Jul 29
Art Direction: You know what I feel enhances any work of art… glow! Imagine the scene, two young lovers entwined in… tentacles… and around them a mystical blue glow to signify magic or possibly the sharing of deep feelings. Nah I’m just kidding, we all know what he’s going to use those things for. But the glow will enchance something I’m sure!
Published 1984
July 29th, 2011 at 8:22 am
I’m more impressed by the giant orange chemistry set in the background.
July 29th, 2011 at 10:05 am
I read the title as Renslime. If you will handle worms…
July 29th, 2011 at 10:49 am
Man: It’s dangerous to go alone take these…
Women: Ewwwwwwwwww… really?
July 29th, 2011 at 11:57 am
Ah, the Eighties: Big hair. Neon everything. Arm-worms.
July 29th, 2011 at 1:10 pm
“Victor and vanquished combined in her blood to cure her liver flukes.”
Why’s the Miller-Urey experiment taking place in the middle of the downtown area?
July 29th, 2011 at 1:40 pm
Is THAT where the “Twilight” writer got that awful kid’s name from? I thought she threw darts at a baby name book and just smushed the results together, but clearly she owned this and figured “let me just tweak it a little and it’ll be youneek!”
July 29th, 2011 at 4:05 pm
STDs – Not just for your genitalia anymore.
July 29th, 2011 at 5:27 pm
“Oh, daddy _told_ me not to hold hands with strange men!”
July 29th, 2011 at 6:47 pm
Is that a mike in her hand and are they singing a duet of “You Light Up My Life”?
July 30th, 2011 at 3:12 am
Brings new meaning to
I’ll show you mine if your show me yours
July 30th, 2011 at 9:32 am
That’s not how I remember Ren and Stimpy.
July 31st, 2011 at 12:24 am
Somehow, I doubt those are bait-worms.
August 2nd, 2011 at 12:48 am
I’ll take Arm Worms for 500, Alex Trebek Look-alike.
August 18th, 2011 at 10:00 am
@Action Kate: I read it as Renesme (sp?) too, and I haven’t even read Twilight. I think that there was some borrowing…
August 31st, 2011 at 2:05 pm
@THX (#2), I read it as Renslime AND the top corner as A Slime/Gen Novel. Make of that what you squish…
June 24th, 2012 at 7:39 pm
In the cover’s defense, both of those characters are in the book, and DO have tentacles on their arms, and they do see auras. The giant distillery in the background even makes sense. It’s a bizarre cover to see, but it’s actually very relevant to the book. (One of my favorite series). However, it should not appear as though the tentacles are actually emerging from some hidden location inside of their clothing, to attack them…and, ironically, there aren’t enough tentacles.
June 25th, 2012 at 3:34 pm
@WingedWolf: ty. But does the male lead have only a left side to his body?
June 26th, 2012 at 1:57 am
No, though we could presume the other arm is hidden in his cloak. However, his arm is pretty huge. Particularly since he’s supposed to really skinny and wiry, not buff.
I’m also pretty sure the female lead, Laneff, isn’t supposed to have a Cher hairdo, but was supposed to have her nose.
April 19th, 2014 at 2:07 pm
We can’t see their feet – maybe this is two ends of a humanoid worm getting narcissistic inside a game of ‘Mousetrap’.
April 19th, 2014 at 2:56 pm
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April 24th, 2014 at 8:07 am
The Beatles wisely altered the lyrics “I Wanna Hold Your Worm” to “I Wanna Hold Your Hand.”
April 29th, 2014 at 1:36 am
My long-past Spanish classes and too many years of reading the GORDO comic strip have me humming “Rensime, rensime mucho…” every time I see this title.
September 30th, 2015 at 9:20 am
“You drink the potion and they just untangle. See?”
“Now, let’s go fix that bunk bed.”
September 10th, 2019 at 7:59 am
Skiffy fans are creepy? Whatever gave you that impression??
September 10th, 2019 at 10:53 pm
This is a badly-done cover, but like @WingedWolf said 7 (!) years ago, this series is a mildly-guilty pleasure, of which I was much enamored as a teen. And Mrs. L is a delightful woman whom I have occasionally hung with. Inner 15 year old me went SQUEE upon meeting. Outer 50 year old me was just pleased.
August 20th, 2021 at 9:54 pm
Sime girl mug anyone?
https://www.cafepress.com/mf/5724891/sime-girl-large-by-kip-grimes_mugs?productId=14550458
August 20th, 2021 at 11:44 pm
@fred: That’s TERRIBLE. The characters look like regular humans except for the tentacles, not like some etoliated aliens.
Regarding this cover, I don’t recall their hair being so Peak 80’s either.
August 21st, 2021 at 5:57 am
She wanted a radioactive bait shop wedding, just like her mother.
August 21st, 2021 at 2:07 pm
Sime-gen merch a’ la GSS.
https://www.cafepress.com/+simegen_tm_project_unity_boy_brief,1860131542.
August 21st, 2021 at 10:53 pm
This might be the best argument against science-fiction writing classes.
August 22nd, 2021 at 1:32 am
@fred: I, uh, um. Wow.
Pretty sure Mrs. L would NOT approve of branded undies.
August 22nd, 2021 at 12:10 pm
@GSS ex-noob: well, she’s still alive: wonder if anyone has brought this to her attention?
August 23rd, 2021 at 6:30 am
@Bruce: I like her too much to mention it.
Nice Jewish Grandma types should not have to hear about it. At least not from me.