This cover is from 1976? They certainly nailed the skinny jeans and white t-shirt fashion trend of the future (present?). The helmet and over-sized ray gun….not so much.
@THX: Indeed. Her feet are so tiny I was wondering if she’s Post-Apocalyptic Murder Barbie.
@Bruce: It’s something you’d see on SyFy late at night, made 20 years ago.
I can’t tell if it’s a beach or a desert either. I’m thinking desert, but that cloud/wave at left could be either. Perhaps it’s a beach in a desert area.
I read the description of this on Goodreads and the book also seems to be WTF.
Perhaps this cover is a reverse-angle view of the cover of Pearl of Patmos.
And you know what that means: The people in the background are a bunch of Dicks.
@GSS at comment 12: a lot of Van Vogt’s non-fixup novels tend to be WTF. IIRC, he considered it a good idea to take the plot off in some totally new direction every few chapters or so.
January 16th, 2019 at 9:39 am
“I need this for balance – my feet are too small.”
January 16th, 2019 at 11:11 am
I don’t know what this game is but I want it televised NOW. It’s definitely one sport I could get behind.
January 16th, 2019 at 12:40 pm
“It’s after Labor Day and she’s wearing white boots! Ruuuunn!!!
January 16th, 2019 at 12:45 pm
Health insurance for Area 51 workers regarding prostate cancer screenings appears to be using an out of network provider this year.
January 16th, 2019 at 3:09 pm
Hard to tell if those saucers are coming down from the sky or rising up from the ocean.
January 16th, 2019 at 6:04 pm
A kind of skeet shooting where a hit only counts if the target lands on someone.
January 16th, 2019 at 6:54 pm
Fashion shows of the apocalypse.
January 16th, 2019 at 7:31 pm
This cover is from 1976? They certainly nailed the skinny jeans and white t-shirt fashion trend of the future (present?). The helmet and over-sized ray gun….not so much.
January 16th, 2019 at 7:41 pm
@Anti-Sceptic: don’t be so sure https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2019/jan/04/london-fashion-week-mens-charles-jeffrey-loverboy-david-beckham-menswear (especially the last two).
I’m going to watch an episode of Nathan Barley to recover my composure.
January 16th, 2019 at 8:33 pm
Is it Underwhelming Hero Week at GSS?
January 16th, 2019 at 11:38 pm
The people flee from the twin menaces of flying saucers and poorly realized cosplay. [1]
@B. Chiclitz, I dunno if this is a beach or a desert. Are those waves in the lower background or just poorly drawn clouds?
[1] Indeed, this looks like the Book of the (low budget) Movie, complete with screenshot.
January 17th, 2019 at 2:53 am
@THX: Indeed. Her feet are so tiny I was wondering if she’s Post-Apocalyptic Murder Barbie.
@Bruce: It’s something you’d see on SyFy late at night, made 20 years ago.
I can’t tell if it’s a beach or a desert either. I’m thinking desert, but that cloud/wave at left could be either. Perhaps it’s a beach in a desert area.
I read the description of this on Goodreads and the book also seems to be WTF.
January 17th, 2019 at 3:53 am
it’s a scifi cover made in the 70s?
funny thing is, these clothes are current fashions, so the future has arrived!!!
January 17th, 2019 at 4:56 am
Perhaps this cover is a reverse-angle view of the cover of Pearl of Patmos.
And you know what that means: The people in the background are a bunch of Dicks.
January 17th, 2019 at 8:31 pm
When the young Boris Vallejo saw this cover, he realized he had found his life’s calling. This was what he wanted to paint for the rest of his life.
January 17th, 2019 at 9:22 pm
Does she have a Zapata moustache? If so, I’ve spotted this week’s theme.
January 18th, 2019 at 1:43 am
@Tor: GSS! They do look starkers.
January 20th, 2019 at 6:40 am
@GSS at comment 12: a lot of Van Vogt’s non-fixup novels tend to be WTF. IIRC, he considered it a good idea to take the plot off in some totally new direction every few chapters or so.
January 23rd, 2019 at 7:24 am
@Bruce: which is probably why I only care for his fixups.
Wonder if it was the Dianetics…