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Published 1996

(Average: 6.43 out of 10)

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Tagged with: Baen Books • big hair • bighanditis • bladed weapons • crown • damsel • devil's dumplings • dude • font problems • Ken Tunnell • L. Sprague De Camp • Smirky McSmug

19 Responses to “The Reluctant King”

1. Francis Boyle Says:
   March 4th, 2021 at 11:13 am

   Pictured: Everything Alfred E. Neuman’s fantasy actually has.

2. fred Says:
   March 4th, 2021 at 11:19 am

   The Post is right. I can’t count high enough to number all the fantasy elements in this cover.

3. THX 1139 Says:
   March 4th, 2021 at 11:45 am

   He needs the sword to lever the crown off.

4. Tor Mented Says:
   March 4th, 2021 at 2:37 pm

   Look at her abdomen. She really is built like a brick sh!thouse.

5. Bruce A Munro Says:
   March 4th, 2021 at 4:40 pm

   @Tor Mented: I think those are scales and she’s a Lamia?

   (Maybe De Camp anticipated anime and he’s got an unwanted harem of monster girls. This has led him to get extremely drunk.)

6. Bibliomancer Says:
   March 4th, 2021 at 5:08 pm

   The king looks like he’s knocked silly.
   Needs a circle of flying birds and stars around his head.

7. JuanPaul Says:
   March 4th, 2021 at 6:16 pm

   I’m waiting for Conan to barge in, knock the crown off King Smirky’s head, and swoop the naga off her feet…tail.

8. B. Chiclitz Says:
   March 4th, 2021 at 6:50 pm

   @JP—definitely smirky, probably because he’s sporting such a jaunty crown!

   @Tor M, @B’Mancer—GSS, GSS!

9. THX 1139 Says:
   March 5th, 2021 at 12:15 am

   OK, I’m seeing it but not seeing it – which celebrity does the king look like?

10. Tor Mented Says:
    March 5th, 2021 at 12:34 am

    @Bruce: Now that you say that, I can see the lamia scales.
    I guess I must have been distracted by her … hair.

11. GSS ex-noob Says:
    March 5th, 2021 at 3:42 am

    This is the epitome of Smirky McSmug.

    He’s so reluctant he doesn’t even know how to wear a crown.

    @THX: A drunk Bryan Cranston playing a complete jerk?

    @Tor, B’man, JP: GSS!

12. THX 1139 Says:
    March 5th, 2021 at 10:30 am

    @GSS xn: I’m thinking a smug James Remar now? Someone like that.

13. A. R. Yngve Says:
    March 6th, 2021 at 8:43 pm

    What?? “Everything a fantasy should have?” Did the copy editor lose his marbles?
    “A fantasy” should never have just one volume. Fantasy fans are never satisfied with less than a trilogy.

14. GSS ex-noob Says:
    March 6th, 2021 at 11:42 pm

    @THX: I might agree with a young Remar, except this guy’s jaw is too square. James’ chin is not the entire width of his head.

    @ARY: You missed the fine print. “Complete in one volume”. There’s no doubt a trilogy hiding behind Smirky and Cleavage.

15. THX 1139 Says:
    March 8th, 2021 at 9:25 am

    @GSS xn: Richard Hatch, maybe? Could be the hair!

16. GSS ex-noob Says:
    March 8th, 2021 at 11:21 pm

    @THX: I’d go with Hatch, sure. Everything from the nose north definitely.

    The smirk appears imported from someone else.

17. Tat Wood Says:
    March 8th, 2021 at 11:25 pm

    @THX, x-Noob: I’m thinking mid-80s Griffin Dunne.

18. fred Says:
    August 16th, 2021 at 10:46 am

    Definitely a young Stephen McHattie.

19. Mark Oliver Says:
    October 7th, 2023 at 8:08 pm

    THX 1139, a younger Bryan Cranston, I reckon..

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