Apr 04
Click for larger imageCharles Art Direction: “Under no circumstance put a unicorn on the cover”.
Published 1970
(Average: 8.91 out of 10)
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Charles Art Direction: “Under no circumstance put a unicorn on the cover”.
Published 1970
(Average: 8.91 out of 10)Loading...
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April 4th, 2022 at 9:23 am
The cat looks goofy enough to be her ventriloquist’s dummy.
April 4th, 2022 at 1:40 pm
Don’t bother asking for explanations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Etdpt5L-fg
April 4th, 2022 at 2:56 pm
“And put in one of those knot thingies, just to show how classy we are.”
April 4th, 2022 at 4:56 pm
Does the were-cat character in the story transform into his feline form only under the influence of laughing gas?
April 4th, 2022 at 6:29 pm
I thought this was the year of the Tiger? Chinese astrology is hard!
April 4th, 2022 at 6:38 pm
with apologies to Al Stewart:
On a psychedelic P Max poster
On a website where they turn back time
You wear a deranged expression like Peter Lorre
Contemplating this crime
She pops out of your head with no dress on
Melting like a watercolour in the rain
Don’t bother asking for explanations
She’ll just tell you that she came
In the year of the …. Er, unicorn
April 4th, 2022 at 10:25 pm
How much better this cover would be if they had rendered the title Year of the Unicorns!
April 4th, 2022 at 10:37 pm
What is this I don’t even.
Here the book is begging for Unicorns! and they don’t take that opportunity?
Also, it’s been a while since I read any of the Witch World books, but I’m pretty sure nothing like this ever happened. Is it another case of “all skiffy is alike, just put something weird on the cover”?
@JJYoyo: GSS!
April 4th, 2022 at 10:39 pm
Marilyn Monr-oh no!
April 4th, 2022 at 10:58 pm
@THX: I know Marilyn took too many tranquilizers and booze, but I doubt she was into LSD.
April 4th, 2022 at 11:08 pm
Someone in the art department was trying too hard to be cool… shoulda just gone with the unicorn. And the nekkid lady – why not – how else are we to know that it’s “fully adult pure fantasy”?
@JJYoyo: GSS!
April 5th, 2022 at 7:55 am
Promising “fully adult pure fantasy” in an Andre Norton book is like promising “fully adult, well-written characters” in a Brandon Sanderson book.
April 7th, 2022 at 2:38 am
@JJYoyo: I happened to hear “Year of the Cat” yesterday. Luckily I was alone so I didn’t have to explain this to anyone.
April 7th, 2022 at 3:09 am
@GSSxN: hey, I actually like the song!
April 11th, 2022 at 2:47 am
Which world?
April 11th, 2022 at 3:59 pm
The neighbours always come back from holiday with slides, they always make us sit through them and they always jam the projector and put three in at once.
April 12th, 2022 at 3:39 am
@JJYoyo: Yes, and it’s going to take ages for me to stop laughing every time I hear it.