Jul 10
Click for full imagePhil Comments: Good news, everyone! Fred Pohl claims to have invented the finglonger. (A man can dream. A man can dream.)
Published 1983
(Average: 8.42 out of 10)
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Phil Comments: Good news, everyone! Fred Pohl claims to have invented the finglonger. (A man can dream. A man can dream.)
Published 1983
(Average: 8.42 out of 10)Loading...
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July 10th, 2013 at 10:12 am
Yeah, very impressive Uncle Fred, now let’s see you saw a rabbit in half or pull a woman out of a hat.
July 10th, 2013 at 10:28 am
The Long Fingers of Fred Pohl. Sequel?
July 10th, 2013 at 11:55 am
Why is Tobias Funke on the cover?
July 10th, 2013 at 11:56 am
You’ll see, he coordinated the right thumb rocket with his collared shirt. That’s attention to detail. A classy fellow, that Frederik Pohl.
July 10th, 2013 at 12:49 pm
This cover made me literally laugh out loud. Well, guffaw out loud.
I think it’s just a stain on the cover, but that blotch makes it look like Mr. Pohl has an unusual palm tattoo.
July 10th, 2013 at 1:32 pm
The fingers that launched a thousand ships.
July 10th, 2013 at 1:50 pm
A Tim Burton film. Starring Johnny Depp. Frederik Rockethands. In theaters this Christmas.
July 10th, 2013 at 2:01 pm
So I’m ready for the disco, got the cool 70s ‘stache, got the open collared shirt, out over the jacket lapels of course, got the “hip” glasses and the slicked-back hair, but keep getting shut down by the babes. What to do? I know, let’s shoot a bunch of rockets out of our fingers, that’ll dazzle ’em—”Hey, are those rockets coming out of your fingers or are you just glad to see me?”
July 10th, 2013 at 2:06 pm
…and ladies, you won’t believe the rocket in his pocket!
July 10th, 2013 at 2:22 pm
@B.Chiclitz: I think part of the problem was his grasp of socially acceptable witty and suggestive banter.
“Ladies, you think my fingers are impressive, you should see what comes out of my…hey, why are you running away?”
“They call me the Rocket Man, and it isn’t because of my fingers. I’ll send you into orbit around the Satellite of Bliss baby. Excuse me. Why are you laughing? No, really. Why are you all laughing?”
“See these fingers? How would you like to be the first woman into orbit on a…well, yes, I know the Soviets…that isn’t what I was trying to…yes I see your massive and enraged boyfriend. I’ll just be leaving then.”
July 10th, 2013 at 2:36 pm
@Fear—”Satellite of Bliss”
😉
July 10th, 2013 at 6:00 pm
Rockets from your fingers, Mr Pohl? My childhood mocks your feeble attempt at finger amazement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElVzs0lEULs
July 10th, 2013 at 6:05 pm
‘Science fiction’s golden age recalled’…if his memory involves rockets flying out of his fingers while a supernova gave him the ability to breathe in orbit around Saturn, I think his recollections are less than reliable.
September 5th, 2013 at 10:42 pm
Sorry we mocked your cover, Fred. RIP.
February 23rd, 2016 at 12:37 pm
Freddy Got Fingered
February 23rd, 2016 at 1:30 pm
How did he type?
February 23rd, 2016 at 3:12 pm
@Ray: Maybe he was dictating?
February 23rd, 2016 at 4:34 pm
Using sign language?
March 15th, 2020 at 12:17 am
Don’t launch spaceships from your fingers during the corona quarantine!