Oct 19
Good Show Sir Comments: This new “Picard” novelisation blows.
Published 2023
(Average: 5.50 out of 10)
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Good Show Sir Comments: This new “Picard” novelisation blows.
Published 2023
(Average: 5.50 out of 10)Loading...
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October 19th, 2023 at 8:17 am
The gimp, the pimp, and the captain of the blimp.
That title looks like it was created by an AI.
October 19th, 2023 at 12:43 pm
@Bruce A Munro
‘Twas on the starship Venus
By Christ you should have seen us
The impulse wave was a rubber slave
And the Captain’s head was a penis…
October 19th, 2023 at 2:43 pm
Back cover reads like a MAGA fantasy.
https://www.amazon.in/Enlightenment-Enterprises-Liberty-Exodus-1/dp/B0CCN2DFR8
October 19th, 2023 at 2:52 pm
The captain has that look like when you enter a room and forget what you came for.
October 19th, 2023 at 3:04 pm
Now that’s more like it! Yesterday’s cover was disappointingly competent if misjudged but this is truly inept and revealing far more about the psyche of the “artist” than I really am comfortable knowing.
October 19th, 2023 at 3:04 pm
From Amazon:-
Not sheltered enough, I fear.
October 19th, 2023 at 5:28 pm
It wasn’t me, I swear.
The knowledge I seek is what my wife wants to do, eat or wear. And then assert that I am also on board with that decision.
October 20th, 2023 at 4:00 pm
Wait, are we doing non-photographed covers now? Because no one can convince me that someone held the e-book perfectly aligned in front of a lens here… 😛
October 20th, 2023 at 11:37 pm
@fred – agreed. it’s also somewhat underwhelming, nap-inducing. also noticed on Amazon that there are no book reviews. mighty suspicious…
@Ryan – phew, that’s a relief. we were all worried for a moment, got a little awkward in here.
October 22nd, 2023 at 2:14 am
@Leak: Quite agree. It’s not like GSS hasn’t been sitting on a treasure trove of actual photos of paperback “gems” from the 70s for over 5 years. Painted by actual humans.
@fred: I wonder if the title, cover, and entire contents were created by AI. There’s quite a lot of that going on these days to make a quick buck, or as a money-laundering scheme. The fact that it’s denominated in rupees while being a MAGA dream makes me even more suspicious. If someone in India hopes to squeeze some bucks out of RWNJ, good for them.
@Ryan: We know you’d never do such a terrible thing. Also, along with the rupees, the fact that the bio says “Arizonan sun” instead of “Arizona sun” is a dead giveaway that whoever wrote that is NOT American. That’s strictly Commonwealth style. Also I feel sure you’d have mentioned the bulldogs here by now.
@Max: GSS.
October 22nd, 2023 at 1:20 pm
@GSS ex-noob: that’s because the link goes to Amazon India – change the “.in” in the link to “.com” and the price will be in USD…
October 23rd, 2023 at 1:53 am
@Leak: Ah. Okay, duh.
I’m still thinking it’s overpriced, and now wondering why they bothered to put it on other countries’ sites. Not ruling out more AI involvement; I bet an AI could turn out copy with better grammar and spelling.
How did someone come across this travesty? It’s got no ratings and no reviews even though it’s been out for 3 months. Usually these things get a few from first-day buying by friends and quick reactions.
Can’t believe the back cover actually credits an artist. How about being honest and saying “Typing stuff into Midjourney and then tweaking them a little provided by…”
Still looking askance at that extra terminal “N”.
November 1st, 2023 at 4:37 pm
“Hey – my lifeless cyborg eyes are up here!”
November 6th, 2023 at 11:31 pm
“Arizonan”?
Usually, class, adding “-an” (or “-n” if the root word ends in “a”) indicates “from or associated with”, more strongly the former. Thus, “Arizonan sun” would indicate that this sun is specific to Arizona and shared with no other state.
Brave of a backward state like Arizona to claim a sun all to itself, though the heat encountered during summer in Arizona could be interpreted as requiring the total output of a small sun….