Hat tip to Thom

He has (or had?) a bunch on his blog.







http://www.thomwhite.co.uk/?p=818

Oooh, I remember #2 from GSS, b/c who could forget all those butts in rows? And how it so didn't fit the plot.

Possibly we had #1 and I blocked it out from sheer nausea. It's going to be extra-messy when he explodes. And poor Phil wrote this but his name's in smaller print than the title and the blurb.

#3: An organ grinder and his monkey in spaaaaaaaaaaace!

Why did the flanged basketball ship land at such a stupid angle? Why doesn't the critter need a full-body suit, but just a #bubble helmet? Where is the oxygen for either of them? Is this all just cosplay? And why is it all so much orange?

The Under(wear-less) People, I think you mean.

Butt...

#3: do you want to touch my monkey?

A few more from the same blog:



Marking his territory with his atomic pee.



Thanks to genetic engineering, their legs come pre-bowed



The Parawhut?

1. Just me at the end of a day at work. IT will do that to you.
2. The Underpeople forgot their Underpants.
3. Concept art for the classic Robinson Crusoe on Mars; eventually they used the Martian ships from War of the Worlds.
4a. 'Crowley may well be the (Orwell J) Bradbury (who lives down the street) of the 80s.'
4b. Doctor Manhattan fluffing the pillows in his sleeping pod.
5. 'I dares ya t'step over this line!' 'Well, I'm a-darin'!'
6. The Paratwats, surely.

4) I was under the impression Bradbury was still the Bradbury of the 80s.

6) Definitely none other but the Paratwats. I hope they're only supposed to be humanoid, because they aren't h. sap as we know us. Maybe they're mutants due to the giant chemical factory.

Nice turtleneck/Members Only jacket combo, dude. Apparently he needs an arrow on his trousers to know which bit goes up.

Doesn't, by definition (puts on tartan), a "pair" always consist of "twa"?

Eagerly awaited only by Chris and possibly his mum.

I pretty much love the cover of the Six-Gun Planet. The groovy blend of hippie and goofy cowboy, with the creepy noose does something for me. Now what does that say about me? Only that I am a gal who was raised in the 1960s and 1970s on a ranch, and I'm into creepy.

>9 MrsLee: I do admit it has its charms. The rocket-propelled sandstone butte is a nice touch. Is it a spaceship? A weapon? Or are they just importing (stealing?) chunks of Monument Valley from Earth?

Good old Planet Misery, courtesy of the author of Mention My Name in Atlantis!

>9 MrsLee: I like it too. It has the perfect feel of that era. It's absolutely groovy and far out.

I think it's gone past bad back into retro-cool.

Although Missouri has no sandstone buttes here on Earth. Like Bruce, I wonder if that's one of their spaceships? Or a cruise ship? Traveling carnival or traveling museum exhibit?

Missouri seems an odd name to pick for a Cowboy Planet, really. Generally, the Old West is associated with areas further west: it's considered midwestern nowadays. It does have it's cowboys, but I'd say it's more of a transition area between the Ye Olde South and the great plains.

There is a movie called "The Incredible Melting Man," but the Wikipedia entry does not mention Phil Smith's novel as a source. The movie had suitably icky effects by Rick Baker and was features on "Mystery Science Theater 3000."

#2 "I, Rowbutts"

>13 bam2001: Cowboy Planets are usually called Texas, we've seen it in any number of books. Missouri, in the wild west days we think of from movies and TV, was considered the end of the East, the last bit of civilization. As my mom used to say "If conquering the West had been up to me, the US would have ended at St. Louis".

I mean, if not planet Texas, any one of Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Arizona, and for sure New Mexico would have been more appropriate. New Mexico had Billy the Kid, for crying out loud!