If this were a Heinlein cover, the boy, the girl, the cat AND the robot would be in a polyamorous relationship, and the boy would spent a full chapter explaining why dresses for males are a good idea.
Which reminds me, WHERE THE HELL IS A ‘MAGNUS, ROBOT FIGHTER’ MOVIE!
I don’t care if it is in the book or not, that should be a giant killer robot mouse.
One of that robot’s limbs should have a poop scoop attachment. It’s probably why the cat is so pissed off. His litter box hasn’t been cleaned in weeks and has given birth to the cosmic event in the background.
The mouseover (heh) text says WTF. I think the tags should too. Particularly for the expression on Jim-Bob’s Bowlcut’s face. His legs are also deserving of “anatomical issues” — what’s up with his thigh muscles?
November 30th, 2017 at 10:52 am
Is “Madlee” like “Divinelee”, dahling?
November 30th, 2017 at 11:20 am
Don’t worry Luke, the rest of your life will be higher budget.
November 30th, 2017 at 11:54 am
Look at his face. How is this anything less than a 10?
November 30th, 2017 at 2:10 pm
I’m more of a star do’og person, myself.
November 30th, 2017 at 2:14 pm
This blurb would be so much greater if his name were “Jethro” instead of “Jim.”
November 30th, 2017 at 2:16 pm
If this were a Heinlein cover, the boy, the girl, the cat AND the robot would be in a polyamorous relationship, and the boy would spent a full chapter explaining why dresses for males are a good idea.
November 30th, 2017 at 2:24 pm
Not sure how to feel about this teaser for Stranger Things 3.
November 30th, 2017 at 2:43 pm
Which reminds me, WHERE THE HELL IS A ‘MAGNUS, ROBOT FIGHTER’ MOVIE!
I don’t care if it is in the book or not, that should be a giant killer robot mouse.
November 30th, 2017 at 4:31 pm
I’m pretending the robot is taking a mega-hit off the hash pipe in the kid’s left hand.
November 30th, 2017 at 4:38 pm
@Bibliomancer—Looks like he’s sucking it right in through his eyeballs. I believe it gets to the robot brain centers more quickly that way.
November 30th, 2017 at 5:30 pm
One of that robot’s limbs should have a poop scoop attachment. It’s probably why the cat is so pissed off. His litter box hasn’t been cleaned in weeks and has given birth to the cosmic event in the background.
November 30th, 2017 at 8:41 pm
WHEN MERRY-GO-ROUNDS ATTACK.
November 30th, 2017 at 11:12 pm
The mouseover (heh) text says WTF. I think the tags should too. Particularly for the expression on Jim-Bob’s Bowlcut’s face. His legs are also deserving of “anatomical issues” — what’s up with his thigh muscles?
@DSWBT (6): heh.
December 1st, 2017 at 12:24 am
@JP: actually, that’s a mural from the Cubist period of Pablo Picatsso.
December 1st, 2017 at 2:38 am
@dswbt looks more like abstract expressionism…mainly because there aren’t any cubist boobs.
December 1st, 2017 at 11:55 pm
@DSWBT (12): Looks to me more like one of those giant Chinese yo-yos, the ones you throw around with the sticks and string.
String! Ka’at probably wonders where the stri’ing went. Maybe the whirring noise is hurting his ears, causing that hiss.
December 6th, 2017 at 2:21 pm
I bet if someone lifted that little leaver attached to the robot’s hip he would go into Michael Jackson mode and start moon walking everywhere.
February 27th, 2020 at 11:19 pm
Can you spot the “2001: A Space Odyssey” reference that the artist hid in this cover?
February 28th, 2020 at 2:45 am
Any other combination of the nouns in that blurb makes for a better story:
Killer Cats and Robots must rescue Jim and Elly-Mae from their friends
Robots must rescue their cat friends from Killer Jim and Elly-Mae
Robot Cat-Killers’ friends must rescue Jim from Elly-Mae
Robot Jim must rescue friend-killers from Elly-Mae’s cat
Killers must rescue robot cat from Jim and Elly-Mae’s friends
and so on