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Published 2004
(Average: 6.78 out of 10)
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February 1st, 2023 at 5:31 am
Any explanation for why Boris Karloff as Hjalmar Poelzig from The Black Cat is on there?
February 1st, 2023 at 12:41 pm
The hills hide many strange things, which is why we moved to the mountains!
February 1st, 2023 at 12:50 pm
@Nequam. The movie is set in mountains so … that still doesn’t solve anything.
I’ll take a Lugosi. The name certainly rings a Bela.
February 1st, 2023 at 1:20 pm
The hills hide many strange things . . . the rest are on Baen covers for all to see.
February 1st, 2023 at 1:25 pm
I don’t care if it isn’t in the book, that blurb deserves a buxom BAEN beauty.
February 1st, 2023 at 1:35 pm
Despite the obvious Baen-ness of having a messianic hand-weapon halo, ths is obviously a filter added by Lego Obi-Wan’s Instagram.
He could have done duckface but everyone would have made Jar Jar jokes.
February 1st, 2023 at 3:09 pm
HILLBILLY 3000 AD IV: HILLBILLY 3000 AD MEETS DRECKULA
February 1st, 2023 at 3:42 pm
The Hills Hide Many Strange Things, Including An Excess Of Capital Letters.
February 1st, 2023 at 6:22 pm
“Yes, they’re coming for our Christmas lights, Boris. I told you we should have taken them down on January 6.”
February 1st, 2023 at 11:53 pm
I like that there are two “ridiculous” tags here. Perfect.
I feel bad for Henry Kuttner even though he was dead for over 40 years by the time this was printed. Shame they’re using his good name to draw people in to the hacks.
Hills and mountains aren’t the same thing. The hills have eyes; there’s 4 of them on this cover alone.
It’s a cheap shot making the guy in back so obviously Boris. Really spooky, huh kids? He doesn’t look excited to be there — in fact, he’s looking to skedaddle off stage right ASAP. Preferably before the torch-carrying crowd arrives.
@FB, fred, Ryan, and most especially Tat: GSS!
February 2nd, 2023 at 2:16 am
@fred: agreed – perhaps a buxom MUTANT Baen beauty.
I’m getting a 70’s Battlestar Galactica vibe off this one, and no clue what this book is about based on the cover… quick visit to Baen and… okay, yeah, I’d read that, but the cover’s not sellin’ it very well. A little stingy with the orange to be really Baen-y.
@GSS x-n: ooooooooooo – scary stuff!
February 4th, 2023 at 1:09 pm
The magical “shine” around the gun is definitely there for the Baen fans…they know what they like.
February 5th, 2023 at 2:06 am
What if the gun isn’t magic, it’s just a toy with holes in it that the lightbulbs inside shine through?
Also, dig the unholy combo of Christmas light wires and polished rocks on the far right.
@Emster: I can see the BSG resemblance. There isn’t enough orange coming from the sky, but there will be plenty of it when the mob starts burning.
@Tag: Can we get “BEHIND YOU” for the mob? The cover boys really ought to be facing the other way. Either that or there’s two mobs.
February 5th, 2023 at 7:14 pm
GSS ex-noob: perhaps the torch bearers are just standing around waiting for them to join in on the mob action?
“Look, if you guys aren’t ready in another five minutes, we’re going to go burn down the Shack of Evil on our own.”
“Hold on, dagnabbit! Gotta get the sights lined up on mah atomic boom-stick.”
(Boris didn’t say anything. Social situations made him uncomfortable.)
February 6th, 2023 at 10:54 pm
@Tag: You noticed! Thanks!
@Bruce: Extra points for “dagnabbit”. Also I maintain Boris is looking to exit, or at least checking for angry mob thataway. It’s getting dark, he’s in black with no glowy gun, he might be able to skedaddle out.
September 25th, 2023 at 3:00 am
The Psychlos all got haircuts and returned to Battlefield Earth 2 : Payback!
September 25th, 2023 at 11:58 am
I suppose there might have been someone who muddled this up with Thomas Mann, so a lurid cover could have been a precaution.
September 26th, 2023 at 1:32 am
Is Ryk E. Spoor actually called that? It sounds like a name made up to parody this publisher’s oeuvre. Maybe they hired him just for that.