Wait… is this a real physical book? I’ve had this picture for awhile but I thought it was one of those “your childhood ruined” type deals:
They just don't write good fantasy like this anymore.
Submitted 10 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
gnu@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
The cover art is real, but the words have been changed. The real book is The Sword of Bheleu.
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
tips cap Much obliged!
Venator@lemmy.nz 10 months ago
That shows a different cover, this is the cover that was modified: m.media-amazon.com/…/91jeN-jF02L._AC_UF1000,1000_…
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s definitely not a real physical book. The Author’s name is not real and I’m pretty sure it’s an anagram of something involving ‘penis,’ just looking at it, but I don’t feel like figuring that out. Someone else is welcome to.
JaymesRS@literature.cafe 10 months ago
Halt! Mr Penis, sir.
That’s the best I’ve got.
ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
Challenge accepted.
SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I loved those great illustrated classics.
Still tricking me into believing I read stuff like black beauty or count of Monte cristo
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 months ago
How the hell do you sheathe and unsheathe a sword from your back? 🤔
ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Shad from the YouTube channel Shadiversity made a back scabbard that actually works, but it’s not historical. Historically, people didn’t really do it.
He also made a bow carrier on his back, to mimic a lot of movies and games.
AEsheron@lemmy.world 10 months ago
To be a bit more precise, people did sometimes carry swords on their back, but generally not into battle. It was more comfortable for travel, but impossible to draw, so when they were expecting trouble they would move it to the hip.
rockerface@lemm.ee 10 months ago
You don’t. If you carry your sword sheathed on your back, you first take the whole thing off, like a backpack.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Ask the people who made the Highlander TV series. They apparently unsheathed them out of their ass.
HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 10 months ago
Unsheathing that bad mamajamma requires at least two hands. Small hands, though. For the picture.
JaymesRS@literature.cafe 10 months ago
Wait, is sword a euphemism for penis?
oeverbloem@feddit.nl 10 months ago
A lot of people keep asking me questions that are answered by the cover of my book…
sbv@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
It says right there. Like three times. Which isn’t suspicious at all.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 10 months ago
No! Absolutely not! Down boy! Bad doggy!
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m not seeing it.