Dec 05
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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: Well it’s a busy anthology so we should keep things busy on the cover. This is for Focus magazine… and we all know they only want one thing on their free book… mannequin cleavage! Just fill the rest with whatever you feel like.
Published 1995
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Tagged with: Alan Lothian • Arthur C. Clarke • Bob Shaw • cleavage • glowing eyes • GOLD! • Gollancz Books • Greg Bear • Ian McDonald • Ian Watson • Julian Baum • Mike McQuay • Paul J. McAuley • planets • proportional issues • Robert Holdstock • space • space ships • staff • statuesque • Tricia Sullivan • WTF
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December 5th, 2013 at 10:10 am
You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. Nice and clean, mind you.
December 5th, 2013 at 11:01 am
Why do I hear “Welcome to the Hotel California” in my head…?
December 5th, 2013 at 11:03 am
So “unique” means “sterile” or “frozen” or “lifeless” at the Focus Magazine office. Their Christmas parties must be a real hoot…
December 5th, 2013 at 11:36 am
Let’s be fair. They got the perspective correct.
December 5th, 2013 at 1:06 pm
Good Show Sir’s Photo Direction: “It says it’s an anthology for Focus Magazine so make the picture a wee bit out of focus. Irony!”
December 5th, 2013 at 1:12 pm
i like it. it isn’t good. but i like it.
December 5th, 2013 at 1:36 pm
Discoveries:
Left foreground: ‘If I don’t have a mouth…then…I can’t drink my pint!’
Centre: ‘Even with no distinguishing features, men stare at my chest! Excuse me, but where my eyes should be is up HERE!’
Right middle ground: ‘Wait a mo, this isn’t a walking stick. This is a poorly placed line on the flooring. I’m not differently-abled after all!’
December 5th, 2013 at 3:13 pm
I’m glad they didn’t clutter up this amazing cover with a list of the authors that can be found inside!!
December 5th, 2013 at 3:17 pm
The android in the lower right seems to be saying to his mate, “If you’re not going to drink that purple water, I will.” And why has no one commented on the strange being with glowing eyes (security guard?) keeping watch on the guests from the upper floor?
December 5th, 2013 at 4:48 pm
An android, a fizglrm, and a sexbot walk into a bar. The joke pretty much writes itself.
December 5th, 2013 at 5:21 pm
Excuse me, is this where we register for the Cousin Itt lookalike convention?
December 5th, 2013 at 6:22 pm
Featuring “I Have No Mouth And I Must Have A Drink”??
December 6th, 2013 at 3:01 pm
I am getting a ‘forbidden’ error when I attempt to post comments on ‘planet pirates’.
December 6th, 2013 at 3:11 pm
Cheers Tom. If you can post here but not there then your comment might be triggering a keyword filter, could that be it?
December 6th, 2013 at 3:43 pm
@Tom Noir — Shorter Tag Wizard: “cut down on the frickin’ swearin’ or we’ll slap a space sheep over your mouth.”
December 6th, 2013 at 4:17 pm
It’s not swearing if it accurately describes what’s in the picture!
December 28th, 2013 at 10:36 am
I guess jawa waiters are good enough for mannequin and robot customers.
PS. “Click for full image” links to submit page..
June 6th, 2015 at 5:23 pm
Clicking on the image gets you a ‘page not found’ thingy!
Also, I now wonder what comment I was trying to post…
August 25th, 2015 at 12:18 am
I seriously did not know that Mos Eisley had a cantina solely for droids and Jawas. It really makes me wonder who would open such an establishment. I mean, droids aren’t generally known for their alcohol consumption.