Apr 06
Click for larger imageRyan Comments: We three kings of Orient are,
Wielding edged weapons,
And a green star.
Published 1999
(Average: 5.57 out of 10)
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Ryan Comments: We three kings of Orient are,
Wielding edged weapons,
And a green star.
Published 1999
(Average: 5.57 out of 10)Loading...
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April 6th, 2021 at 8:50 am
“Get lost, Vigo! My bro needs his Zs.”
April 6th, 2021 at 9:13 am
Sadly, the trend of embedding high powered lasers in book covers died a quick death when publishers realised the cost of printing in braille.
April 6th, 2021 at 9:36 am
Ronald D. Moore was determined to channel his TV success into being the Fabio of sci-fi paperbacks.
April 6th, 2021 at 11:28 am
‘The Last Selfie’.
April 6th, 2021 at 1:28 pm
Friends, Norsemen, Countrymen!
April 6th, 2021 at 1:52 pm
“I’ve removed his evil spleen! Quickly now, send the cursed organ to the abyss!”
April 6th, 2021 at 3:47 pm
Judging by the head antenna, the horse must have a dashboard AM/FM radio.
April 6th, 2021 at 5:09 pm
@Bibliomancer
You mean that he has a well-pimped ride?
April 6th, 2021 at 5:15 pm
The Last Rune? Well, it’s dagaz if you’re using Elder Futhark. Might be ēar if you go by plain old Anglo-Saxon futhorc.
All this makes me wonder why runic alphabets are not in alphabetical order.
April 6th, 2021 at 5:27 pm
I guess this is what things look like when you get Beyond the Ale ?
April 6th, 2021 at 6:30 pm
@B. Chiclitz
I’d not thought of that, but there are four of them on the cover: is this the true details of how Simon Hinckler left The Mission?
April 6th, 2021 at 8:51 pm
Art direction: “I want this cover embossed so hard you’ll bloody your knuckles trying to read it.”
April 6th, 2021 at 9:57 pm
@Max Bathroom: not counting the horse there’s just three, although it does look at first glance as if the man holding the magical mcguffin has a headless midget taking shelter under his cloak.
April 6th, 2021 at 11:04 pm
Shiny AND embossed, that’s how you know it’s quality litrachur.
Is the lowest one taking a nap?
So we’ve got one guy taking a nap, being watched over by a guy who has an odd-looking right arm and cloak and is wielding a TING! who’s holding off…
Oh! Top dude is The Pale.
See how completely white he is? He’s annoyed that the other two are Beyond him.
It’s a fine line between runes and random line-scratches. This book is Beyond that line too.
@Tor: because they’re in futhark-ial order, silly.
April 7th, 2021 at 12:21 am
@GSS ex-Noob: I’ve spent all day half-dreading you making some peurile anti-English joke (it’s not as if any of us is great at resisting low-hanging fruit). Thanks.
And during that time I’ve been wondering: what’s with Beardyman’s right fist? Is he planning to punch the green glowing object into submission? Is this some weird quasi-mediaeval beach Volleyball tournament? Did Pale-and-Interesting get his hat from a Christmas Cracker?
I’m with the languid bloke at the bottom: like, whatever.
April 7th, 2021 at 1:34 am
I wonder if it’s “beyond the pale” in the sense of “someone does something icky” (the man on the horse, probably) or if the writer is trying to be clever and is committing medievalism (it’s “pale” as in “pale of settlement” or “pale of Calais” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_of_Calais ) and it’s a road trip novel?
April 7th, 2021 at 3:46 am
Beyond the Palomino
April 7th, 2021 at 3:47 am
Bruce – I saw that too!
April 7th, 2021 at 4:51 am
The guy in the middle has air-guitared so hard that he has sparked off electricity from his left hand, knocked out Orange Gloves, and enraged B. Ond the Pale to violence.
April 7th, 2021 at 5:07 am
Top to bottom: Maurice, Barry and Robin.
April 8th, 2021 at 1:21 am
@Tat (19): GSS!!!! Perfect.
@Bruce (16): maybe the author thought he was Real Clever and combined your idea and mine.
April 8th, 2021 at 9:03 pm
“I was just going to take the elevator to the top of the castle to fix a window, but I pressed the wrong rune button, and the door opened to the Evil Mage level. I was mortified…”