Popcorn Apocalypse

July 23, 2021 7:58 AM

Silly book cover spoofs.
posted by chavenet (11 comments total)

Reminds me to check in on the latest from Paperback Paradise.
posted by greenland at 8:21 AM on July 23, 2021 [7 favorites]

"Yes sir, it was an ice-skating spacemonkey. He had a scarf, but no penis. How am I going to explain this?"
posted by doctornemo at 8:40 AM on July 23, 2021 [3 favorites]

Stick to the first page, everyone, if you don't want to run into some of the... rest of the internet.
posted by tigrrrlily at 10:06 AM on July 23, 2021 [6 favorites]

Incidentally, "Willie Nelson’s Tusks" is my new sockpuppet name.
posted by Greg_Ace at 10:21 AM on July 23, 2021 [3 favorites]

Yeah, some of the later (earlier?) ones are... ooph.
posted by GenjiandProust at 10:43 AM on July 23, 2021 [1 favorite]

The cover of "I'm Fucked" tells the same A Cask of Amontillado-in Space! story as the cover of this paperback of C.M.Kornbluth short stories.
posted by Rash at 11:17 AM on July 23, 2021 [2 favorites]

The original cover for So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
posted by TedW at 11:50 AM on July 23, 2021 [4 favorites]

Metafilter: More of this unreadable shit
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 12:18 PM on July 23, 2021 [1 favorite]

Erich von Däniken had it all wrong.

Fleshlight of the Gods
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 1:23 PM on July 23, 2021 [5 favorites]

I prefer Paperback Paradise for all of my (not just parody covers) but fake-books needs. Make sure to read the blurbs.
posted by jordantwodelta at 4:02 PM on July 23, 2021 [2 favorites]

Yup. This is my kind of silly. Thanks for posting!
posted by Don.Kinsayder at 6:43 PM on July 23, 2021 [1 favorite]