Most of us satisfy our daily dose of masochism just by viewing the covers, but yes, on occasion, one or more of us will venture over there and take the plunge…and a few days later, when we’ve recovered, we’re back for the pain of the covers only. 😉
Reminds me of that infamous bit during Desert Storm 1, with Baghdad Bob–the “Baby Milk Factory” where all the workers had that on the back of their coveralls–in English.
Documentaries of US Naval Aviation show a lot of flight deck film including USS Langley CV1 (1922) and the USS Enterprise CV65 fire and beyond. Flight Deck Photo(grapher) may be a flight deck assignment like fuel or ammo handler (usually they have color coded jackets).
Have you ever checked out any of these books to see just how bad they might be?
Most of us satisfy our daily dose of masochism just by viewing the covers, but yes, on occasion, one or more of us will venture over there and take the plunge…and a few days later, when we’ve recovered, we’re back for the pain of the covers only. 😉
I have many times checked the Amazon Look Inside preview to test the adage you can’t judge a book by its cover.
Very often a bad self-pub cover accurately reflects the quality of writing, editing, formatting, research, whatever.
Sometimes what reads in preview as a worthwhile book is sabotaged by an inept cover.
Why does it read “Flight deck photo” on the back of the jacket?
Reminds me of that infamous bit during Desert Storm 1, with Baghdad Bob–the “Baby Milk Factory” where all the workers had that on the back of their coveralls–in English.
Documentaries of US Naval Aviation show a lot of flight deck film including USS Langley CV1 (1922) and the USS Enterprise CV65 fire and beyond. Flight Deck Photo(grapher) may be a flight deck assignment like fuel or ammo handler (usually they have color coded jackets).
Be’st’. Cover’. Ever’.
And with it being called USS Enterprise, I would at least expect to see either Captain James T. Kirk or Captain Jean-Luc Picard on the cover.
You are thinking Starship Enterprise. 😉
USS Enterprise (CVN-65, 1952-2012) on 14 Jan 1969 had a rocket on an F4 jet cookoff and a series of fires and explosions on the flight deck.
For those that were there that day it really isn’t something to make fun of.