Author Topic: Scifi/Fantasy Book Photoshops (Read 2551 times)

roo_ster · « **on:** February 23, 2010, 02:00:57 PM »

I read a whole lot as a kid, most of it scifi or fantasy.

Some wisenhiemer photoshopped a bunch of the sf/f covers to indicate more truly what one might find within.

http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/10/20/mgk-versus-his-adolescent-reading-habits/

http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/10/21/mgk-versus-his-adolescent-reading-habits-part-two/

http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/11/03/mgk-versus-his-adolescent-reading-habits-part-the-last/

A few of my favorite shopped covers. Favorite because of wit or because I enjoyed the books. You figure out which.

AZRedhawk44 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 23, 2010, 02:15:13 PM »

gigglesnort.

This whole series is Atlas Shrugged with swords, and magic, and stuff.

MicroBalrog · « **Reply #2 on:** February 23, 2010, 02:28:12 PM »

I only made it past the first 4 books. Does it later devolve into overt Objectivism?

P.S. Twilight isn't that bad.

AZRedhawk44 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 23, 2010, 02:32:41 PM »

Quote from: MicroBalrog on February 23, 2010, 02:28:12 PM

I only made it past the first 4 books. Does it later devolve into overt Objectivism?

P.S. Twilight isn't that bad.

Did you get to the one where he makes the sculpture down in the capitol city of the enemy? That one is flat-out Randian.

Then, the final book in the series, EVERYONE in the Midlands is picked up and magically transported to a parallel dimension (Galt's Gulch) and leave the bad guys behind in their own commie/socialist/despotic/non-magical hellhole.

BrokenPaw · « **Reply #4 on:** February 23, 2010, 02:34:40 PM »

Quote from: MicroBalrog on February 23, 2010, 02:28:12 PM

I only made it past the first 4 books. Does it later devolve into overt Objectivism?

You make it that far? One book was enough (and by "enough" I mean "about 500 pages too much, and if I'd known what a waste it was, I'd never have read the whole thing") for me.

"Wizard's First Rule" should have been called "If you were paying attention in the first 50 pages, you can just go ahead and skip to the end, because everything in the middle is just artifice to set up a surprise that's not, in any practical sense, surprising."

MicroBalrog · « **Reply #5 on:** February 23, 2010, 02:38:31 PM »

Ah. I've only made it past two books, I think. The last events I remember cogently is (after checking Wikipedia) at the end of Stone of Tears.

Balog · « **Reply #6 on:** February 23, 2010, 02:49:15 PM »

Really? I quite liked WFR, although it went sharply downhill from there. Of course, I can't stand Robert Jordan so what do I know?

MicroBalrog · « **Reply #7 on:** February 23, 2010, 02:56:24 PM »

WFR?

Oh. First Rule.

Yes, it does get downhill. And Richard getting repetitively tortured/tied up gets old REALLY fast.

Balog · « **Reply #8 on:** February 23, 2010, 02:57:53 PM »

Quote from: MicroBalrog on February 23, 2010, 02:56:24 PM

WFR?

Oh. First Rule.

Yes, it does get downhill. And Richard getting repetitively tortured/tied up gets old REALLY fast.

True that. I think Goodkind must have a serious BDSM kink going. I thought that was mostly contained in books 2-> though...

HankB · « **Reply #9 on:** February 23, 2010, 02:59:31 PM »

Quote from: Balog on February 23, 2010, 02:49:15 PM

Of course, I can't stand Robert Jordan so what do I know?

Actually, I liked the first few books in his "Wheel of Time" series, but then it became obvious - painfully obvious - that Jordan was getting paid by the word.

Sorry, but when entire books are written that neither advance the story nor develop the characters beyond what a good wordsmith could accomplish in a chapter or two, it's far too heavily padded to enjoy.

lee n. field · « **Reply #10 on:** February 23, 2010, 03:28:07 PM »

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Some wisenhiemer photoshopped a bunch of the sf/f covers to indicate more truly what one might find within.

Thank you. I'm coughing up phlegm today, and laughing at this helps.

A different MGK it turns out.

AmbulanceDriver · « **Reply #11 on:** February 23, 2010, 03:54:16 PM »

You know what's funny, I'm actually in the middle of reading "Stranger in a Strange Land". Kinda made me chuckle...

(ok, re-reading it... for the umpteenth time. I just like RAH's work)

Balog · « **Reply #12 on:** February 23, 2010, 04:03:01 PM »

Oh, and those are freaking hilarious Jfruser. Thanks for sharing.

AJ Dual · « **Reply #13 on:** February 23, 2010, 04:13:28 PM »

Quote from: AmbulanceDriver on February 23, 2010, 03:54:16 PM

You know what's funny, I'm actually in the middle of reading "Stranger in a Strange Land". Kinda made me chuckle...

(ok, re-reading it... for the umpteenth time. I just like RAH's work)

Except there never was any "sex on mars" in the book.

SADShooter · « **Reply #14 on:** February 23, 2010, 04:23:39 PM »

Hilarious! Thanks. I'm rereading "Glory Road" after having seen it discussed here recently. "Friday" is next.

Devonai · « **Reply #15 on:** February 23, 2010, 04:38:40 PM »

Funny stuff. Friday was a decent novel, if you can deal with all the snogging the protagonist engages in.

Stand_watie · « **Reply #16 on:** February 23, 2010, 08:30:09 PM »

Quote from: HankB on February 23, 2010, 02:59:31 PM

Actually, I liked the first few books in his "Wheel of Time" series, but then it became obvious - painfully obvious - that Jordan was getting paid by the word.

Sorry, but when entire books are written that neither advance the story nor develop the characters beyond what a good wordsmith could accomplish in a chapter or two, it's far too heavily padded to enjoy.

The problem I think, is that the story just kept on expanding in scope. I'm still p.o.'d at him for having the temerity to die on us before finishing it.

MechAg94 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 23, 2010, 08:32:27 PM »

I like the Dune pic. I'm glad I took a friends advice and never bothered with the other books.

dm1333 · « **Reply #18 on:** February 23, 2010, 10:39:58 PM »

Why does Conan become a librarian?

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Regolith · « **Reply #19 on:** February 23, 2010, 10:58:20 PM »

Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on February 23, 2010, 02:32:41 PM

Did you get to the one where he makes the sculpture down in the capitol city of the enemy? That one is flat-out Randian.

Then, the final book in the series, EVERYONE in the Midlands is picked up and magically transported to a parallel dimension (Galt's Gulch) and leave the bad guys behind in their own commie/socialist/despotic/non-magical hellhole.

Yeah....the ending completely soured the entire series for me. Personally, I think Goodkind should have stopped after Stone of Tears.

erictank · « **Reply #20 on:** February 25, 2010, 12:13:49 PM »

Quote from: Balog on February 23, 2010, 04:03:01 PM

Oh, and those are freaking hilarious Jfruser. Thanks for sharing.

If you haven't read it yet, and are into comics at all, try MGK's I Don't Need Your Civil War, where he re-dialogs the pages of Marvel Comics' 'Civil War' miniseries. Freakin' HILARIOUS - though not safe for younglings, due to harsh language and such. Probably NSFW, either.

Link: http://mightygodking.com/index.php/i-dont-need-your-civil-war/

I'll have to check out the covers from home - I'm at work, and MGK's site brings up The Red Hand Of Doom on the work network. Don't want to get in trouble with the IT types... or the boss, for that matter.

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Author Topic: Scifi/Fantasy Book Photoshops (Read 2551 times)