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Published 1962
(Average: 8.44 out of 10)
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Bibliomancer Comments: Thrilling science-fiction … [if you love space cats] …
Published 1962
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April 29th, 2013 at 9:21 am
Curious proportions here. The flying machine is caught under the cat’s fangs, so is presumably at the same distance as the man standing astride the cat’s nose. Which makes the pilots of said flying machine very small.
I’m so pleased this edition is complete and unabridged. I would hate to think anything had been cut out. Also very pleased that it has satisfied the highest standards of the critical literary community… in Springfield.
April 29th, 2013 at 9:49 am
Of all the things to notice, I’m not sure that’s actually a space ship. It’s a space helicopter! Which would completely work in space…
April 29th, 2013 at 9:58 am
Where’s the safest place to be during a thunderstorm if you want to minimize the chance of a lightning strike? Is it
A: Under a tree.
B. In the middle of a field.
C. Stranding on the nose of a giant helicopter-devouring cat, whilst wearing a viking helmet.
Your time starts …. NOW.
April 29th, 2013 at 11:44 am
Either kitty has a serious overbite, or that’s a really short space chopper.
Also: careful with those rotor blades. You could put an eye, er… two eyes out with those things.
April 29th, 2013 at 11:58 am
Who says we’re in space? Cats, eagles, vikings and helicopters all need air, so obviously we are on Earth or somewhere similar.
If you placed this book on a turntable, the spiral in the background would become dangerously hypnotic. (Assumes that the turntable is switched on; that the centre of the spiral is placed co-axial with the centre of the turntable; that the book is placed face up; and that you watch it for minutes at a time.)
April 29th, 2013 at 12:30 pm
Thundercat’s owner is going to find him trotting home later with a mouth full of little eagle feathers.
April 29th, 2013 at 1:16 pm
The so called Lord of Thunder is by far the least baddass thing on this cover.
April 29th, 2013 at 2:17 pm
Yeah, the cat’s bite doesn’t make sense given the apparent length of the VTOL craft. Neither do the cat’s eyes. It’s pupils would be BIG if it was seeing and seizing prey. There’s more than one experience of dissonance when looking at this cover.
April 29th, 2013 at 2:20 pm
That is one godawful ugly cat. Can’t believe Gene Simmons wrote a song based on this. I mean KISS were pretty…what? ‘God’ of Thunder, not lord? Oh well, alright then.
April 29th, 2013 at 2:24 pm
And if your cat has a mouth like that..consider getting a dog.
April 29th, 2013 at 2:42 pm
The chubby face of an overweight cat isn’t the best choice for expressing the frightening attack of a predator.
April 29th, 2013 at 2:51 pm
Not only does the Lord of Thunder wear a skirt, he carries a purse, too. More than one purse from the look of it. As if he couldn’t decide how to accessorize that day.
April 29th, 2013 at 2:57 pm
2 out of 10 cats prefer scrap metal.
April 29th, 2013 at 3:51 pm
You just know that cat is going to throw up helicopter bits all over the carpet later on.
April 29th, 2013 at 4:10 pm
1. That’s some hairball!
2. Hey, guy with the thunderbolts and all, whatever you do, don’t squat!!
April 29th, 2013 at 4:19 pm
This was a hell of a thing to wake up to first thing in the morning.
April 29th, 2013 at 5:30 pm
Looks like the goofiest staging of Das Rheingold ever. “Heda! Heda hedo!”
April 29th, 2013 at 6:32 pm
‘Me see England! Me see France! Me see Lord of Thunder’s Underpants!’
‘Oooh! Cheek!’
‘…that too…’
April 29th, 2013 at 6:41 pm
On the back cover, the Springfield Republican has nothing but praise for the artwork:
“Eeeexcellent.”
April 29th, 2013 at 6:57 pm
TINY LORD OF THUNDER WILL NOT BE MOCKED!!!
April 29th, 2013 at 8:47 pm
LOL SPACE CAT SEZ: I CAN HAS ACE BOOK COVER !!!
April 30th, 2013 at 11:33 am
Why do we think it’s a cat? It’s clearly an owl wearing trick contact lenses and fake gnashers for Hallowe’en.
May 2nd, 2013 at 4:01 pm
Is it possible that the Lord of Thunder just bought an epic cat-toy of a space-copter for his owl-feline to play with on trips through the swirling void?
May 8th, 2013 at 9:00 pm
And the sad part is, the illustrator couldn’t even be bothered to draw the right kind of eagle . . .
Also, the very idea of an abridged edition is disturbing. Like most of Norton’s novels, this one is sufficiently short that any cuts would create a book of appropriate length for semi-literate sixth-graders.
February 13th, 2014 at 12:27 pm
That space chopper is going to trim his whiskers. I look forward to the part later when he misjudges the gap in the doorway and slams into the wall. At speed.
February 14th, 2014 at 6:56 am
LORD OF BLUNDER
March 16th, 2016 at 6:16 pm
No-Trend Nora
LORD OF HEN TURD
“Felching it in scenic Tirol” — Leafspring Blip Inducer
March 20th, 2017 at 12:45 pm
Original concept art for the live action movie of Beauty and the Beast, if it had been directed by Michael Bay.