The alien god can’t find us because they stole some NASA photos and mistakenly think that we’re in the belts of Saturn. It’s not their fault, there were absolutely no other photos available that would have made the position of Earth clear.
That’s another point of confusion. The title suggests that we’re searching for “The Alien God”, but the subtitle (in a hard to read red font) says that “they are looking for us.” Huh? Do “they” think we’re gods? If so, shouldn’t the title be “Search for the Alien Gods?”
I’m putting way too much thought into a book I’d never read anyway.
gp
9 years ago
This looks like a post-apocalyptic nightmare.
Naaman Brown
9 years ago
The title is “Search for the Alien God” so why would Earth be tagged in the search? Oh, the tagline “Throughout the universe, they are looking for us”. Wow. Are they gonna be disappointed. How about a cover for Twilight Zone “To Serve Man” with the tag line “It’s a cookbook!”?
But to tag “Earth” in the cover art too? As a book cover it would have worked better w/o the tag. Back in the late 1950s early 1960s, when I would stop by the newstand after an afternoon at the swimming pool and prowl through the paperback rack looking for a Bradbury/Clarke/Budrys/Pohl/Kornbluth SciFi book to take home to read, none of the cover art had tags like “Earth —>” or “” tag. It does not sell the book to me, and as a book buyer living on modest retirement, I am selective on what I spend my entertainment money.
![cover[1]](https://lousybookcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cover118.jpg)
WTF, indeed.
Actually, that is a picture of Earth…
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=7314
Actually, it is Earth – see the pale blue dot the arrow is pointing at? That’s us.
Of course, even then the cover only makes sense if you happen to have seen that shot of Saturn before.
A lesson in the importance of having the perspective MAKE SENSE.
The alien god can’t find us because they stole some NASA photos and mistakenly think that we’re in the belts of Saturn. It’s not their fault, there were absolutely no other photos available that would have made the position of Earth clear.
That’s another point of confusion. The title suggests that we’re searching for “The Alien God”, but the subtitle (in a hard to read red font) says that “they are looking for us.” Huh? Do “they” think we’re gods? If so, shouldn’t the title be “Search for the Alien Gods?”
I’m putting way too much thought into a book I’d never read anyway.
This looks like a post-apocalyptic nightmare.
The title is “Search for the Alien God” so why would Earth be tagged in the search? Oh, the tagline “Throughout the universe, they are looking for us”. Wow. Are they gonna be disappointed. How about a cover for Twilight Zone “To Serve Man” with the tag line “It’s a cookbook!”?
But to tag “Earth” in the cover art too? As a book cover it would have worked better w/o the tag. Back in the late 1950s early 1960s, when I would stop by the newstand after an afternoon at the swimming pool and prowl through the paperback rack looking for a Bradbury/Clarke/Budrys/Pohl/Kornbluth SciFi book to take home to read, none of the cover art had tags like “Earth —>” or “” tag. It does not sell the book to me, and as a book buyer living on modest retirement, I am selective on what I spend my entertainment money.
I’m sure they bought rights to that photo from Nasa, right?
Government media are free for use, having been produced with taxpayer dollars. (Which is why they’re so tempting to indie designers.)
I would think if they are already in the solar system, they will find us no problem. Very little tension left.
But if the title suggest we are searching for the Alien God(s), I would say – “Hey, look! He’s standing behind Saturn!”