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Traditional Art

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Bill the Galactic Hero - by Keith Parkinson (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Oh man I gotta read this

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Aw... I still like my version though.

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

record scratch You might be wondering how I got here

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Bill is taking the photo.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It remembers me to Paranoia front cover

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The second edition, yeah? I see it!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Wow !

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I love the womens fashion in these old artworks