Apr 11
Click for larger imageJuanPaul Comments: They are DAMN confident that they are DAMN comfortable.
Published 2015
(Average: 8.08 out of 10)
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JuanPaul Comments: They are DAMN confident that they are DAMN comfortable.
Published 2015
(Average: 8.08 out of 10)Loading...
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April 11th, 2018 at 11:10 am
When the waiter brings you the bill at The Maelstrom you had better pay up.
April 11th, 2018 at 11:20 am
Less science fiction, more mail order clothing catalogue.
April 11th, 2018 at 11:42 am
I can’t even. . . whatever it was* that Booklist recommended.
*Probably not be seen on the bus reading this if you’re closeted.
April 11th, 2018 at 12:08 pm
What a bunch of Hornblowers,
April 11th, 2018 at 12:48 pm
If it’s a malestorm it must be raining men!
April 11th, 2018 at 1:10 pm
@Tat – Good Show Sir!
I believe that gentleman in the back is Rear Admiral Hornblower.
April 11th, 2018 at 1:18 pm
Thigh pads, knee pads, nothing above the waist. If they are fighting Ewoks hand-to-hand they are prepared.
April 11th, 2018 at 2:02 pm
@Francis – “Umm…well, their other book was…not, terrible, I guess. This one? Yeah no; we’re not wading into that question, thanks anyway.”
April 11th, 2018 at 3:31 pm
Gotta be one of the most “damning with faint praise” blurbs I’ve ever seen.
“Intriguing tale, if you have nothing else to do with your time. Recommended over taking an overdose of barbiturates. Actually we’re not even referring to this book.”
April 11th, 2018 at 4:15 pm
All of the actions figures come with kung-fu grip.
April 11th, 2018 at 4:36 pm
@JP—And giant moveable chins!
April 11th, 2018 at 4:43 pm
@BC pull the cord on the back and they mansplain the art of war.
April 11th, 2018 at 5:19 pm
@JP—I’m sure it’s . . . an intriguing tale. . . . Recommended . . .
April 11th, 2018 at 5:41 pm
They are the very models of a modern Major General!
April 11th, 2018 at 6:26 pm
Well . . . those are certainly uniforms. Tacky uniforms.
April 11th, 2018 at 8:13 pm
Gentlemen, you can’t play football here. This is a war room.
April 11th, 2018 at 8:29 pm
Who could have predicted a space officers dress uniform would include an elaborate chastity belt.
April 11th, 2018 at 11:11 pm
Manly men! In The Navy! Wouldn’t you like to be their Cabin Boy?
Apparently the title is being sucked down into the maelstrom, or a black hole, or something… sliding right out of parallel and off the bottom of the cover.
Baldy Bald Man seems to be overcompensating. And I don’t even want to speculate what all that stuff on the belt of guy at right is for. They all seem to have some, but Mr. Lower Rank on the right has a lot.
I don’t understand the thigh pads at all. I understand them in football (Not At All Sissy Type), but not in the Space Navy context.
Were the models actually football action figures with kung-fu grip and Barbie’s Dream Party coat draped over them? Or were they real people that Mr. Seeley stuffed into football pants, his dad’s old turtlenecks, and his mom’s old jackets?
GSS to Tat (4), B’mancer (5), BC (9), Tor (16), and JuanPaul (12) and finding this one.
BAEN!manly grunt
April 13th, 2018 at 10:06 am
I’ve said before we need a tag for blurbs like this.
April 13th, 2018 at 4:59 pm
@RachelJ (19): Shatner Blurb? Or ‘This… Is A… Book’?
April 13th, 2018 at 5:04 pm
When Boy-Bands Attack
April 14th, 2018 at 2:36 am
@RachelJ: “…blurb…” “It’s a… blurb”
@Tat: Overage boy bands, like the ones from the 80s(?) who are still touring.
April 14th, 2018 at 3:25 am
The 18th century called. It wants it’s jackets back.
(Seriously, I can’t get over the way they seem to be wearing the classic White Futuristic Jumpsuit, and then some vaguely old navy-ish jackets over them. It’s like someone wearing a business suit with a cuirass, or possibly a codpiece. )
April 15th, 2018 at 8:46 pm
@Bruce: Now, now, we shouldn’t be judging. Whatever their kink is, if the boys need 18th-century jackets over their Obligatory Jumpsuit for their little “play sessions”, it’s fine as long as they’re consenting adults. Though they shouldn’t do it in public where the guy on the right can catch them at it.
April 19th, 2018 at 3:02 pm
@Tat Wood (#20) I like “Shatner blurb”. Or should it be “Shatner… blurb”?
April 20th, 2018 at 1:36 am
@RachelJ: But what if the actual Shatner gives a blurb that doesn’t have ellipses? Or worse, if it does and we get Dot-ception?
I just… don’tknow. Plus the smooshing together of the next words is equally Shat.
“It’s a… blurb” isn’t as funny, but does match the existing “a novel” tag.
We should probably leave it up to Tag Wizard, it’s his job.
April 22nd, 2018 at 9:54 pm
The guy in the middle is obviously struggling to get his iPad’s wi-fi to work.