tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055640445288546798.post5567881065339365030..comments2023-12-28T04:41:50.326-05:00Comments on Judge a Book by its Cover: What are you trying to protect against?Miss Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075664250796458409noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055640445288546798.post-61319599093001269692010-02-16T14:03:29.101-05:002010-02-16T14:03:29.101-05:00Pretty sure she's the new football thingy for ...Pretty sure she's the new football thingy for FOX sports... no, wait, they only support men being badass... whoops!heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055640445288546798.post-52266787916650021942009-11-22T13:40:32.607-05:002009-11-22T13:40:32.607-05:00I haven't read the book, so I don't know i...I haven't read the book, so I don't know if it really contains armor like this. I suspect that the artist figured that, since it's a spacesuit (what I assume it is), the woman doesn't really need good mobility. One thing I was wondering, though - if those things at her neck are her braids, and she's wearing a spacesuit, how exactly is she protecting herself and her airsupply from the effects of space?A Library Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144279685884011943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055640445288546798.post-78213842920196365352009-11-22T11:29:58.947-05:002009-11-22T11:29:58.947-05:00Nonono it's what McCaffrey and her buddies wro...Nonono it's what McCaffrey and her buddies wrote after watching <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_suits#Mobile_suits" rel="nofollow">Mobile Suit Gundam</a>.xenobiologistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09781983279242647376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055640445288546798.post-63549553951952334432009-11-21T18:13:01.960-05:002009-11-21T18:13:01.960-05:00I don't mind if io9 steal my schtick. They li...I don't mind if io9 steal my schtick. They linked to me once and I got a ton of readers from them. Plus now I have a whole database of covers for snark!Miss Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05075664250796458409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055640445288546798.post-29874645897969473432009-11-21T11:44:04.964-05:002009-11-21T11:44:04.964-05:00Hey, io9 is stealing your gig:
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http://io9.com/54...Hey, io9 is stealing your gig:<br />.<br />http://io9.com/5409616/cheesiest-and-most-inappropriate-book-covers-of-all-timeCliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04198405937534052637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055640445288546798.post-43370100443058092312009-11-21T10:04:43.733-05:002009-11-21T10:04:43.733-05:00This reminds me of the (ugh) winning collection on...This reminds me of the (ugh) winning collection on "Project Runway."Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055640445288546798.post-48489025715223143362009-11-19T15:24:30.459-05:002009-11-19T15:24:30.459-05:00It's like the Flash Gordon legion of Space Mar...It's like the Flash Gordon legion of <a href="http://www.gamereplays.org/community/uploads/post-90027-1205171981.jpg" rel="nofollow">Space Marines</a>. At least those <a href="http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/images/9/9b/The_Emperor.jpg" rel="nofollow">pauldrons</a> look a bit reasonable.<br /><br />(that's warhammer 40k stuff)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01207975135456426903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055640445288546798.post-51539571096427297982009-11-19T12:03:05.896-05:002009-11-19T12:03:05.896-05:00Quite a package she's got, too. Are you sure ...Quite a package she's got, too. Are you sure this isn't Phallic Phriday?!Miss Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05075664250796458409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055640445288546798.post-60517900171735613472009-11-19T10:23:03.920-05:002009-11-19T10:23:03.920-05:00Thanks MB!!!Thanks MB!!!BikerPuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07598249279953330970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055640445288546798.post-87680637830387271932009-11-19T04:40:46.387-05:002009-11-19T04:40:46.387-05:00BP: How to link good.BP: How to <a href="http://www.echoecho.com/htmllinks01.htm" rel="nofollow">link good</a>.M. Bouffanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519088858760760560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055640445288546798.post-33088790492065355042009-11-18T17:10:34.342-05:002009-11-18T17:10:34.342-05:00Actually, that's how much armor I usually wear...Actually, that's how much armor I usually wear when I visit New York.<br /><br />Pickpocket me once, shame on you. Pickpocket me twice, shame on me.The Revolutionaryhttp://www.revolutionsforfunandprofit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055640445288546798.post-77773070005848487842009-11-18T16:40:14.982-05:002009-11-18T16:40:14.982-05:00Anon -- you're right!! Thanks for the blown u...Anon -- you're right!! Thanks for the blown up pic! (BTW, can you teach me how to embed a link in text like you did??) I think that makes it worse than jewelry! It's like when football players have long hair -- it's begging be be yanked during a tackle. Here, she can be captured by her braids alone!!BikerPuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07598249279953330970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055640445288546798.post-88321067679611668862009-11-18T16:30:33.135-05:002009-11-18T16:30:33.135-05:00I was too curious, I had to go look it up. It'...I was too curious, I had to go look it up. It's amazing. And scary. (I think the <a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.stephenhickman.com/pirate.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.stephenhickman.com/sf.html&usg=__-sef332g36rHBmjMXuYvRmLhXWU=&h=747&w=500&sz=95&hl=en&start=6&um=1&tbnid=AKt3zn8XoeWolM:&tbnh=141&tbnw=94&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dplanet%2Bpirates%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den-us%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1" rel="nofollow">stuff around her neck</a> is her hair, though. In braids.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055640445288546798.post-81246392094670780382009-11-18T15:31:18.055-05:002009-11-18T15:31:18.055-05:00Yeah, there is way too much crap on that person.Yeah, there is way too much crap on that person.Nicole "Gidget" Kalsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03812924528578021534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055640445288546798.post-8878701292590677382009-11-18T12:53:44.752-05:002009-11-18T12:53:44.752-05:00"Our cruisers can't repel cover-cheesines..."Our cruisers can't repel cover-cheesiness of that magnitude!"Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03301077496668834657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055640445288546798.post-9501229283118532422009-11-18T12:36:15.346-05:002009-11-18T12:36:15.346-05:00You're right.. this cover is terrible. That he...You're right.. this cover is terrible. That helmet is just hilarious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com