Feb 01
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Sara Comments: It seems that this spaceman has crashed his (surprisingly intact) Z7F rocket on the planet of Floaty Corkscrew Mountain. I have to love his facial expression as he just stands there with his eyes squeezed shut and his feet planted, like he’s bracing himself for take three of, “the bit where I gettentacle-slapped by the angry insectoid-octopus-dragon.”
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February 1st, 2013 at 10:18 am
Not the most flattering view of the alien. I’m sure s/he’s very attractive when seen from his/her good side.
Odd to see a possessive credit for an author (except on those books where the famously-named person didn’t actually write it, but had it farmed out to someone with a much smaller reputation).
February 1st, 2013 at 10:30 am
That’s an angle only a doctor should see.
February 1st, 2013 at 3:17 pm
“Oh man i am so nervous, i cant wait to meet Sophia. Her online dating add said she was a tanned, long legged beauty with a butt that wont quit. This is the place and, WOAH, GOOD GOD ALL MIGHTY!!! FAKE ADD!! FAKE ADD!!!”
February 1st, 2013 at 3:18 pm
“Not in the face! Not in the face!”
February 1st, 2013 at 3:48 pm
Not surprisingly, ENSIGN FLANDERS is an anagram for FINNY DANGLERS.
As well as:
FRY NINE GLANDS
GLAD SERF NINNY
DANG, SINNER, FLY!
DARN YEN FLINGS
FLY SENNA GRIND
FLAG NERDY INNS
SLY FANG DINNER
NERDY GIN FLANS
RED FANNY SLING
GELD NANNY FIRS
And, finally,
FLING ENDS YARN…so it ends on a romantic twist then, eh?
February 1st, 2013 at 7:52 pm
Poul Anderson’s ENSIGN FLANDERS… no, not interested.
Poul Anderons’s FINNY DANGLERS… yes, pass me that book right now!
February 1st, 2013 at 9:04 pm
And he did all this derring-do while wearing pants 4 sizes too big.
February 1st, 2013 at 10:16 pm
Does nobody else see that the alien and spaceman are boogying on down? The alien looks like it is cutting some seriously groovy shapes.
February 1st, 2013 at 10:31 pm
That is the most pigeon-toed alien EVER. Can’t imagine it moving too quickly. And with those lovely elevated hindparts I can’t imagine it’s balance being all that wonderful either. Lucky for it it is dealing with a poncey space cadet boy. Frankly Mr. Shankly, I don’t care who wins.
February 2nd, 2013 at 12:22 am
Why… is the visual focal point the alien’s crotch?
February 2nd, 2013 at 12:52 am
Intergalactice Horatio Hornblower
Unpleasantly neurotic no matter what the galaxy.
But why are we assuming that Ensign Flandry is the guy in the space suit?
February 2nd, 2013 at 9:27 am
Pat at #7: You’re right! They’re gettin’ down and funky to REAL THING:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yygZ-NKnAvU
February 2nd, 2013 at 3:23 pm
@ Deadstuff: I can see why you thought it might be ‘Flanders’: it conjures up a nice image of ‘Hi diddly-ho, bug-eyed monsterino’. But it’s ‘Flandry’, which sounds like an adjective.
What worries me is that the blurb tells us that all adventures after this one will be below-par. Given that it appears to consist of alien halitosis (so we’re getting a worse deal than the hero) this doesn’t bode well for the franchise.
February 2nd, 2013 at 4:54 pm
@Tat: it seems I mistyped it on Good Show Sir; but I assure you, the anagrams are correct for “Flandry”.
Though ‘Glen’s Sinner Fad’ is a pretty good one for ‘Ensign Flanders’. Hm.
February 3rd, 2013 at 11:52 am
Ensign Flan Dry, Because nobody likes a wet flan. No siree.
February 3rd, 2013 at 3:26 pm
Unless the spaceman is preparing to give that monster it’s prostate exam, this is a very weird cover indeed.
February 3rd, 2013 at 6:41 pm
It’s Josh Kirby. You’re lucky you can tell what anything is.
February 3rd, 2013 at 11:48 pm
“Who’s the white green suited Terran spaceman who’s a sex machine with all the…uh, whatever that thing is?”
“Flandry!”
“You’re damn right!”
February 4th, 2013 at 10:48 am
An accurate visual portrayal of what it feels like after having bad take away.
February 4th, 2013 at 7:44 pm
“Hey mister Spaceman. Can you pull this thing, that looks like a tower, out of my ass?”
August 25th, 2015 at 2:45 am
That alien lizard seems to be having some difficulty with its hind limbs.
December 9th, 2015 at 8:22 pm
I hate how they always use sex to sell these covers.
April 1st, 2016 at 4:22 pm
The day the “twerking” trend peaked.
June 11th, 2021 at 3:55 pm
I will has cheezburger,
June 11th, 2021 at 4:02 pm
He’s also fleeing the Fashion Police.
Is that a building or a carnival ride in the background?
(Also, a minor but nigh eternal irritation: that should be _intra_ – galactic Horatio Hornblower, since as far as I know, Flandry never leaves this galaxy.)
June 11th, 2021 at 6:45 pm
🎶 🎶 Up in Outer Space there’s adventure and danger
That’s where you’ll find ensign Flan(-dry)
The creatures he meets with are usually no stranger
Than lizards with giant rear gams.
He crashes his spaceships with gleeful abandon
That’s our heroic old Flan(-dry)
The covers he graces he barely can stand on
I think he’s been drinking again! 🎶 🎶
(More or less sung to the tune of the legendary underwater puppet show of my youth
Diver Dan)
June 11th, 2021 at 11:22 pm
Okay, so there’s a break-dancing lizard, a fallen Hugo, a Crazy Straw (TM), and an astronaut action figure doing the Frug.
Yes, it’s another “Cover From the Kids’ Toybox and Other Flotsam”!
In this episode, “Alien Dance Party!”
The guy in the spacesuit looks kinda wimpy for Flandry, who was less Hornblower and more 007.
Background music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5Zox5O3jh4
June 12th, 2021 at 4:38 am
It was a bold choice to tell much of the story from the perspective of the small bird that followed the monster around, eating the seeds out of its poop.
June 12th, 2021 at 3:22 pm
The intrepid Spaceman Spiff sets his Atomic Napalm Neutralizer to ‘frappe’ and deals a fatal blast to the attacking Zorg!
June 13th, 2021 at 2:36 am
@Bruce: thank you for finally explaining the cover POV.
@Nomad: well-spotted!