The single least impressive crown in the history of least impressive crowns. And it looks like it has got that Scaramanga multiple nipple thing as well.
Is that creature blending into/encased into the goo on the wall? Maybe the goo is causing the creature to disintegrate (not sure what’s going on below the waist, maybe I don’t want to know…).
It’s just dawned on me that the colon makes it seem like a US TV series. Name, colon, job-description, as in ‘Xena: Warrior Princess’ or ‘Walker: Texas Ranger’. But then there’s an exclamation-mark, like a 60s musical. So the point seems to be that Tarra Khash is the very last person you would expect to become a Hrossak and that this is a surprise to the expected readership. Is this the case? Google didn’t enlighten me much. http://www.brianlumley.com/books/cthulhu/hoc2.html Cthulhu the rom-com, apparently.
I actually like this cover, though I wouldn’t want to be stuck in a corner at a party trying to carry on a conversation with the king there. I have a feeling a goodly amount of saliva slinging is involved.
And I might add, I love the title. I’ve been trying to curb my use of profanity,(honestly, not a joke) and saying that aloud is a great substitute. Really, give it a try. Then watch everyone around you try to figure out what country you come from.
@ Tat Wood: that synopsis makes the book sound absolutely horrible (whether true or not – haven’t read it because I was too busy hacking up furballs trying to order it over the phone). Avenging a dead woman ( yeah, no plot can move forward until a woman dies – it’s one of those ) from the “half-mystical” city of : I think the blurb writer meant “ half – mythical” but that doesn’t really improve it – presumably if there are actual people from there it is zero-mythical. And if it is “half- mystical” wtf does that mean? Half the population own crystal shops and the other half are accountants?
Sorry to rant but the synopsis pissed me off for making the book appear lazily knuckle-dragging, and applying some of HPL’s verbal tics without understanding why they work in HPL stories.
Now the cover itself rocks – that should have been the design for the Tholians in Star Trek!
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August 10th, 2012 at 9:50 am
OshKosh B’Gosh!
Or even P’tang, Yang, Kipperbang!
August 10th, 2012 at 10:21 am
“Oh, I never have problems opening beer bottles. A bit of trouble drinking out of them, mind you.”
August 10th, 2012 at 1:52 pm
When will this novel be released in English?
August 10th, 2012 at 2:44 pm
Umm, I think this monster-guy is freaky and sort of cool….
Except for his sort of emaciated old man chest.
August 10th, 2012 at 3:15 pm
I figured the title must be an anagram for something. The best I could find was:
A shark? Oh, shark tsar!
August 10th, 2012 at 6:55 pm
The single least impressive crown in the history of least impressive crowns. And it looks like it has got that Scaramanga multiple nipple thing as well.
August 10th, 2012 at 7:28 pm
Is this Klingon fiction translated into English?
August 10th, 2012 at 7:45 pm
Is that creature blending into/encased into the goo on the wall? Maybe the goo is causing the creature to disintegrate (not sure what’s going on below the waist, maybe I don’t want to know…).
August 10th, 2012 at 8:15 pm
Clearly, the book is *titled* Brian Lumley and *authored* by a Ms. Khash-Hrossak.
August 11th, 2012 at 10:10 am
@5 drlemaster If ever I became a Russian gangster (unlikely, I concede) then I would want to be known as ‘The Shark Czar’.
August 11th, 2012 at 10:11 am
Also: I move you introduce a ‘Hrossak!’ tag. It’s sorely missing.
August 11th, 2012 at 3:33 pm
Anyone actually *succeeded* in saying the title out loud yet?
According to my investigations, Mr Tarra Khash– Hrossak! is the main character. Poor chap.
August 12th, 2012 at 5:03 pm
It’s like coughing up a hairball.
August 13th, 2012 at 10:32 am
Can you imagine people messing with the author at book signings and conventions?
“Mr. Lumley, what was the new title of your new book?”
“Tarra Khash – Hrossak!â€
“Say what?”
“Tarra Khash – Hrossak!â€
“I’m sorry, I didn’t catch all of…”
“Tarra Khash – Hrossak!! *COUGH* Why do you keep asking *COUGH* about that title??”
“Oh, just to see how long your voice will last…” [ducks blow]
August 13th, 2012 at 3:41 pm
Is the monster wearing a princess crown?
August 14th, 2012 at 6:25 pm
It’s just dawned on me that the colon makes it seem like a US TV series. Name, colon, job-description, as in ‘Xena: Warrior Princess’ or ‘Walker: Texas Ranger’. But then there’s an exclamation-mark, like a 60s musical. So the point seems to be that Tarra Khash is the very last person you would expect to become a Hrossak and that this is a surprise to the expected readership. Is this the case? Google didn’t enlighten me much.
http://www.brianlumley.com/books/cthulhu/hoc2.html Cthulhu the rom-com, apparently.
February 5th, 2013 at 7:53 pm
OK, this one has been bugging me for a while.
HARK! SHARK ASS TORAH
OH, HARASS SHARK KART
HAH! SHARKS ROAST ARK
OKRA SKA: HARSH TRASH
SHA’S OKRA RATS HARK
HATH SHARKS SKA ROAR?
SARA SHARK ROT: HARSH!
See? It’s all pretty much the same.
July 13th, 2013 at 6:08 am
I actually like this cover, though I wouldn’t want to be stuck in a corner at a party trying to carry on a conversation with the king there. I have a feeling a goodly amount of saliva slinging is involved.
And I might add, I love the title. I’ve been trying to curb my use of profanity,(honestly, not a joke) and saying that aloud is a great substitute. Really, give it a try. Then watch everyone around you try to figure out what country you come from.
December 3rd, 2013 at 2:26 pm
I like how he’s wearing one of those little three-legged tables that comes in the pizza delivery box.
March 27th, 2015 at 2:10 pm
It takes brass balls to name a book after two sneezes.
May 28th, 2015 at 2:21 pm
effective.
Power
TARRA KHASH: HROSSAK! π
May 28th, 2015 at 2:30 pm
Dammit, now the site is rebooting!!
May 28th, 2015 at 2:33 pm
..\/. ^_^ .\/..
October 4th, 2015 at 8:15 pm
Tarra Khash: Hrossak!
Ndamukong Suh: Washup!
(one for our Smerican readers, there.)
October 5th, 2015 at 8:27 am
“S.O.A. Kar Krash Thrash” by Burli Manley
Win Four Top Hard Metal Vole Mallets
October 6th, 2015 at 9:51 am
Come to think of it, “Hard Metal Top” might work better.
October 1st, 2019 at 6:18 pm
Gesundheit!
May 28th, 2022 at 3:26 am
/\ What he said…um, looks like you got some on you… tissue?
May 28th, 2022 at 12:40 pm
@ Tat Wood: that synopsis makes the book sound absolutely horrible (whether true or not – haven’t read it because I was too busy hacking up furballs trying to order it over the phone). Avenging a dead woman ( yeah, no plot can move forward until a woman dies – it’s one of those ) from the “half-mystical” city of : I think the blurb writer meant “ half – mythical” but that doesn’t really improve it – presumably if there are actual people from there it is zero-mythical. And if it is “half- mystical” wtf does that mean? Half the population own crystal shops and the other half are accountants?
Sorry to rant but the synopsis pissed me off for making the book appear lazily knuckle-dragging, and applying some of HPL’s verbal tics without understanding why they work in HPL stories.
Now the cover itself rocks – that should have been the design for the Tholians in Star Trek!