Dec 12
Emster Comments: Here be rocs, jinns, destiny, empires – and there be a dude in a goofy hat hiding behind the sofa.
Published 1986
(Average: 3.13 out of 10)
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Emster Comments: Here be rocs, jinns, destiny, empires – and there be a dude in a goofy hat hiding behind the sofa.
Published 1986
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December 12th, 2023 at 11:13 am
He really does have a thing about Lady Godiva and Peeping Tom. But this time with Emo Phillips.
Here’s the soundtrack she’s moving to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVIluSKm2Mw
December 12th, 2023 at 11:40 am
Cher’s latest video is going to be her best yet…
December 12th, 2023 at 12:11 pm
Props to the artist for the Thousand and One Arabian Feathers.
December 12th, 2023 at 12:19 pm
I know, sometimes a tower is just a tower but for that she have to put some pants on.
December 12th, 2023 at 3:37 pm
First question: Does she put on her earrings with her toes?
December 12th, 2023 at 10:08 pm
At least the 2 on the cover look to be over 18?
GSS to all today.
@Tat: Emo Philips is who I thought of, too. Wonder if the artist did? Also, your finding of soundtracks for these covers is so good.
@fred: They are quite nicely done.
@FB: Now you’ve got me wondering. She hasn’t got feathers down there, so I guess Emo was hiding to see her as she came in for a landing. He’d have been disappointed if all she had was a cloaca.
@Ryan: All her jewelry. Not sure how she gets the headband on either. Or even the ankle bracelet. It’s either a handmaiden (literally) or Magic.
Is Mr. Ridiculous Hat* the Hasan of the title, or is Hasan Sir Not Appearing On This Cover?
She seems to be a crane woman, judging by her hair and jewelry, and the crane head that’s just in frame at the left. Either that or Emo has nailed a crane head to the pillar, and that’s why he’s hiding from her. She wouldn’t like one of her flock being used as grisly decor.
Not sure how they got from East Asia to West Asia.
*Tag needed.
December 12th, 2023 at 11:45 pm
Kid with the hat managed to sneak into the Poupoupidou Revue without paying just to catch the feather fan dance.
December 13th, 2023 at 1:51 am
Hasan: or, Scheherazade lays an egg.
If that’s an author self-insert behind the sofa, points for self-awareness!
@GSS et al: I think she’s in the middle of transforming from Full Bird to Full Woman (where does the jewelry go when she’s Full Bird? Just tell yourself “a wizard did it” until the urge to ask questions departs.)
December 13th, 2023 at 10:44 pm
@Bruce: As I said, magic. Or magick. Maybe the jewelry is also magic and thus doesn’t have to be put on or taken off when she transforms.
Also, at my age and condition, addressing me as “Lo, Mortal!” is rubbing it in. But Piers doesn’t write for people old enough to worry about that.
December 13th, 2023 at 11:05 pm
At least it’s not titled “Harpy Holidays” or “Harpy New Year”…
January 5th, 2024 at 9:25 am
“Chapter 1
The Bird Woman had been locked inside a room. She couldn’t open the door, as she lacked hands. The phone on the table began to ring. She couldn’t pick it up. The radio was on, and started to play Mariah Carey. The Bird Woman tried to shut it off with her nose. She failed.
Surely, the Bird Woman thought, it sucks not to have hands…”
January 5th, 2024 at 11:01 am
@GSSxN #6. Bullseye! GSS!
In fact, GSS to everyone.
Victoria’s Secret runway show — Extreme Poultry edition.