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The Rainbow Annals

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Good Show Sir Comments: The Rainbow Anal!?

Thanks to Ryan for sending this in!

Published 1980

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: 7.33 out of 10)
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14 Responses to “The Rainbow Annals”

  1. A. R. Yngve Says:
    July 25th, 2022 at 12:46 pm

    Are you SURE this isn’t a leaflet from the Hare Krishna?

  2. Francis Boyle Says:
    July 25th, 2022 at 1:58 pm

    I see what they were going for. Unfortunately the wheels fell off the gaily-painted wagon.

  3. drlemaster Says:
    July 25th, 2022 at 2:02 pm

    Some covers have relatively few tags because they are very simple. In this case, the cover has so many elements it is difficult to make anything out.

  4. A. R. Yngve Says:
    July 25th, 2022 at 2:03 pm

    Maybe I’ll understand this cover in my next reincarnation.

  5. fred Says:
    July 25th, 2022 at 2:45 pm

    The fabled John Lennon Kama Sutra album.

  6. Tor Mented Says:
    July 25th, 2022 at 4:29 pm

    Sunshine, avatars and rainbows.
    Everything that’s wonderful is what I feel is on this cover.
    Brighter than a lucky karma
    When you’re near the rainbow disappears, dear
    And I read sci-fi.
    Just because this paperback is mine.
    My life is sunshine, avatars and rainbows
    That’s how this refrain goes
    Come on, join in, GSS.

  7. Tat Wood Says:
    July 25th, 2022 at 7:06 pm

    Zippy and George could tell you what the sound of one hand clapping is.

  8. Leak Says:
    July 25th, 2022 at 9:08 pm

    “The Rainbow Anals”? That’s very Karma Sutra-esque…

  9. GSS ex-noob Says:
    July 25th, 2022 at 11:41 pm

    That is WAY too busy for any cover, particularly a paperback. Rarely has the “my eyes!” tag been more apropos.

    White woman plunders Buddhist myth/religion for a fantasy book. There’s Monkey from “Journey to the West” right in the middle!

    (@TagW: can we get a “monkey” tag? and “dude” and “damsel”?)

    @ARY: I’m old enough to remember when the Hare Krishnas were everywhere, and agree with your question.

    @Tor: GSS!

    In conclusion: Om Mani Padme Yikes.

  10. Emster Says:
    July 26th, 2022 at 12:41 am

    @Tor: GSS! Golden Snicker Snort Award
    Singing along in a Chief Wiggum voice :
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmo01XlGWfM

    The colours of the rainbow are outta order, but who’s gonna notice considering the busy-ness of this cover and the kids making out in the lower right teardrop window – good thing the pictures don’t move like at Hogwarts, ’cause ew….

  11. GSS ex-noob Says:
    July 27th, 2022 at 12:04 am

    @Emster: You’re right; I hadn’t noticed the bad rainbow, being blinded by all the other crap.

    Scrambled rainbow, what does it meeeaaan?

  12. Bruce A Munro Says:
    July 27th, 2022 at 1:28 am

    @GSS ex-noob: the regular rainbow was rejected as “too gay?”

    https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/19/middleeast/saudi-arabia-rainbow-colored-toys-ban-intl/index.html

  13. fred Says:
    July 27th, 2022 at 2:05 am

    Looks like a tiny Lovecraft shantak grabbing the monkey tail.

  14. Hammy Says:
    July 27th, 2022 at 3:22 am

    @ARY (#1), GSSxn (#9):

    Should we beat up on the Hare Krishnas now, like in that scene in the movie “Airplane”?

    Or is it more like the running gag from “The Muppet Movie”?

    Bernie the Agent: “I’ve lost my sense of direction!”
    Kermit:”Have you tried Hare Krishna?”

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