Jul 20
Click for full imageGrady Comments: I’m disappointed, to be honest. The back of the book says, “They speak German. They carry whips. And they are connected in some mysterious way with Nazi experiments carried out in the charming old Irish castle during World War II.” Meh, I’ve seen more charming Irish castles.
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July 20th, 2011 at 9:37 am
Are they Nazichauns or Lepranazis?
I don’t think I’ll get anything done today until this is sorted.
July 20th, 2011 at 10:05 am
Those novelty garden ornaments have gone too far this time. Their idea of pure terror is also very different to anyone else’s.
July 20th, 2011 at 11:25 am
I’ve long suspect Ireland’s “favourite” beer, Harp, is made under such conditions.
July 20th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
And after 10 ratings it has still a solid 10 stars.
I don’t think you can top that, just quit the blog now.
July 20th, 2011 at 12:31 pm
“Oh god no! Not a conga line!”
July 20th, 2011 at 1:11 pm
Ein Reich! Ein wee-volk?
July 20th, 2011 at 2:08 pm
I knew Santa must be a hard task-master, but I never made THAT connection.
July 20th, 2011 at 3:04 pm
“They speak German. They carry whips. And they are connected in some mysterious way with Nazi experiments
Uhh…I think you just told us how they’re connected with Nazi experiments, so mystery solved. I mean…what German speaking, whip carrying little people AREN’T connected with Nazi experiments.
Don’t answer that.
July 20th, 2011 at 4:22 pm
@AwieUltra Yes… I do believe my work here is done 🙂
Just kidding! Not going to stop just yet, once I find one myself that tops I Sing The Body Electric I think I’m done.
July 20th, 2011 at 4:35 pm
Of all the Wizard of Oz deleted scenes, this one is my favourite.
‘John Christopher’s Novel Of Pure Terror!’ I love the way they’ve put the last four words, there, in really small print, as if they’re ashamed of them.
July 20th, 2011 at 10:56 pm
Loving those curly-toed shoes.
July 20th, 2011 at 10:59 pm
Forgot to mention that it’s the concerned married couple* in the background that make this cover.
*They MUST be married to have adopted that 1950s ‘I’m frightened!’ pose.
July 21st, 2011 at 1:51 am
Ah the 60’s, when walking down a bookstore aisle would throw more swastikas in your face than a Nuremberg Rally.
July 21st, 2011 at 4:40 am
That would explain why the poor cobbler and his wife only ever found hundreds and hundreds of pairs of the shiniest, blackest jackboots waiting for them every single morning.
July 21st, 2011 at 5:21 am
Oh yeah, I’d be mad if they made me wear those little green tutus and the red arm band clashes too.
July 21st, 2011 at 10:00 am
Achtung! Ze englander schwein are after our Lucky Charms!
July 21st, 2011 at 10:02 am
Spinal Tap’s follow up to “Stonehenge”, “Nazi Blarney” did not go down so well.
July 22nd, 2011 at 2:28 pm
And this is a classic case of a far from terrible book blessed with a mind-bogglingly insane cover based on a two-line description (“right, Irish castle, Nazis, little people; got it”) – not least because the ‘little people’ in question transpire to be the victims of Nazi experimentation in the concentration camps rather than, say, Nazis.
July 23rd, 2011 at 5:14 pm
I thought the author was John Carpenter for a minute there.
July 23rd, 2011 at 5:39 pm
That just seems funny…and I love his other books. I’m a total Tripods junkie these days.
July 24th, 2011 at 2:13 am
I read this one awhile back when it showed up on a blog called Judge A Book By It’s Cover. I only remember bits and pieces, but I do remember that the castle was once occupied during or just after WW2 by a Nazi scientist who was working on Hitler’s superman. He created these tiny little Nazi Gnomes – most were male but there were two females, one who was very beautiful that he used to sexually assault. She got so use to big men fondling her that she at one point takes off all her clothing and tries to offer herself to one of the heroes.
Anyway, there’s a bunch of people staying in the castle – it’s been turned into a hotel. The Nazi Gnomes show up, I think there was one death, maybe two, at their hands, then eventually the NGs go away. It was really anti-climatic and not all that scary. Frankly, I get more shivers from my credit card bills.
Too bad too. A story about Genetically Engineered Nazi Gnomes has so much potential.
July 26th, 2011 at 2:42 am
Today–your garden. Tomorrow–the world!
August 14th, 2011 at 3:22 pm
Nazi dwarves in Ireland?
You know, that totally reminds me of reading The Little Hobbit. 🙂
Now, where can I get that book from?
August 15th, 2011 at 10:43 am
1. Terrorize unsuspecting victims with whips
2. ?
3. Profit
August 15th, 2011 at 8:02 pm
The Nazi leprechauns were always better at guarding their gold than their Irish brethren…Just look at how they respond to an unsuspecting couple that happened to cross their path…
August 28th, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Do they fly green Stukas and carry green Luger sidearms…
Is there a second part:
Zombie Nazi Leprachauns conquer the Moon (or something like this?)
September 11th, 2011 at 5:35 pm
Puns fail me.
I had to pinch my arm to be certain this wasn’t a bizarre dream…
But the cover is for real… right, giant tutu-wearing spider which suddenly appeared in my room?
June 11th, 2012 at 9:49 am
Never laugh at the boots of a Gnazi.
They’ll send their Fuhrer out with a whip while the rest form conga lines.
November 3rd, 2012 at 10:31 pm
Conga chant:
We are little Na-zis, We are little Na-zis…
January 15th, 2013 at 11:14 am
Or maybe they’re singing, in squeaky voices:
Hi-ho, hi-ho, it’s to the Reich we go…
January 15th, 2013 at 1:27 pm
Heil-Ho
January 15th, 2013 at 1:27 pm
I have to say, I’ve always had my doubts about Bono.
February 21st, 2013 at 1:42 pm
The prequel to “Ass Goblins of Auschwitz”
https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/6307268352/h98C3E83E/
February 23rd, 2013 at 2:05 am
Yipes! That’s real?! And oh so incredibly, incredibly wrong. I feel like I just committed an unnatural act in looking at it…not that I know what it feels like to commit..an unnatural, uh, act..(ahem). I think I’ll just stop now.
February 23rd, 2013 at 2:16 am
And shouldn’t that be ‘Ass Goblins of Auswicz”? I mean, oh, nevemind.
December 7th, 2013 at 10:14 pm
Tat Wood, I feel obliged to follow up your excellent pun:
Heil-ho, heil-ho, it’s to the Reich we go
[Whistling]
Heil-ho, heil-ho heil-ho
Heil-ho, heil-ho, it’s to the Reich we go
Leave a little space for the master race
Heil-ho, heil-ho heil-ho
May 9th, 2017 at 11:14 am
“Their after me racial purity!”
May 9th, 2017 at 1:51 pm
Tom Noir: ROFL! 😀