Aug 16
Tor Mented Comments: My Favorite Martian has just about had enough of Barney’s sh!t.
You might remember this from here.
Published 1990
(Average: 4.38 out of 10)
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Tor Mented Comments: My Favorite Martian has just about had enough of Barney’s sh!t.
You might remember this from here.
Published 1990
(Average: 4.38 out of 10)Loading...
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August 16th, 2023 at 3:38 pm
With eyes on either side, can Dinosaur Jr even see the sword in front of him at that proximity?
August 16th, 2023 at 4:29 pm
“Hands off, Barney – it’s MY turn to steer the ship!”
August 16th, 2023 at 6:32 pm
You know, I know, we all know. That’s a man in a dino suit. Look at the legs.
But why?
August 16th, 2023 at 8:47 pm
The fonts gave away the publisher immediately. There is simply no excuse for that Z. It detracts from the goofy look on the dino-mite’s face, and the dude’s antennae.
These books are goofy fun, so the illustration isn’t as bad as it seems.
@Tor: GSS for the find and the comment.
@Steve S: They couldn’t afford puppetry or CGI?
It might be some sex thing, and I am not here to judge what a skinny person in a dino suit and a guy with antennae get up to in private.
Alternately, antenna-man may just hate whatever you call dino furries. Or @Tor’s comment could be it.
I must correct myself, I probably did read it in the previously-seen cover, but not on a bus. Didn’t keep it for long as I don’t recall seeing it in the house in recent decades. Maybe a library book, maybe I bought it at Walden Books in the mall and traded it to the used bookstore for 1/4 of a different book.
August 17th, 2023 at 12:43 am
Wow, looking at both covers, I would never have guessed that it was the same book, and the more recent publication is seriously Barney-Baen-y… speaking of recycling, I’m going to do the same:
One night, in the Sprague de Camp household:
Lyman: Dad! Tell us a story about aliens!
Gerard: No! I want a story about dinosaurs!
Lyman: Aliens!
Gerard: Dinosaurs!
Lyman: UFO’s!
Gerard: Dinos!
Dad: Guys, guys! Settle down now… Get ready for a story about a young swashbucklin’ tyrranosaurus and his crusty ship captain – an alien time traveller in disguise!
Kids: WTF?
August 17th, 2023 at 1:20 am
GSS, @Tor.
“No! Wait, it’s me, the Osirian ambassador! I was hit by the kawaii ray!”
August 17th, 2023 at 1:47 am
Yes, ‘HMS Pinafore’ would have been greatly improved by the addition of a pantomime dinosaur.
August 17th, 2023 at 12:43 pm
@fred
I am the very model of an ancient dinosaurus
I sing like I’ve swallowed whole a great big thesaurus…
August 18th, 2023 at 2:41 am
@BAM (#6):
Hm. I thought the Osirian ambassador had a forked tongue and hypnotic/mind powers. I-was-A-Teenage-Favorite-Martian doesn’t have the required little silver skullcap necessary to ward off said powers.
de Camp’s “The Inspector’s Teeth” was one of the first SF stories I remember reading….
August 18th, 2023 at 9:01 am
@Hammy: well, from what I recall the Favored Martian had a whole swiss army knife’s worth of odd powers (basically, whatever the plot demanded), so immunity from telepathic hypnosis wouldn’t be surprising.
August 20th, 2023 at 4:57 pm
“Hey, honest boss, put down that sword. I was just kidding when I said you’re starting to look like Eddie Munster.”
“Well, ok then . . .”
“I meant Ralph Nader!”