Apr 08
Click for full imageJen comments: I was going to talk about his lack of spacesuit, or his overabundance of cleavage, or the protruding rock in space. Then I noticed that one of the strange ghost-images was smoking a cigar, and all words failed me.
Thanks to Jen! Good Find!
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April 8th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Holy crap. Its Weird al Yankovic.
For some reason i can’t stop looking at the way he is holding the gun… im not sure the thing even has a handle
April 8th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
The cape… why does he have a cape?
April 8th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
real men wear capes…. and leather trousers
April 8th, 2010 at 7:17 pm
@ CSA – I can only guess it’s meant to fire backwards…
April 8th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
He is crusing through space on an ole piece of stone. That is pretty awesome. Though the perm… and everything else, not so awesome.
April 9th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
That’s a deeply mystifying cover, though. I mean, orcs, sure, cigar-smokers, sure… but the thing in front looks halfway between a mammoth and a boar. Why the hell is it there?
I’m fairly sure that’s not a gun, either. It looks like a piece of the rock. Why he’s holding it I have no idea. Keeping his balance? I mean, if he falls, even if he doesn’t get impaled on those tusks, it’s a long way down…
April 10th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
For my money, ‘no reader will put this book down willingly’ is easily the most alarmingly intimidating cover blurb I’ve ever read.
April 12th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
‘It nailed itself to my hand!’ — Harriet Klausner
April 14th, 2010 at 5:36 am
“It’s covered in the most amazing glue!” – National Medical Center Emergency Room
April 21st, 2010 at 11:08 pm
Weird Al? Looks more like David Hasselhoff to me.
December 13th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
The FULL quote:
“I am standing in my local bookstore, watching a desperate PR stunt. The sign reads: ‘Put your copy of EARTHBLOOD down here and shop for 20 dollars or more — then take EARTHBLOOD with you for FREE!’ No reader will put this book down willingly.”
December 16th, 2010 at 12:42 pm
“Oh no, my right arm is being pulled into a black hole, extending painfully! Must…not… show pain….!”
July 10th, 2014 at 11:14 am
When you fire the gun, it makes an ‘EARTHBIOOO’ sound.
July 10th, 2014 at 1:34 pm
“No reader will put their money down willingly” – ed
January 6th, 2015 at 11:32 am
Note the conspicuous lack of Earth on the cover.
January 14th, 2016 at 12:23 am
The Lord of the Dance defends the galaxy from the elephant-man gang.
March 10th, 2016 at 8:05 am
David Hasselhoff’s long-awaited comeback in STARCRASH II: RETURN OF THE GALACTIC PRINCE.
January 20th, 2017 at 1:19 am
Don’t hassle the Hoff, people. He’s borrowed one of the ladies’ swimsuits from Baywatch, added some leather trousers, and he’s going to surf outer space to more fame. Or just back to Germany.
January 7th, 2022 at 12:55 am
Judging from the view of an ENTIRE GALAXY in the background it seems that Sir Permalot is able to surf intergalactic space! Extra points for him. Each time I look at this cover it just gets more and more awesome.
January 7th, 2022 at 1:38 am
All that’s missing is a pornstache.
November 6th, 2024 at 3:06 pm
This guy returns on the cover of Bujold’s “The Warrior’s Apprentice”, clutching a damsel who seems inappropriately dressed for a teenage girl growing up on an extremely conservative planet with a 6’6″, deadly, and somewhat insane father who knows at least 29 ways to “guard her virginity” with his bare hands.