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Katie Comments: Where are her hands? And what is that thing behind her? It’s also by a fairly seriously feminist author.
Published 1980
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Katie Comments: Where are her hands? And what is that thing behind her? It’s also by a fairly seriously feminist author.
Published 1980
November 6th, 2013 at 9:16 am
‘THE FORBIDDEN THE-ONLY-WAY-IS-ESSEX’.
UK-specific gag, there. Apologies to international readers.
November 6th, 2013 at 10:38 am
Yorkshire-specific gag:
That must be Bill’s Mother
November 6th, 2013 at 10:57 am
Oh, NOW she regrets not bringing a cagoule.
November 6th, 2013 at 12:02 pm
lol, “serious feminist author” was pimping kids to her husband…
http://stephengoldin.com/submitted.html
November 6th, 2013 at 12:43 pm
Shouldn’t there be a ‘Behind you’ tag there as well?
November 6th, 2013 at 12:57 pm
Not only missing hands, but one leg short of a pair. And is that a flowing beard the lady is sporting? But if you keep focused on the boobs all the rest isn’t very noticeable.
November 6th, 2013 at 1:13 pm
The first edition cover was quite something, too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Forbidden_tower.jpg
November 6th, 2013 at 2:08 pm
For sci-fi editors, feminism = boobs.
November 6th, 2013 at 5:03 pm
This cover screams “Look at ma boobs!”
November 6th, 2013 at 5:14 pm
She blinded me with science fantasy.
November 6th, 2013 at 5:53 pm
Thanks for the call-out LB. Adds to the pantomime atmosphere.
November 6th, 2013 at 6:47 pm
Worst. Party. Ever.
November 7th, 2013 at 1:54 am
Tsathoggua’s cover of Chris Isaak’s ‘Wicked Game’ was poorly received, the music video somewhat less so.
December 7th, 2013 at 2:38 pm
This is one of a series of awful Melvyn covers for MZB’s Darkover books – I have several but they are in storage at the moment. You have to wonder. Apart from anything else it is so horribly tacky and naff, as though the artist had read the book and wanted to paint an anti-cover….
August 27th, 2015 at 1:58 am
She’s clenching her hands in her skirt. I think. Though that does beg the question of what befell her shirt. And why her face is dirty.
January 3rd, 2016 at 4:14 pm
When in Florida, visit beautiful FRAZETTALAND — but bring a flashlight, ‘cos it’s dim and dark there!