Mar 26
Click for larger fontsJuanPaul Comments: It’s fun to crank up the C-Y-M-K
It’s fun to crank up the C-Y-M-K-ayy
You can use all the ink, you can make it look chrome
You can hit us with looks of sto-one
Published 1988
(Average: 8.00 out of 10)
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(9.25 out of 10)
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March 26th, 2018 at 10:15 am
Nobody was interested in Maxwell Caulfield and Catherine Oxenberg!
March 26th, 2018 at 12:55 pm
So he is the alien debt and she is the rebel seed?
NOTHING about this cover looks science fiction. Only the word “space” on the top. Awesome marketing department Bantam.
March 26th, 2018 at 1:04 pm
@Biblio: I’m surprised they didn’t put Fabio on there.
March 26th, 2018 at 1:11 pm
Font problems Fanfic
March 26th, 2018 at 2:48 pm
Forged from the finest aluminum.
March 26th, 2018 at 4:21 pm
VP Bush pulled out all the stops to rebrand his image for the ’88 election.
March 26th, 2018 at 5:13 pm
JuanPaul, the song is amazing. It brightens a future otherwise bleak with constipated blonds in blue velour.
March 26th, 2018 at 5:18 pm
‘Rebel’ and ‘Dynasty’ sort of contradict each other. The only one I can think of in the English-speaking world are the Stuarts after 1688. Bonnie Prince Charlie’s disguises weren’t that good.
March 26th, 2018 at 5:36 pm
I agree with @Bibliomancer – this does not look sci-fi in the slightest.
And that “shiny” font is really quite spectacularly garish. The ’80s, everyone!
March 26th, 2018 at 6:16 pm
Maybe these two people are from a dynasty of rebel alien debt collectors and then the fuser on their color printer starts to…..uh, whatever.
March 26th, 2018 at 6:32 pm
@Tat Wood
Well, a Rebel Dynasty is a bit like a Institutional Revolutionary Party and that had a good run. On the other hand, I prefer to think that they’re just crap at rebelling. That’s probably what you get when you breed for model good looks.
March 26th, 2018 at 6:35 pm
Fans of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” are surely thinking: “The Reb Brown Dynasty, With Doctor Lady: Slab Bulkhead, Fridge Largemeat, Punt Speedchunk, Butch Deadlift, Thick McRunfast, Blast Hardcheese …”
March 26th, 2018 at 10:38 pm
I read it as “The Robot Dynasty” b/c Ken and Barbie there look artificial.
Is it wrong that I just stopped to consider the proper gestures for the filk?
What demographic were they aiming at? SF romance is a thing nowadays, but not so much in the 80s. This looks like it ought to have a step-back cover and K&B should be visible through a cutout, with embossed shiny title. I bet it was supposed to and then the budget was cut, forcing Mr. Barlowe to imitate such.
The denizens of Goodreads have fairly good opinions of the contents.
March 4th, 2020 at 7:28 am
With guest appearances by Linda Evans and Joan Collins.
March 5th, 2020 at 12:19 am
@ARY: Or possibly their robotic doubles.
I just now noticed the subtitle.
Ewww. Icky.
March 30th, 2023 at 12:41 am
Belated GSS to @JP for the opening comment to this cover. Perfect tune to sing loudly while replacing empty toner cartridges and fixing copier jams – curse of the mechanically inclined.
@Bib: looks like something from the 80’s romance shelf that got put on the SF shelf by mistake.