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Click for larger imageRyan Comments: A baffling melange of unrelated images clumped together in the bottom half of the cover, unmoored from any background, will surely help sell this novel.
Published 1979
(Average: 8.33 out of 10)
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Ryan Comments: A baffling melange of unrelated images clumped together in the bottom half of the cover, unmoored from any background, will surely help sell this novel.
Published 1979
(Average: 8.33 out of 10)Loading...
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March 15th, 2021 at 10:26 am
Is this one of those Muppets episodes with the content warning at the start?
March 15th, 2021 at 11:52 am
I think a Kingdom that can be won w/a bird ghost, a sword that’s effective against mud, and the three little pigs would have already been won by someone using more conventional means.
March 15th, 2021 at 12:16 pm
King Arthur: Now, stand aside, worthy adversary!
Black Knight: ‘Tis but a scratch!
King Arthur: A scratch? Your arm’s off!
Black Knight: No, it isn’t!
King Arthur: Well, what’s that then?
Black Knight: I’ve had worse.
March 15th, 2021 at 1:05 pm
That’s one way to break up a solid chocolate easter bunny.
March 15th, 2021 at 1:46 pm
“Fear my chocolate spatula of DOOM.”
March 15th, 2021 at 2:40 pm
Run, run, as fast as you can! You can’t catch me, I’m the GingerBr—arrrrghhh!
March 15th, 2021 at 3:16 pm
Never mind Kevin Kline and the Gummi-Bear, what’s with the grave? Someone’s buried in a swamp near a pigsty – that has to be a food hygiene issue even without the giant pigeon statue made of Parma Violets.
March 15th, 2021 at 3:45 pm
“I dub thee Sir … Ooops”
March 15th, 2021 at 4:13 pm
There it is, a Home Run to win the Series! And now I’m going to Disneyland™!
March 15th, 2021 at 4:23 pm
As commanded by his imaginary bird-friend, Sir Doofus destroys the Icky Idol, wrecking at least two hours of work by a small child playing with mud (earth).
“Wizardry and Warfare win a kingdom for a Rogue”
If I know my Cabell, that makes the story sound a lot more conventional than it really is.
March 15th, 2021 at 5:21 pm
And there was me thinking the cover of the Unwin UK edition wasn’t very good…
March 15th, 2021 at 11:26 pm
To whoever did the mouseover text: GSS!
To the rest of you: GSS! Far too witty for a Monday.
So it’s set in medieval Europe (tunic-wearing guy with sword; castle; free-roaming pigs: all check) but there’s a ‘Muricun Eagle also? (blue, with red and white striped bunting: USA! USA!).
Ooh, I get it now. “Figures of Earth” = “Humanoid Statues of Mud”.
March 17th, 2021 at 2:22 am
At first glance, I thought ghost-bird was wearing a crash helmet. I wasn’t surprised, what with some guy swinging a sword like that…
July 16th, 2021 at 1:22 pm
“Listen, strange birds lyin’ in ponds distributin’ swords is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony!”
July 16th, 2021 at 10:30 pm
@Bruce: That’s good, if the story’s more convoluted, else the blurb is one big spoiler.