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Frank Comments: This is actually not so terrible a cover. But given that you’ve got two other covers up for this title, I thought you might enjoy this one.
Published 1985
You might remember The Door into Fire from here and here
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Tagged with: Diane Duane • dude • fire • font problems • horses • horses on fire • once you see it • strange creature • Susan Shay Collins • Tor Books
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September 18th, 2012 at 9:25 am
The jokes practically write themselves, eh?
1. “Ow – ow – ow – ow…”
2. Inspired by Arthur Brown’s “Fire Poem” from the immortal LP “The Crazy World of Arthur Brown”…
3. But it’s not all bad for him — the pain of burning feet is drowned out by the pain of looking up at the title font…
4. Ironically, “Expands the limits of the swords” is the subject line of spam sent out to male Fantasy fans worldwide…
September 18th, 2012 at 9:30 am
Does Publisher’s Weekly actually print reviews written like this:
“Expands the limits of the swords and sorcery genre.”
— with that precise punctuation?
“Novel titled THE DOOR INTO FIRE reviewed. Tells story about man on quest to save world. Expands the limits of the swords and sorcery genre. Exciting, magical, intelligent.”
:-S
September 18th, 2012 at 9:32 am
“Quick, run into a lake!”
September 18th, 2012 at 11:55 am
I am Diane, u are Duane.
September 18th, 2012 at 1:00 pm
One hot-foot is bad enough – imagine having four. Can you see them riding through a forest?
September 18th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
Alternate Title: “I Have No Mouth But I Must Burn My Horse”
September 18th, 2012 at 1:24 pm
“Bad news, gentlemen. We spent the rest of the year’s art budget on the custom font for this title.”
September 18th, 2012 at 2:52 pm
Is the hero French? Dejeuner on the go…
September 18th, 2012 at 4:04 pm
Can anyone guess who I am?
Falcor!
September 18th, 2012 at 5:33 pm
His pose looks strange, but to be fair, I never know what to do with my hands when I’m riding a flaming horse either.
September 18th, 2012 at 5:43 pm
Neddy’s not on fire, he’s the first VTOL horse and he’s just launching.
September 18th, 2012 at 5:48 pm
I’m guessing the horse is named Fire ?
September 18th, 2012 at 6:00 pm
Invisible reins?
September 18th, 2012 at 8:05 pm
Not one “Blazing Saddles” mention so far. Tsk tsk tsk
September 18th, 2012 at 8:32 pm
I’ve never read this book, but based on my examination of the three different covers on this site it involves a lot of swords, flaming horses and nudity, and possibly C.S. Lewis.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:46 pm
Quick, let’s put out these unwanted hoof flames by riding through a frame of BLUE fire.
The artist is just winging it. If s/he were really trying, that horse would be a centaur. Or a pegasus.
January 1st, 2016 at 3:43 pm
He rode a blazing stallion
He wore a shining star…”
January 2nd, 2016 at 12:06 am
I guess fonts aren’t a priority when you’re just one typo away from being called Duane Duane.
@Jaouad: Invisible pours.
January 3rd, 2017 at 4:55 am
Horse is actually a fire elemental, so the flames are accurate.
Author has re-released the books with very simple covers and non-swirly fonts, perhaps to make up for years of this sort of thing.
April 6th, 2019 at 6:26 pm
I know you’d all love to know that I’ve just bought this book, with this cover. In a charity bookshop. Maintained by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. In Durban, South Africa. (Great place btw, both the city and the shop.)
April 7th, 2019 at 2:00 am
@L_L: GSS! For the book and the charity.
Thankfully, the book is better than any of the covers inflicted upon it over the years.
Current cover of this and the series (omg, so good) are here:
http://www.dianeduane.com/ebooks-direct-store-page
with previous works/original covers the author had no control over scrolling over to the side, including many seen here.
April 8th, 2019 at 12:46 am
@fred: Farting cowboys and flaming horses don’t exactly mix.
April 8th, 2019 at 4:49 am
@FluffyGhostKitten—Unless you happen to be thinking of that legendary buckaroo Tom (the Bomb) Mix, Scourge of the Pecos, and his Flaming Horse Tony, who carried many a gay caballero (cf. “The Ranch Boys”) on his back in the Old West.
(BTW, don’t look too much at “Wash” and try to remember this was 1941 when casual stereotyping of all sorts was the norm, here found in a pitch for a mainstream media radio program featuring a big celebrity and sponsored by a giant pet food company.)
April 10th, 2019 at 12:16 am
Ie-e, Dunadan!
I, Rodent-Foot Heir / The Rodeo into Fir
“Tinder night: pillage masonic sex lodges’ creamy extract, light set dens on fire, win.” — Publishers Weekly
April 11th, 2019 at 12:25 am
@anon: I like the thought of an entire rodeo of guys on fiery horses riding into a fir Masonic lodge and setting it alight. Fits the picture.