This cover will remind me of one of the funniest Saguaro things, ever. About 20 years ago, two a$$holes were driving around the desert shooting saguaro, which is against the law, as they are a protected species of plant.
Anyway, some dick**** stands there, with a shotgun, shoots up this 20-foot-tall saguaro, yelling “TIIIMMMMMMMMBEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRR!” Yup, they did. And the Saguaro? Fell over right on top of him, squashing him flat. (Those things weigh the EARTH). Funniest thing I ever heard. So, know you know why that saguaro is flipping you off. Very quietly, in a near-whisper, that one is saying “come closer, girlie, with that little dreamcatcher. Here, pretty kitty….”
Wikipedia has a picture of a dead saguaro with the soft parts rotted away: it is a free standing skeleton of vertical wooden “ribs”. I can imagine hiking through the desert one evening and spotting this silhouetted against the rising full moon:
So a falling saguaro wouldn’t splatter, it would stay together and hit like a tree. I am trying to work up a tear for the guy squashed by his own petard, but vandals with guns are a special peeve off to folks raised with a tradition of lawful honorable use of arms. But I’m going off the topic of this cover.
I think Terry Pratchett (or, rather one of his fictional creations) had some choice words for people who think using the extra K makes them more Special.
Whenever I see the word, I just assume the author hiccupped.
Naaman Brown
10 years ago
OK, is the dream catcher escaping from the box leaving a rainbow vapor trail, or is girl using the box to capture a rainbow falling from the dream catcher?
BTW the jet contrail in the sky … guess it and the gal’s outfit means this is a modern magick story.
EricL
10 years ago
She needs a new pair of pseudo-shorts, or else her pseudo-butt cheeks will soon be exposed.
She is completely ignoring the rainbow and dream catcher, so why should we be interested in either? She must have read Karl’s comment above, because she now can’t take her eyes of the vulgar cactus flipping her off.
That cactus is giving the rest of this cover the finger.
Great. Now I’ll never watch a Western that shows a Saguaro cactus without giggling like a naughty child.
Technically they’re called arms not fingers. But that mental image is indelible.
This cover will remind me of one of the funniest Saguaro things, ever. About 20 years ago, two a$$holes were driving around the desert shooting saguaro, which is against the law, as they are a protected species of plant.
Anyway, some dick**** stands there, with a shotgun, shoots up this 20-foot-tall saguaro, yelling “TIIIMMMMMMMMBEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRR!” Yup, they did. And the Saguaro? Fell over right on top of him, squashing him flat. (Those things weigh the EARTH). Funniest thing I ever heard. So, know you know why that saguaro is flipping you off. Very quietly, in a near-whisper, that one is saying “come closer, girlie, with that little dreamcatcher. Here, pretty kitty….”
Wikipedia has a picture of a dead saguaro with the soft parts rotted away: it is a free standing skeleton of vertical wooden “ribs”. I can imagine hiking through the desert one evening and spotting this silhouetted against the rising full moon:
So a falling saguaro wouldn’t splatter, it would stay together and hit like a tree. I am trying to work up a tear for the guy squashed by his own petard, but vandals with guns are a special peeve off to folks raised with a tradition of lawful honorable use of arms. But I’m going off the topic of this cover.
Trying to determine if there is an intentional misspelling in the title to make magic seem more magicky.
I think Terry Pratchett (or, rather one of his fictional creations) had some choice words for people who think using the extra K makes them more Special.
Whenever I see the word, I just assume the author hiccupped.
OK, is the dream catcher escaping from the box leaving a rainbow vapor trail, or is girl using the box to capture a rainbow falling from the dream catcher?
BTW the jet contrail in the sky … guess it and the gal’s outfit means this is a modern magick story.
She needs a new pair of pseudo-shorts, or else her pseudo-butt cheeks will soon be exposed.
She is completely ignoring the rainbow and dream catcher, so why should we be interested in either? She must have read Karl’s comment above, because she now can’t take her eyes of the vulgar cactus flipping her off.