Title: Four From Planet 5
Author: Murray Leinster
Cover artist: [Paul] Lehr
Yours for: $10
Best things about this cover:
- Yes, if I were in Antarctica, these kids would indeed freak me the fuck out. I would make that exact trepidatious gesture with my left hand ("Fear Hand!"). But wait ... he has a camera on a tripod. Maybe they're a singing group and he's their manager and they're terribly lost and he's decided to use this free time to take some promotional photographs. Yes, that makes sense.
- I really, really wish I could see the guy's face. Seems crucial. I need to know how I'm supposed to feel about this Aryan Children's Brigade. My default position is "terrified."
- The cover copy does imply that "unknown terror" is a given, and we're just waiting around to figure out what kind.
Best things about this back cover:
- "Utterly invincible telepaths will broadcast your shabby sins to the world! Gird yourselves!"
- I assume this ends with the kids forming a band and singing their way into civilization's heart. Or with the revelation that one of the kids is really Jesus.
Page 123~
"The kid got past three electric fences, and we don't know how. He must know plenty about electricity."
Brilliant. I'm now rooting for the kid.
~RP
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1 comment:
A phrase you should avoid if you're trying to sound serious:
"The overlords of the underworld."
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