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The Human Zero

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Arthur Dent Comments: Covers don’t come any uglier than this one.

Published 1967

Actually, that cover IS a classical work of art!I would touch it without protective gloves.I've seen worse. Far, far, worse.Interesting, but I would still read it in public.Middlng: Neither awful nor awfully goodWould not like to be seen reading that!Awful... just awful...That belongs in a gold-lame picture frame!Gah... my eyes are burning! Feels so good!Good Show Sir! (Average: 8.41 out of 10)
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19 Responses to “The Human Zero”

  1. Bruce A Munro Says:
    August 23rd, 2021 at 10:37 am

    “Whatever you do, don’t mention the giant pimple.”

  2. THX 1139 Says:
    August 23rd, 2021 at 10:48 am

    Is this one of those makeover shows?

  3. Cornelius Says:
    August 23rd, 2021 at 11:16 am

    He should have read the instructions on the dental floss.

  4. fred Says:
    August 23rd, 2021 at 11:36 am

    I’m too ____ for my hat.

  5. fred Says:
    August 23rd, 2021 at 12:29 pm

    Blog post on the book w/back cover.

    https://www.blackgate.com/2015/10/19/test-2/

  6. Dr Bob Says:
    August 23rd, 2021 at 12:42 pm

    Zero’s party trick was to smash an egg on his head and then hold up a pair of chopsticks using only his lower eyelids. He couldn’t understand why he was never invited round a second time…

  7. A. R. Yngve Says:
    August 23rd, 2021 at 2:12 pm

    When all the Twitter wars, purges and feuds have ended, only this guy will be left standing with an active account: The Human Zero.

  8. Bruce A Munro Says:
    August 23rd, 2021 at 2:26 pm

    @fred: looks like this collection is batting zero.

    @THX 1139: “On this episode of Space Makeover, we turn a Human Zero into a Ten!”

  9. Francis Boyle Says:
    August 23rd, 2021 at 2:41 pm

    I think the attempt to appeal to a younger female demographic with a magic pink unicorn may have needed a little more thought.

  10. Max Bathroom Says:
    August 23rd, 2021 at 3:15 pm

    Early attempts to replace Peter Gabriel with Glen Danzig were unsuccessful, so eventually Phil Collins took over as Genesis’ new vocalist.

  11. Ryan Says:
    August 23rd, 2021 at 6:06 pm

    I got this same look in London once, when I asked another customer at Kulu Kulu for a glass of water, mistaking him for a waiter.

  12. JuanPaul Says:
    August 23rd, 2021 at 7:04 pm

    Marvel is switching from blueish-purple supervillains to purplish-pink supervillains.

  13. fred Says:
    August 23rd, 2021 at 8:13 pm

    The Proxy Head……Signs
    The Cosmic Relic….Arrival

  14. B. Chiclitz Says:
    August 23rd, 2021 at 8:56 pm

    “Hey, check it out, parallel lines do meet at a distance—right in the middle of my brain!”

  15. Tat Wood Says:
    August 23rd, 2021 at 10:31 pm

    On the Bad Manners reunion tour, Buster tried extreme measures to cure his ice-cream headache, including laser-pointers and a floatation-tank filled with Vimto. Eventually, it dawned on him that not scooping ice-cream onto your head is probably a good start.

  16. Hammy Says:
    August 24th, 2021 at 12:22 am

    Pinkish: If I keep my head upright, my eye-lasers will burn off my chest hair (or my nipples)!

  17. A. R. Yngve Says:
    August 24th, 2021 at 9:49 am

    The role that Tor Johnson refused because he thought it might make him seem “unsophisticated.”

  18. Bruce A Munro Says:
    August 24th, 2021 at 3:44 pm

    When your bucket-of-sludge-propped-atop-a-door trick catches exactly the wrong person.

  19. Emster Says:
    April 2nd, 2022 at 1:55 am

    I’d like to think that at the time the maters of SF listed on the cover were horrified to find their babies swaddled in that poorly designed mess, but back then they were probably used to it…

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