Jan 05
Amy Comments: Letters invoking Art Nouveau is an interesting choice for a book where a modern man travels back to ancient Rome. Speaking of which, those are Roman sandals he is wearing. I just wanted to point that out because you might think he has his feet jammed into slimy cornucopias. Also, he is -traveling- -back- -in- -time-, people, not being served for dinner. Note the collaged photograph of an ancient city, how it is juxtaposed against the crudely watercolored landscapes and forms in the foreground, making us question, which is the -real- world?
Published 1969
Many thanks to Amy!
January 5th, 2011 at 8:33 am
I like that somehow traveling back in time has instantly changed his clothes!
Of course not that I know anything about this book. It could be depicting his return to the present.
January 5th, 2011 at 9:08 am
A deleted scene from Yellow Submarine.
January 5th, 2011 at 11:34 am
“Dang, I’ll never get to grips with hula-hoops!”
January 5th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
Hey, everybody, let’s limbo!
January 5th, 2011 at 1:18 pm
His feet are made from the children’s toy Glow Worm.
January 5th, 2011 at 1:32 pm
One foot, and one pointy stump. Stripy shirt from Primark, or is that pyjamas under there? I thought he was being revealed from beneath a giant wizard’s hat.
Unusual to replace the name of an author with a possessive credit. What do they think this is, Hollywood?
January 5th, 2011 at 3:42 pm
If you squint, his legs look like drills. Now that would make for an interesting story…
January 5th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
“I’m a beautiful butterfly!”
January 5th, 2011 at 9:44 pm
That author’s name just rolls off the tounge, eh?
January 6th, 2011 at 5:04 am
One foot, and one pointy stump.
And two left knees, apparently.
January 16th, 2012 at 12:46 pm
That’s a weird kind of body modification – replacing one’s feet with croissants.
October 29th, 2013 at 1:41 pm
I read (and enjoyed) this book when I found a paperback copy in the “trash” pile in the donation bin of the library where I worked. The cover had been torn off completely. Perhaps this cover. Perhaps I’m grateful.
January 25th, 2014 at 11:19 pm
ELF SELLS TANKARDS by CARAMEL SPUD PEG
SANDALS TREK SF ELL by PALACE DUMPS ERG
DRANK STALLS, FLEES by CAMERA GELDS PUP
DEF TARSALS KNELLS by PLUM DREGS APACE
LANK SERFS STALLED by PASCAL MERGED UP
TELLS SNARED FLASK by RASCAL UPPED GEM
FLAKED RANTS SELLS by CLUMP ADAGE REPS
ALL FLANKED STRESS by ALARM CUP PEGS
LARD FLASK NESTLES by SCUD PREP AGLEAM
SALTED FRANKS SELL by CRUMPLED AGAPES
FLARED LENS STALKS by CAMPED EARPLUGS
DAFTER LASS KNELLS by CRAMPED PLAGUES
STERN SLAKED FALLS by CARPED PLUMAGES
RANKED LAST SF SELL by CALDERA PEG SUMP
SELFLESS LAND KART by ARCADE LEG PUMPS
LANDLESS ELK FARTS by SMUG PLACARD PEE
SAND STALKS FELLER by CAUDAL GERM PEPS
NERDS FLAKE STALLS by MADCAP SLEEP RUG
March 28th, 2015 at 3:43 am
Mock Hula Hoop Extra Knee Croissant Feet man all you want – but don’t do it to his face. He’s obviously a Super Hero Certified Bad Ass. He didn’t fight ‘in’ a war.He fought ‘a’ war. A strange and bloody one at that. Apparently single handedly. Those croissant feet could kick your butt clear 1400 years into the future, no doubt.
February 5th, 2016 at 5:34 pm
Mr. Bean. Just sayin’.
January 14th, 2017 at 6:46 am
It’s a good book, though I never would have read it with this cover. Thankfully, my copy has this one
http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/images/3/38/LSTDRKNSSD1979.jpg
in which you see people who look like people, one of whom is obviously from the 20th century instructing Romans in engineering — which is the plot of the book. Also, the font has sobered up a bit.