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Nov 23

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Ryan Comments: I don’t know, but I bet this isn’t it.

Published 1976

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: 8.70 out of 10)
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21 Responses to “Who Can Replace a Man?”

  1. Francis Boyle Says:

    Not. That.

    Geez, that was easy?

  2. fred Says:

    The doom that came to Turducken?

  3. Cornelius Says:

    Early attempts at creating the Swiss Army Frog were less than successful.

  4. THX 1139 Says:

    “Naw, naw, let’s just see how it tastes.”

  5. THX 1139 Says:

    Is this book a Jodie Whittaker reference?

  6. Tor Mented Says:

    Well, I know that Who can’t replace Moon.

  7. Tat Wood Says:

    In related news… https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/23/crazy-frog-returns-like-it-or-not-there-will-always-be-a-place-for-novelty-songs

  8. Daard23 Says:

    Well, now I know where the cover artists go when they’re fired from Baen.

  9. A. R. Yngve Says:

    Isn’t that the card game we used play – we called it “MixMax” – where you have to match various body part pictures with each other?

  10. GSS ex-noob Says:

    A stepladder, a jar opener, and a vibrator.

    None of which will stare at you like this thing does.

    (Kidding. At least for the men of GSS.)

    This must be the little-known and less-popular Mr. Potato Head Expansion Playset. “Now with animal parts! Sold separately.”

    Is the strapline giving the original title pasted on crooked? Indeed, is it pasted on?

    @TagW: how about “words words words”.

    @THX: GSS!

  11. fred Says:

    For some reason a German publisher slapped this cover on a Samuel R Delaney book.

    http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?439818

  12. Bruce A Munro Says:

    Early reconstructions of Homo Sapiens by future robo-paleontologists were a bit speculative.

  13. B. Chiclitz Says:

    At first I thought is was the same face as dino-rhino from yesterday’s cover!

  14. GSS ex-noob Says:

    @BC: Along with the oil/gas crises of the 70s, SF cover artists also suffered a face shortage.

  15. JJYoyo Says:

    Attempts at answering the question:
    1) A Swiss Army Frog?
    2) I don’t know, but it seems to be what you get when you cross a cockroach with a wing wine corkscrew

  16. GSS ex-noob Says:

    @JJYoyo: Note that whatever it is, it’s electric. It’s got a power cord and a couple of wires.

    With chicken, frog, and fish parts, I’m thinking it’d go with white wine.

  17. Hammy Says:

    @GSSx-n (prev.) and JJYoyo (#15):

    Hm. That *is* a two-prong plug on the power cord. I hope whatever it’s powering is double-insulated to prevent electric shocks.

    When I looked at the large version, there are definintely banana plugs on the ends of the two wires. Maybe they’re to connect to the extended external antenna for better reception in fringe areas….

  18. JJYoyo Says:

    @GSSxN: You must have passed the alien sommelier test. GSS!

    @ Hammy: In olden times there were ads on late night TV for bizarre gadgets from the Popeil company (parodied by the original SNL crew, like Dan Ackroyd’s Bass-o-matic). This might have fit in there.

  19. Max Bathroom Says:

    I’m thinking with the stereo leads this might be the late Robert Moog’s true form…

  20. Hammy Says:

    Wait! Here’s the definitive GSS answer to the question “who can replace a man?”

    https://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=13686

  21. GSS ex-noob Says:

    @Hammy: All that ungrounded wiring looks dangerous. Maybe that’s how you cook the thing?

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