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The Golden Horn

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*German accent* I'm here to cast a spell of heal light wounds... *bass guitar*Click for full image

Tom Noir’s Art Direction:
“Are you sure you’re a licensed massage therapist?”

“Of course dear, now just relax and let me work. Your thighs look very… tense.”
Published 1986

Actually, that cover IS a classical work of art!I would touch it without protective gloves.I've seen worse. Far, far, worse.Interesting, but I would still read it in public.Middlng: Neither awful nor awfully goodWould not like to be seen reading that!Awful... just awful...That belongs in a gold-lame picture frame!Gah... my eyes are burning! Feels so good!Good Show Sir! (Average: 7.79 out of 10)
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20 Responses to “The Golden Horn”

  1. Phil Says:
    October 28th, 2011 at 8:56 am

    So which of these two characters has got the Horn?

  2. THX 1138 Says:
    October 28th, 2011 at 9:33 am

    “Just a little thing I like to call… radioactive reiki!”

  3. Dead Stuff With Big Teeth Says:
    October 28th, 2011 at 12:16 pm

    If that’s a wine cask, maybe the gent’s performing a magical insta-hangover cure. I’m for one of those!

    The Library Journal quote is the most blasé I’ve read in many moons. It doesn’t speak well for what’s inside the cover.

  4. Alessandra Says:
    October 28th, 2011 at 12:52 pm

    However I try, I can’t make her outfit work. Is it chain mail? Is it leather? Is it over or under the brown thing on the top part of her bust? That cuff on her right arm — is it slicing through her elbow?

    The guy’s generic nightshirt is a relief by comparison.

  5. SI Says:
    October 28th, 2011 at 12:56 pm

    Oh… you and your magic hands.

  6. fred Says:
    October 28th, 2011 at 1:53 pm

    I guess the history part must be the stone walls and black cocktail dress.

  7. Tom Noir Says:
    October 28th, 2011 at 2:50 pm

    You know, I never even noticed the cask behind the woman. Now that it’s been pointed out I can’t shake the feeling that this cover is illustrating medieval date rape.

  8. Tom Noir Says:
    October 28th, 2011 at 2:54 pm

    A little Googling shows that “sleeping people being harassed” seems to be a running theme for the Hound and the Falcon Trilogy: http://starbaseatlanta.com/ebaypics/isleglasshc.jpg

  9. drlemaster Says:
    October 28th, 2011 at 6:00 pm

    I’d like to see a crossover. The Golden Horn vs. The Third Eagle.

  10. Jane Says:
    October 28th, 2011 at 10:40 pm

    “Wax on, wax off.”
    (Ouch)

  11. Ian Says:
    October 29th, 2011 at 5:37 am

    She’s dead Jim.

  12. A.R.Yngve Says:
    October 29th, 2011 at 8:12 pm

    “HEY! My headache is UP HERE!!”

  13. A.R.Yngve Says:
    October 30th, 2011 at 6:36 pm

    What I love about this cover is that it’s so subtle.

  14. Muttley Says:
    October 31st, 2011 at 12:31 am

    I thought she’d suffered some serious leg wound until I realised she’s wearing something like greaves. But for the life of me I can’t work out what’s happening with the androgynous glowing-hands-person’s lower body. Is that his/her leg out to the right?

  15. Phil Says:
    October 31st, 2011 at 8:37 am

    Muttley, I THINK that’s a leg with a scabbarded sword. My guess is that the sequel shows him pulling out the sword, and it goes TING!

  16. Anti-Sceptic Says:
    October 31st, 2011 at 5:53 pm

    Oh yeah, that’s the spot.

  17. Smith Says:
    November 2nd, 2011 at 8:59 pm

    Binge drinking at Rivendell had got out of hand.

  18. Tom Noir Says:
    June 24th, 2015 at 10:15 pm

    I get it now. He’s hypnotizing her so she won’t notice he’s sitting on her feet.

  19. Dead Stuff With Big Teeth Says:
    June 24th, 2015 at 10:26 pm

    Gavin knew that, if he pushed Marsha down stairs and she died, no-one would suspect it was no accident!

    Unfortunately for him, he pushed her downstairs, and so she lived.

  20. RachelJ Says:
    June 25th, 2015 at 10:01 am

    She has three arms!

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