr. Livingstone; even the rocks down here are lissome and alluring!”
Dr. Livingstone: “Quite. If only I hadn’t worn my two-dimensional safari garb on this expedition, I might be able to cross the Z axis to converse with that girl in the elaborate underthings on all subjects amphibicological.”
[end scene]
September 19th, 2017 at 9:09 pm
We can’t see his whole outfit, but as frog-monsters go, the gentleman in #1 is downright dapper.
September 20th, 2017 at 1:34 am
1. (tagline) Horny adolescent boys. It’s not a secret.
That is all some mighty fine fiberwork those frogs have. Her crocheted (and supportive!) bikini, his fancy loincloth-cape. Is Rita beseeching the men with “No, no… I can’t abide constricting uniforms!” (Also, have you seen his tongue?)
2. Contrary to the song, someone promised her a rose garden. She wasn’t expecting it to be quite so tentacly.
@Tat Wood re #1: heh. I think this frog monster might be preferable.
@DSWBT, Tom Noir: agreed on both.
@Lillie: awesome, indeed.
September 20th, 2017 at 4:37 am
#1 I keep reading it “Moon Poo1”. I wonder what they would call the sequel…
#2 just the way I like my green girl: complete and unabridged
September 20th, 2017 at 10:25 am
Cover #1: Worst AXE Deodorant commercial ever (though not much worse than the ones we’ve actually seen on TV).
Cover #2: This was actually SOLD in newsstands and book shops? And the cops didn’t seize the copies and arrest the vendors? Tell me it’s a fake cover. Please.
:-O
September 20th, 2017 at 6:52 pm
1. Did someone knit that outfit right onto her body? I was under the impression they didn’t sew people into clothing anymore.
2. Wow, an attractive blonde woman is about to be ravished by an eldritch abomination. The only original thing about this one is that the monster has a large rose or peony for a head.
September 26th, 2017 at 4:12 am
They are 170 and 125 pages, respectively. Why would anyone bother to abridge them?