The Broken Lands
Talk Good Show Sir! — bad science fiction and fantasy covers
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1daard23
Who's to say what an atomic elephant would look like? Probably was a nice picture until someone spilled a glass of water on it.
4GSSex-noob
I say it's a hat, and I say the hell with it.
7TorMented
>6 AndreasJ: You’re right, I see the train now.
8NomadUK
Didn't know Saberhagen did Doctor Who novelisations! They left a comma out of the blurb, though:- 'Who rides an atomic "Elephant", dares not dismount!'
9EndofDiskOne
>8 NomadUK: Why is elephant in quotation marks, though?
10NomadUK
>9 EndofDiskOne: Clearly because it’s an alien creature that looks vaguely like an elephant, but isn’t; it’s atomic, after all. It’s a wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey elephant.
11bam2001
The guy in the foreground, like the rest of us, is all "what the hell am I looking at?" You can practically see the question mark floating above his bald, bald head.
12GSSex-noob
>11 bam2001: Agreed. I get a strong WTF vibe from him.
Perhaps, like me, he's wondering why all the things have to be so pointy.
Perhaps, like me, he's wondering why all the things have to be so pointy.
13bam2001
Too much pointyness, I agree. The atomic elephant wouldn't be able to walk a step through the robo-jungles without getting hung up on something.
If those little tiny black figures around the base of the "elephant" and trailing off to the left are humans, is that a giant to the left of the "elephant"?
If those little tiny black figures around the base of the "elephant" and trailing off to the left are humans, is that a giant to the left of the "elephant"?
14GSSex-noob
>13 bam2001: The ones farthest left look like insects. So I've got no idea of the scale of this whole mess. If they are people, the tall guy is failing the square-cube law
I still say it's a witch's hat and I say the hell with it.
I still say it's a witch's hat and I say the hell with it.
15Hammy_JLK
I'm assuming the big thing in the center of the picture is the "elephant". Is that thing just to its left/behind it
1) a grounded atomic pterodactyl?
2) the former "elephant" rider, about to shoot a ray-gun to discipline said "elephant"?
3) just some guy with a funky pointy helm who showed up for the wrong photo shoot?
It looks like it has a pointy tail, so I'm thinking #1, but it also looks like it's wielding a hand weapon of some sort, so I'm at a loss.
1) a grounded atomic pterodactyl?
2) the former "elephant" rider, about to shoot a ray-gun to discipline said "elephant"?
3) just some guy with a funky pointy helm who showed up for the wrong photo shoot?
It looks like it has a pointy tail, so I'm thinking #1, but it also looks like it's wielding a hand weapon of some sort, so I'm at a loss.
16SatanasAdversarius
It is Azazel that is pictured. I know that demon personally.

