tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post8262055172941656621..comments2024-02-14T03:20:23.057-08:00Comments on Pop Sensation: Paperback 623: Alien Planet / Fletcher Pratt (Ace F-257)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-8803729082805913792013-03-24T05:30:56.838-07:002013-03-24T05:30:56.838-07:00Emshwiller was an absolutely terrific artist. His ...Emshwiller was an absolutely terrific artist. His cover art is almost always gorgeous, though I have to say I'm not real wild about the "Psychotic Fish" here. The awesome thing about the spacesuit is when you realize that all those swirls and whatnot are reflections from stuff that's off-camera. It really enhances the space around the two figures.<br /><br />I've always had Pratt tagged in my mind as primarily a fantasy author. I don't know if this is really the same story as the 1932 "A Voice Across the Years". The original story was co-credited with IM Stephens, who was actually his wife. He may have rewritten and expanded it, but then he was also 6 years dead when <i>Alien Planet</i> was first published in 1962. She must have had something to do with the republication.DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-52687833765530985822013-03-24T05:21:09.968-07:002013-03-24T05:21:09.968-07:00"Alien Planet" eh? Well, that certainly ..."Alien Planet" eh? Well, that certainly narrows it down -- to the entire universe's population of planets, minus one.Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05827682993126698431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-92223550546380190902013-03-23T14:53:08.841-07:002013-03-23T14:53:08.841-07:00"... The effect of the arrival of a citizen o..."... The effect of the arrival of a citizen of a super-scientific planet on our own world?" That and "original" in the same paragraph? Gimme a break!<br /><br />They have a "planet" and we have a "world?" The copy writer must have just bought a new thesaurus!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16293748990723577745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-80874806675146889062013-03-23T12:29:48.546-07:002013-03-23T12:29:48.546-07:00"Complete and unabridged" because this b..."Complete and unabridged" because this book is so epic that it COULD be abridged.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400083252644887210noreply@blogger.com