Comments on: Ugly and Bizarre book covers http://boingboing.net/2009/10/09/ugly-and-bizarre-boo.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 00:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Remocarpet http://boingboing.net/2009/10/09/ugly-and-bizarre-boo.html#comment-609809 Remocarpet Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-609809 Those blade books are a treasure trove of bad covers. I have a later one called, "The Crystal Seas", with a cover that implies the (nude male) protagonist is about to be violated by tentacles. Those blade books are a treasure trove of bad covers. I have a later one called, “The Crystal Seas”, with a cover that implies the (nude male) protagonist is about to be violated by tentacles.

]]> By: bjacques http://boingboing.net/2009/10/09/ugly-and-bizarre-boo.html#comment-610092 bjacques Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-610092 He's using the crowbar thingy to escape the Crap Dimension, while the cavewoman sets it on fire as a diversion. And isn't that the dinosaur that savaged Newman in Jurassic Park? He’s using the crowbar thingy to escape the Crap Dimension, while the cavewoman sets it on fire as a diversion. And isn’t that the dinosaur that savaged Newman in Jurassic Park?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/09/ugly-and-bizarre-boo.html#comment-609852 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-609852 Why is Chevy Chase holding a dildo spear crowbar? Why is Chevy Chase holding a dildo spear crowbar?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/09/ugly-and-bizarre-boo.html#comment-609888 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-609888 I think in 5th or 6th grade I read a couple of those Blade books. Mainly I was interested in the sex parts, but I think the story was that a modern day man has a scientist friend who accidentally sends him to another dimension (creatively called Dimension X) where scantily clad women need his help in defending themselves from angry overlords. Or maybe the scantily clad women were the overlords and he's taken prisoner and tortured by the high priestess. Or some variation of that kind of story. I hadn't thought about that in forever. It seems there's a gallery of Blade covers at http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/l/jeffrey-lord/ I think in 5th or 6th grade I read a couple of those Blade books. Mainly I was interested in the sex parts, but I think the story was that a modern day man has a scientist friend who accidentally sends him to another dimension (creatively called Dimension X) where scantily clad women need his help in defending themselves from angry overlords. Or maybe the scantily clad women were the overlords and he’s taken prisoner and tortured by the high priestess. Or some variation of that kind of story. I hadn’t thought about that in forever. It seems there’s a gallery of Blade covers at http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/l/jeffrey-lord/

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/09/ugly-and-bizarre-boo.html#comment-610153 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-610153 See also http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoversAlwaysLie and http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ContemptibleCover See also http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoversAlwaysLie

and

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ContemptibleCover

]]> By: Billy Blight http://boingboing.net/2009/10/09/ugly-and-bizarre-boo.html#comment-609923 Billy Blight Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-609923 Ugly? I disagree. I'd get a poster print of that in a heartbeat. Put it in a nice frame above the mantel. Ugly? I disagree. I’d get a poster print of that in a heartbeat. Put it in a nice frame above the mantel.

]]> By: caldrax http://boingboing.net/2009/10/09/ugly-and-bizarre-boo.html#comment-609734 caldrax Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-609734 i was always amused by this one for "seductive wager" when I worked at Barnes and Noble. The two words didn't seem to go right together, at all. I guess the cover is just standard romance fare but the title is what does it for me: http://img.infibeam.com/img/dcae3920/291/5/9780505525291.jpg i was always amused by this one for “seductive wager” when I worked at Barnes and Noble. The two words didn’t seem to go right together, at all. I guess the cover is just standard romance fare but the title is what does it for me:

http://img.infibeam.com/img/dcae3920/291/5/9780505525291.jpg

]]> By: simonbarsinister http://boingboing.net/2009/10/09/ugly-and-bizarre-boo.html#comment-609747 simonbarsinister Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-609747 I read that 'Blade' book, and believe me the cover does a good job of foretelling what you will find inside. It's basically James Bond meets Conan meets Harlequin Romance with some explicit sex thrown in. I read that ‘Blade’ book, and believe me the cover does a good job of foretelling what you will find inside.

It’s basically James Bond meets Conan meets Harlequin Romance with some explicit sex thrown in.

]]> By: ProgHead777 http://boingboing.net/2009/10/09/ugly-and-bizarre-boo.html#comment-610024 ProgHead777 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-610024 Man, Tom Delay was <i>ripped</i> back in the day. Now I see just how much he's let himself go. Sad. Man, Tom Delay was ripped back in the day. Now I see just how much he’s let himself go. Sad.

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