Oct 12
Click for full imageGlen Comments: It’s a naked man, holding a ray gun, being chased by dogs controlled by evil alien parasites from Titan, which agrees with the plot of Heinlein’s book. But why the red trilby hat? You would think that boots be more useful than a red hat, if you’re in an unclothed state on a hillside…
Published 1969
Males bums don’t need censored, right?
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October 12th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
Pan had a prohibition on nudity in 1969, that’s why he’s wearing a trilby.
I thought the dogs were wearing their brains on their backs – you know, like some people wear their heart on their sleeve.
October 12th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Any plan where you lose your hat iz bad plan.
October 12th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
I’ve noticed that when these cover designers are instructed to ‘illustrate a scene from the book’ they always go straight for the nudity.
I mean, I’m not saying I blame them. Just pointing it out.
October 12th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
The style of the cover just screams “Pastoral Idyl” despite the horror of being chased by dogs… very weird.
October 12th, 2010 at 3:18 pm
“I know how to escape the dogs.. first I take off my clothes… then I… uh oh…”
October 12th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
To be fair, long stretches of this book contain nothing but nudity. The Puppet Masters hide under clothes, so everyone has to go nude, and… oh, you’d have to read it.
October 12th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Where have all the commenters gone? It’s quiet in here 😛
That bird also doesn’t seem happy! Maybe it’s because he can see the front!
October 12th, 2010 at 10:44 pm
Is that a dog with two heads at the bottom?
..a Heinlein book with nudity? Say it ain’t so!
October 12th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
That’s OK, this book contains no incest. (It is fairly early Heinlein, after all.)
December 15th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
“You can’t come into our nudist colony… you’re wearing a HAT, dammit! Scram! Let loose the dogs!”
October 24th, 2013 at 6:46 pm
Maybe if this guy laid off the spray-tan it wouldn’t be so easy for dogs to track him.
December 16th, 2016 at 2:48 pm
Unknown Artist you say? It looks to me like a late period Grandma Moses. After she went insane.
December 16th, 2016 at 3:22 pm
I hear the William Tell overture while looking at this. And You can leave your hat on by Joe Cocker.
December 16th, 2016 at 4:01 pm
I am by NO means versed in firearms or even ray guns, but it seems to me it is impossible to look down that sight and pull the trigger at the same time. Of course, that might not be the biggest problem this guy’s got to deal with.
December 16th, 2016 at 4:24 pm
I don’t remember building sized Daleks being in this story, but if it also includes certain nude Doctors companions I’m game for a genre mash-up.
December 17th, 2016 at 1:31 am
@fred: Sadly, the same is not true for most of the Doctors. I shudder at the thought. Captain Jack was always keen to get his kit off, though, phwoar.
Why’s he wearing the hat, anyway? Seems an ideal spot for a brain parasite to hide under. Maybe that’s why he’s been forced out of the city. He was a dudebro who refused to give up the trilby.
@B. Chiclitz: You’re right. Dudebro doesn’t know firearms either. Probably trying to tell the dogs “well, actually, it’s about ethics in…”
Let us leave him to his well-deserved fate and get back to the city, where Capt. Jack is attempting to charm the giant Dalek and a companion of @fred’s choice is competently using a laser.
December 17th, 2016 at 12:11 pm
That’s not just a giant dalek. It’s a giant dalek wearing a Pickelhaube. Which somehow makes the whole 10 times better. Did I mention that I like this cover? Insane Grandma Moses (or on acid)* – what are the downsides?
*Grandma Moses on Acid – my new band.
December 17th, 2016 at 5:21 pm
The most dangerous game, the least appealing design choice.
December 18th, 2016 at 2:13 am
@Francis (17): It’s several giant Teutonic Daleks. Are they saying “VER-NICHT-EN!” over and over?
@Dave (2): If you’re still with us, good comment! (And the correct accent to go mit der Pickelhaube)