@A.R. Yngve: and so often the Earth in SF was described as “green” in, one would think, blatant disregard that 75% of it was covered with blue (or white, when frozen) oceans and seas, and quite a lot of the remainder is desert, yellow savanna, or more ice.
The ‘good green Earth’ surely referred to the parts where people lived? The pictured globe has plenty of blue but crudely drawn land masses and no clouds.
Sigh. Another example of art and blurb being all trendy for their time, having nothing to do with the book. The protagonist’s trip is literal, from his planet to Earth. Which he buys, so I suppose he could do what he wants with it @fred.
Apologies for my absence this past week. I got the final sign-off from my surgeon so the Misadventure of the Broken Leg is OVER!!! I went out to lunch and shopping with a friend to celebrate, plus I got my very first smartphone, so I had many other things to do this week.
Old joke, but also true — always was a mediocre dancer. The ankle isn’t fully rehabbed yet, still too weak to risk dancing even if I wanted to. But at least I can walk in a normal manner.
I’m going to be brave and risk not only walking but public transit in a week or so. I will not be reading anything ever seen here on the bus.
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June 6th, 2019 at 9:54 am
Looks like he demolished Europe and replaced it with a T-Rex head shaped continent.
June 6th, 2019 at 9:58 am
Captain Planet: The Wilderness Years.
June 6th, 2019 at 1:04 pm
He really ought to see a doctor about that rash but since it’s already eaten his dick maybe he just doesn’t care anymore.
June 6th, 2019 at 1:35 pm
Total eclipse of the heart.
June 6th, 2019 at 2:03 pm
It’s ‘Find it, Fix it, Flog it, Galactic Edition’.
June 6th, 2019 at 2:20 pm
@Ray P – GSS!
June 6th, 2019 at 2:53 pm
@Francis B—The tragic result of wearing one of those “I’ve Been to Sarnath” T-Shirts purchased from Chinese GSS.
June 6th, 2019 at 3:17 pm
Looks like he forgot his wallet. He won’t be doing much buying.
June 6th, 2019 at 3:53 pm
On the plus side, his hands and feet are relatively well-drawn.
June 6th, 2019 at 4:36 pm
@Tat Wood—Probably stencils.
June 6th, 2019 at 5:31 pm
People are assuming that there’s something weird about this guy’s body.
What if he just has bizarre taste in clothing and awful ’70s hair?
June 6th, 2019 at 7:10 pm
Body-shaming cover man for having hardly any body. Still, less attention paid to some parts meant more detail on others.
June 6th, 2019 at 7:15 pm
The globe is very poorly drawn. Has someone thrown egg yolk on his head?
June 6th, 2019 at 8:36 pm
“I don’t often buy new planets, but when I do I always wear my full body condom and Batman contact lenses.”
June 7th, 2019 at 3:59 am
“I weel not buy thees planet. It is scratched….”
June 7th, 2019 at 4:20 pm
Funny how virtually all paintings of Earth seen from space dated before the Moon landings look so totally wrong now.
June 8th, 2019 at 6:44 am
@A.R. Yngve: and so often the Earth in SF was described as “green” in, one would think, blatant disregard that 75% of it was covered with blue (or white, when frozen) oceans and seas, and quite a lot of the remainder is desert, yellow savanna, or more ice.
June 8th, 2019 at 1:55 pm
The ‘good green Earth’ surely referred to the parts where people lived? The pictured globe has plenty of blue but crudely drawn land masses and no clouds.
June 9th, 2019 at 12:32 am
Sigh. Another example of art and blurb being all trendy for their time, having nothing to do with the book. The protagonist’s trip is literal, from his planet to Earth. Which he buys, so I suppose he could do what he wants with it @fred.
Apologies for my absence this past week. I got the final sign-off from my surgeon so the Misadventure of the Broken Leg is OVER!!! I went out to lunch and shopping with a friend to celebrate, plus I got my very first smartphone, so I had many other things to do this week.
June 9th, 2019 at 11:15 pm
@GSSxn—Good news on the leg. Now you won’t risking re-injuring yourself when the covers make you hopping mad! Hope you go dancing this week.
June 11th, 2019 at 6:51 am
@BC: I never could go dancing before!
Old joke, but also true — always was a mediocre dancer. The ankle isn’t fully rehabbed yet, still too weak to risk dancing even if I wanted to. But at least I can walk in a normal manner.
I’m going to be brave and risk not only walking but public transit in a week or so. I will not be reading anything ever seen here on the bus.