May 02
Good Show Sir comments: Sturgeon is a “talented serious writer”. Don’t get any ideas he’s some kind of goofball.
Thanks to Ryan for sending this in!
Published 1984
(Average: 4.11 out of 10)
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Good Show Sir comments: Sturgeon is a “talented serious writer”. Don’t get any ideas he’s some kind of goofball.
Thanks to Ryan for sending this in!
Published 1984
(Average: 4.11 out of 10)Loading...
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May 2nd, 2023 at 9:37 am
Well, even Sturgeon is “entitled” to his ten percent.
(Not that this cover is shit exactly but I still wouldn’t want to eat it.)
May 2nd, 2023 at 1:08 pm
This cover is seriously serious, from the tower to her hat.
May 2nd, 2023 at 1:36 pm
The untalented serious writers and talented unserious writers are probably giving Sturgeon a run for his money these days.
May 2nd, 2023 at 2:49 pm
Frankie Avalon was sent into space in ‘Sgt Deadhead’. This cut scene has him trying a zero-G version of the Twist as hs friend stuffs a wilder bikini than anything Annette had to deal with.
May 2nd, 2023 at 3:27 pm
It’s a trap?
May 2nd, 2023 at 5:16 pm
I was not previously aware that Michael Fielding had taken his Naboo character from The Mighty Boosh into the arena of artists’ model for cover illustrations.
May 2nd, 2023 at 6:01 pm
“That’s it, Frankie, keep twisting! Soon your abs will be as impressive as mine. But I still won’t let you wear the hat.”
May 2nd, 2023 at 6:02 pm
This is the only SFF book I’ve ever seen where the cover artist gets a credit right on the cover. It’s how graphic novels are credited, but this one doesn’t look like a graphic novel and AFAIK Rowena Morrill wasn’t that kind of artist. It’s a really bad cover so they shouldn’t have bothered. The floater, woman, and city are seriously out of scale with each other.
May 2nd, 2023 at 6:02 pm
BTW, one of the cheesier attempts we’ve seen recently to hide the undrawn feet.
May 2nd, 2023 at 6:05 pm
If the female chromosome is XX and the male chromosome XY, Then looking at the figure not wearing the trousers. I think the correct title should be, Venus Plus Y.
May 2nd, 2023 at 6:25 pm
@B. Chiclitz: I’m concerned about Frankie’s left ankle. His foot seems to be coming off at the joint.
May 2nd, 2023 at 6:37 pm
@Tat W—If Rowena had had the moxie to draw the foot, we could make a better diagnosis. He was probably injured during a twist-off against Moondoggie.
May 2nd, 2023 at 6:42 pm
Venus Plus X sighed audibly, hand on hip in frustrated concern. How in RuPaul’s name was she going to transform this gawky, plain creature into a Drag Queen Superstar in less than 10 days when even the local flora were having an adverse reaction?
@Tracy: I’ve never seen Rowena listed on the cover before either, must have lost the office sports pool… I love her work, especially the stuff that ends up on GSS. Maybe the Publisher needed some cover fun to balance Theo’s seriousness. Anyone actually read this book?
May 3rd, 2023 at 2:49 am
This book is indeed srs bznss, so the wacky whimsical cover is so wrong. I haven’t read it in ages, but I don’t recall giant fly traps, and everyone but the hero (probably him aloft) is gender-neutral, which I guess the be-hatted person could be? Anyway, it’s just wrong.
@Emster: An excellent story for this artwork. Just not for this book.
May 3rd, 2023 at 2:51 am
@Steve – Oh no…Plus X is correct. Take a second look at Venus. I think she’s transitioning, but the testosterone blockers haven’t quite kicked in yet.
May 3rd, 2023 at 2:46 pm
@ B. Chiclitz : We’ve seen Rowena competently draw feet as recently as last week. Maybe she charges extra for it?
May 3rd, 2023 at 6:17 pm
Rowena: I don’t like this story; no feet for you!
May 3rd, 2023 at 10:40 pm
@drlemaster: that’d be quite a feet of necromancy, considering she passed away in 2021…