Not wishing to argue with the tag wizard authorities, but:
This ain’t the work of no UAI grind! It’s clearly the famous and fabulous Melvyn Grant behind this cover.
I read this one, and AFAIK, this masked, sword-wielding, arm-gauntleted, loincloth-bundled, poppy-clad buff dude isn’t in the book. There IS a character of a young boy who had his arm cut off by an invading soldier, but he never got it replaced with a metallic one.
This nonsense made possible by Sir Paul’s catchy ditty:
Well the first thing we noticed was a bloody slash, and the critique has begun
With his bulgy purple undies, mask and flowy hair
He’s the dancin’ assass-un
The Dancers of Arun, dancey assass-un
He’s a naked maaaaaan, three knives but only two haaaaaaands
That metal arm must weigh a tonne
For the Dancers of Arun, dancey assass-un
Flowy hair but no man-bun, Dancers of Arun
@Tat: It’s got a mediocre beat, and nobody can dance to it except a stuntman in a furry suit with a visible zip up the back. I don’t recall if The Quarry of All Alien Planets appeared in that one.
We’re not all Whovian scholars like yourself.
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June 29th, 2022 at 11:27 am
Three blades style: left hand, right hand, and groin.
June 29th, 2022 at 12:44 pm
Is this a Looney Tunes sorta deal? The arm doesn’t fall until he looks down and sees the slice.
June 29th, 2022 at 1:50 pm
‘Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.’ That must be where the science is.
June 29th, 2022 at 2:10 pm
Not wishing to argue with the tag wizard authorities, but:
This ain’t the work of no UAI grind! It’s clearly the famous and fabulous Melvyn Grant behind this cover.
June 29th, 2022 at 4:14 pm
During the COVID pandemic, all participants in the pride parade had to wear masks.
June 29th, 2022 at 4:28 pm
But is it wise to go into a swordfight with a hairdo that covers half your field of vision?
June 29th, 2022 at 5:18 pm
Someone tried a ‘Six Million Dollar Man’ reboot but consulted a focus-group back when ‘Game of Thrones’ was popular.
June 29th, 2022 at 6:24 pm
They tried a reboot of ‘The Six Millon Dollar Man’ but ran it past a focus-group around the time ‘Game of Thrones’ was big.
June 29th, 2022 at 6:29 pm
Vega from Street Fighter, the later years…
June 29th, 2022 at 11:16 pm
@Leak: Vega, the Las Vegas years?
June 29th, 2022 at 11:45 pm
At least he’s wearing a mask, so maybe his case of Skin Flowers won’t spread.
And the way he wears that knife, neither will his genes.
@Tor: Mostly true, actually! The gay community knows from plagues.
@ARY: Tell that to the people who make anime! I don’t know how half the characters aren’t walking into walls regularly.
@Max: Take it up with ISFDB, they don’t know that.
@Tag: “dude” needs to be added.
June 30th, 2022 at 3:33 am
Dancers? Not with *that* sort of dance belt….
June 30th, 2022 at 4:41 am
Oh look, the Italians probably reached into the big box of covers and pulled something out at random?
http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/images/3/33/DNZTRDRNPD1988.jpg
June 30th, 2022 at 7:01 am
The Chronicles of Torpor
June 30th, 2022 at 5:43 pm
I read this one, and AFAIK, this masked, sword-wielding, arm-gauntleted, loincloth-bundled, poppy-clad buff dude isn’t in the book. There IS a character of a young boy who had his arm cut off by an invading soldier, but he never got it replaced with a metallic one.
June 30th, 2022 at 9:36 pm
@Tracy: So *everyone* reached into the Big Box O’ Covers for this book.
This is… at least not as bad as the Italian one.
July 7th, 2022 at 2:16 am
This nonsense made possible by Sir Paul’s catchy ditty:
Well the first thing we noticed was a bloody slash, and the critique has begun
With his bulgy purple undies, mask and flowy hair
He’s the dancin’ assass-un
The Dancers of Arun, dancey assass-un
He’s a naked maaaaaan, three knives but only two haaaaaaands
That metal arm must weigh a tonne
For the Dancers of Arun, dancey assass-un
Flowy hair but no man-bun, Dancers of Arun
January 17th, 2023 at 4:50 pm
Here’s what they dance to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzFvvuLqduM (I had this gag ready six months ago but wated for everyone else to do it).
January 17th, 2023 at 7:38 pm
@Tat: It’s got a mediocre beat, and nobody can dance to it except a stuntman in a furry suit with a visible zip up the back. I don’t recall if The Quarry of All Alien Planets appeared in that one.
We’re not all Whovian scholars like yourself.