c/traditional_art · by NexiusLobster@lemmy.world · 1y

Bill the Galactic Hero - by Keith Parkinson

239 points · 18 comments · view on lemmy.world

18 Comments

SwordInStone@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y (3 replies)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill,_the_Galactic_Hero

Terry Pratchett once said: "I don't think The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was the funniest Science Fiction novel ever written. The funniest Science Fiction novel ever written was Bill, The Galactic Hero".

Dragonstaff@leminal.space · 3 pts · 1y

I am shocked and disgusted with myself for not having read this already. To the library!

Retrograde@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Oh man I gotta read this

DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online · 17 pts · 1y (6 replies)

I love how we can decide for ourselves who Bill is in this picture.

I like to imagine Bill is the rabbit tailed creature in the middle.

Godort@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I like this game. I choose to believe that Bill is the waitress.

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Bill is the red thing on the jar on the top shelf.

DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online · 2 pts · 1y

record scratch You might be wondering how I got here

FooBarrington@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Bill is taking the photo.

SwordInStone@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y (1 reply)

We cannot, it's in the book https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill,_the_Galactic_Hero

DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online · 9 pts · 1y

Aw... I still like my version though.

Edit: just read the Wikipedia page and damn, think I gotta give this a read now

whoisearth@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y

Jon Hamm looking motherfucker. I need a movie based on this picture with a soundtrack by Donny Benet.

daisyKutter@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It remembers me to Paranoia front cover

jaaake@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

The second edition, yeah? I see it!

spittingimage@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

I think you mean Bil the Galactic Hero. Two L's is for officers only.

Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y

Wow !

SplashJackson@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y

I love the womens fashion in these old artworks

Anticorp@lemmy.world · -7 pts · 1y

This is really traditional art? Wow! I thought it was AI.