Love or salvation

As I small child, I had a plate with a picture of Porky Pig on it. If I ate all of my food, then I could exult in the pleasures of gazing at Porky and his friends. This plate would not motivate me quite as much.

The author’s name is a Spoonerism for Nary Keeper.

That's a green-skinned space hunk?

I see that a reviewer described this as "a perfect metaphor of Jungian individuation". I confess that does little more than the cover to entice me to read it.

>4 AndreasJ: If anything, it makes me less enticed.

I mean, if I gotta pick between the alternatives in the strap line, I'm saving my entire planet. No dude is worth the death of billions.

This "major new SF talent" has published 4 books, and the last 3 came out 37 years (!) after this one.

I agree this looks like it should be from the "Boris Plate-of-the-Month Club", and I do not want. It even looks curved like some plates.

Green Hunk looks to be gazing in interest at Jumpsuit Guy. And even Boris ain't drawing feet.

I went to a Worldcon where Boris was artist GoH, and there were giant-sized prints all over the con, plus originals in the art show. DAY-um, those are overwhelming. Come around a corner when you haven't slept or eaten properly for a few days and BAM! But he's got real attention to detail, good shading, shows scantily clad persons of both sexes, and seemed like an OK guy.

It's just when you're running on 5 hours' sleep and haven't had breakfast or caffeine, at a high altitude, you are not prepared for that. Although Mr. xn enjoyed the chain mail bikini babes a lot.

I had a glass with a kitty on the bottom, which encouraged me to drink my milk.

I mean, she's gorgeous, and has one hell of a shit choice to make; those two blokes are ... feh!

So, is the guy in orange the world's salvation, or is it an alien threesome?

"Ummm...I'll take what's behind door number 3"

Hoop earrings. Yep, published in 1975....

>7 bam2001: Green guy seems to have a sense of humor, or at least is capable of bending his limbs and attempting a facial expression. Who stands with their arms like Orange Jumpsuit unless they're being paid to pose?

I still maintain Green and Orange get together and thus the world is saved and she doesn't have to choose. Leaving her to get on with her life, happy with her giant earrings and invisible wind machine. She becomes a pitchwoman for Clairol.