Aug 01
Click for larger imageRyan Comments: Not really what the Chamber of Commerce intended, really.
Published 1960
(Average: 6.92 out of 10)
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Ryan Comments: Not really what the Chamber of Commerce intended, really.
Published 1960
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August 1st, 2019 at 10:07 am
No, no, Mr Artist, we meant it was successful!
August 1st, 2019 at 11:08 am
“oh darn, did I leave the iron on?”
That one never gets old
August 1st, 2019 at 11:35 am
That’s ridiculous. I don't believe it.
August 1st, 2019 at 11:48 am
“No, I don’t wish to report an Unidentified Flying City..”
August 1st, 2019 at 1:19 pm
I hope they aren’t expecting Vegas.
August 1st, 2019 at 2:55 pm
They were warned that fracking was going to cause big problems.
August 1st, 2019 at 3:25 pm
Did James “Cities in Flight” Blish ever sue this guy?
August 1st, 2019 at 4:20 pm
And the pro=Brexit lot dismissed it as ‘Project Fear’…
August 1st, 2019 at 4:52 pm
Ways in which to ensure the launch of your city or town into space will not be successful: neglect to build a dome so everyone will be able to breathe, dooming them to death by asphyxiation and exposure.
August 1st, 2019 at 4:56 pm
“Well, great. Now I suppose Iron Man and Captain America are going to fight.”
August 1st, 2019 at 4:58 pm
Dammit Ultron!!!
August 1st, 2019 at 6:40 pm
@Tom: Lol! We had pretty much the same thought at the same time.
August 1st, 2019 at 7:04 pm
I’m guessing the other novel in this Ace double edition has to be The Town Returns, and you can read them in whichever order you choose.
August 1st, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Not a very big town, by the looks of things. Not enough lawn to provide oxygen even if they’ve got a spindizzy. But a glance at the flipside indicates why they were in such a hurry to get out of Dodge (and off the cover)
http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=7918
August 1st, 2019 at 7:32 pm
PS. I can’t believe nobody’s done this one yet…
‘Well, there goes the neighbourhood.’
August 1st, 2019 at 7:51 pm
@Tat Wood – Ding! Ding! Ding! Good Show Sir!
August 2nd, 2019 at 2:25 am
It’s a recurrent idea.
https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1185504676l/1585960._SX318_.jpg
August 2nd, 2019 at 4:37 am
@10, 11: My second thought. Right after @7 having my first thought.
@Tat (15): Bravo, and GSS.
The pilot doesn’t look nearly as surprised as he ought to be in this scenario. Are towns often taking off in his world? Or, as @Anna T suggested, is he merely thinking, “Yep, they’re screwed without a dome.” Or is he about to perish for lack of oxygen mask too?
The blurb doesn’t agree with the title and artwork. Looks more like a town to me, but blurb wanted to go bigger. Possibly even a village.
August 2nd, 2019 at 8:46 am
@GSS ex-noob: maybe it’s not circular? Maybe it’s more like a big flying half-pickle and we’re just seeing one end.
August 2nd, 2019 at 11:29 pm
Do they have to take it from the UK? Because they’re welcome to take Waukesha. Not like anyone wants it.
August 3rd, 2019 at 12:24 am
@FGK: The style of the town (or pickle-shaped city @Bruce) does look much more Midwestern US. Smaller than Waukesha, though. But it’s not like there aren’t plenty of towns in the vast middle of the continent that nobody would miss.
Flyover country becomes fly-up country.
August 3rd, 2019 at 2:33 am
It’s the basis for the next Doug & Bob McKenzie Great White North movie.
“Take off, eh?”
August 3rd, 2019 at 6:09 am
@GSS ex-noob: Yeah, it is too small. Token Creek, maybe? Though the lack of truck stops makes that unlikely.
August 6th, 2019 at 8:12 am
@FGK: Maybe the truck stops are on the other side. Or didn’t get to come with the town.
August 7th, 2019 at 5:25 am
@GSS ex-noob: Maybe.
August 12th, 2019 at 5:33 pm
@Tat #15: GSS!
@Hammy #22: ..and the sequal: The Flying Hosers Came Back!
August 19th, 2019 at 7:39 pm
Well, I like this cover. It does the job, it doesn’t get pretentious, the humor is understated.
Also, something like this happened to me in ’98. I was lucky to get out of that mess alive, man…
August 20th, 2019 at 5:35 am
I reiterate: this must happen all the time, since Manly McSteelJaw looks bored. But then why write a book about it, if it’s no surprise?
@ARY: Which town was it?
August 20th, 2019 at 8:45 am
@GSS: I think it was called Whooshington.