Feb 06
Click for full imageAlessandra Comments: There’s a failure of perspective in the building. Where exactly is it supposed to be? Is it falling down? How big is it? Oh never mind, just keep your eyes on the guy in the bright purple Renaissance fair outfit.
Published 1978
(Average: 5.51 out of 10)
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February 6th, 2012 at 9:13 am
Ooh, purple and orange. I predict that this style will be making a huge comeback in 2012.
February 6th, 2012 at 9:48 am
Lego Minas Tirith there looks like it’s at *least* nine feet tall, and must use *thousands* of individual Lego bricks. Really, I don’t know what you’re laughing about!
February 6th, 2012 at 9:56 am
Looks like the chap with the crown is in the wrong aspect ratio. Or maybe he is that wide.
Oh, and is it Hed or Med? Biiig difference.
February 6th, 2012 at 1:09 pm
Riddle-Master of Med or Riddle-Haster of Hed or…
Liking his frilly boots. Not liking the odd “let’s build more turrets on these turrets, but only on the one side” castle architecture.
February 6th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
Maybe the tiny turrets jutting out of the bigger turrets are supposed to be the latrines?
February 6th, 2012 at 3:33 pm
If M C Escher designed a castle, it might look something like this.
February 6th, 2012 at 3:53 pm
..The Riddle Master ON Med….
February 6th, 2012 at 5:52 pm
Hey, Merlin! Play some Stones!
February 6th, 2012 at 5:54 pm
Actually, medieval buildings were not only built that way, they could also shift because of bad foundations. So the castle is not so bad…
…and the guy in the Renaissance Fair getup is FA-BU-LOUS!
February 6th, 2012 at 6:30 pm
A dedicated follower of fashion.
February 7th, 2012 at 2:50 am
Oh Gandalf, go harp on someone else!
(those boot frills are amazing. Sure to catch every drop of rain.)
February 7th, 2012 at 9:48 am
Latrines, eh? They’d be more effective if they all hung over the outer edge of the castle…
February 9th, 2012 at 1:37 pm
This was a pretty decent novel as I recall.
February 9th, 2012 at 2:59 pm
@Fred: Oh sure, the book is a good one. It’s only the cover we’re taking issue with here.
Recall earlier comments on poor Ursula K. LeGuin, who had some really atrocious covers slapped on quite good novels.
October 21st, 2013 at 8:36 pm
Hey Tag Wizard, can we get a ‘behind you’ tag over here?
October 22nd, 2013 at 9:44 am
Sure can, Tom!
…is that Prince Adam of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe?
March 29th, 2015 at 8:22 am
Very good book. And I’ll make the standard comment that Morgan of Hed and Deth, the High Ones harpist don’t look anything like how they are portayed. The stars on Morgan’s forehead are small, up near his hairline and easily concealed. Deth is described as clean shaven, but hey, he has a harp at least! I understand Darryl K. Sweet was the go to generic Fantasy Cover Artist in the ’80s, but lord almighty! Was he color blind? What a lovely monochromatic color scheme, broken only by the screaming font of the title and the outrageously impractical clothing on the Prince of Hed, who, by the way, was primarily a farmer, so I guess that’s suitable wardrobe.
March 29th, 2015 at 10:33 am
That’s a sweet sandcastle!
Possibly not the most practical attire for building one, but you can’t argue with the results.
August 25th, 2015 at 1:34 am
Hey, guy in horrid purple clothing! Old Father Time is trying to jump you!
August 21st, 2016 at 12:50 pm
Mr. Deth: ‘Wait, one last one. Listen. LISTEN to me! Thirty red horses on a white hill, first they–come back!’