Jul 11
Click for larger imageEmster Comments: Dear GSS regulars, please provide clever quips for this cover art. I expect your comic offerings will make up for the 3 hours of my life I’m never getting back (typical hazard for sf fans who will try any author once).
GSS Admin Comments: It says it’s comedy but apparently it isn’t funny. So we’ll allow it.
Published 2012
(Average: 7.33 out of 10)
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July 11th, 2022 at 12:30 pm
In the future, nobody will find adult babies at all odd, and Star Fleet will provide away teams with special equipment to keep them happy.
July 11th, 2022 at 1:49 pm
This cover suckles.
July 11th, 2022 at 2:01 pm
Just when you thought the American cult of guns couldn’t sink any lower, an arms manufacturer releases the “Mother-of-All-Guns: The gun that shoots baby formula straight at your baby!”
July 11th, 2022 at 2:18 pm
Is this a burp gun?
July 11th, 2022 at 2:29 pm
@ A. R. Yngve On the bright side, the NRA is now taking the infant formula shortage very seriously.
July 11th, 2022 at 3:01 pm
If ‘2001’ had been a Marvel film, ths would have been popping up halfway through the end credits.
July 11th, 2022 at 5:02 pm
“Fans of gun fetishism and lactation fetishism should be satisfied. Both of them.”
July 11th, 2022 at 5:28 pm
Clearly this gunship is headed for the Milky Way to refuel.
@fred @Tor M—GSS to both!!
July 11th, 2022 at 5:39 pm
The plot is formulaic.
July 11th, 2022 at 5:51 pm
“should be” is doing all the work. “Should be — the author thought so — but aren’t”.
How big is this gun? Enough to fill the Ever Expanding Universe? Or is it like a t-shirt cannon, and one person can feed several babies, lined up in a row?
Are other liquids available? Because this makes me want some.
Not only is this ridiculous, the grip isn’t large enough for the weight of the bottle, milk, gauge, and pointless fin.
And it’s from an actual publisher.
GSS to @fred ,@Tor and @BC!
July 11th, 2022 at 9:32 pm
Little did they know in 2012 how the end-time wars in the US were really going to be about baby formula…
July 11th, 2022 at 10:42 pm
Not sure how much longer we can keep milking this gag.
(I can actually see this as a bottle warmer, sold online to nerd parents-to-be.)
July 12th, 2022 at 1:19 am
‘Dammit, I asked for a pacifier ray…”
July 12th, 2022 at 12:07 pm
It’s a gun for people who are nursing a grudge.
July 13th, 2022 at 1:00 am
Whether or not I thought the story – vague shades of ‘Juno’ teens vs aliens space soap aimed at YA SciFi readers – coulda used a few more months gestation and some strict motherly editing… is irrelevant. It’s all about the GSS cover art review.
I have just giggled my way through 14 exquisite zingers and puns. Totally worth it.
Also, I managed to trade this stinker in for credit at the local used book shop. (If the shop owner, also a SciFi fan, reads this and puts two and two together, I’m so busted…)
July 14th, 2022 at 3:52 am
PS – that should have been 15 exquisite zingers and puns, including the GSS “cover hover pop up”. Apologies for overlooking our gracious host who brings us together to laugh about book covers from our favourite genre, and provides a treasure trove of classic/cheesy/downright tacky covers.