This is the cover of a real book. I kid you not.

[Ladyhawk]

[Deja Q]

1. Goofy cover. I wonder what sort of lunacy that Wink Prat there wrote...

:crazy:

[JohnnyRingo]

2. Where's Capt Kirk now that we need him?

Very prophetic

[flvegan]

3. Living, breathing trademark violations

Hope ole Winkie got clearance for those.

[RevCheesehead]

4. I dunno - I think it looks kinda interesting!

But why would they use SW font for ST:OS?

Where did you find this?

[NV Whino]

5. Spock never smiled in his life

What kinda crap is that?

[Beware the Beast Man]

7. Except for that time he went nuts

And started laughing uncontrollably

[Mizmoon]

8. When they went to the planet with the spoor plants

that exploded all over him, Spock fell in love with a woman and smiled a whole lot. He even romped playfully with her in a field. Kirk almost fell over when he saw them.


Okay, I'm showing what a geek I am. I'll stop :)

[Ladyhawk]

16. Hell, I've seen those episodes at least six times each, probably more.

I grew up on Star Trek and Star Wars...probably why the book's cover appealed to me in a completely cheesy way...

[miss_kitty]

18. that was when he fell in love with "Leila Kolomi" played by Jill Ireland

who was David McCallum's wife. She left him for their best friend, Charles Bronson. Then she died of breast cancer.

Who's a geek? :hi:

[Ladyhawk]

14. Exactly why I bought it. :) eom

[Philostopher]

23. He's laughing at the author's name.

As am I. JHC -- couldn't Winkie Pratney have come up with a pseudonym like John Smith if he was publishing a book? I would have. If my name was Winkie Pratney, that is. Excuse me while I go giggle ...

Edit: oops -- Winkie, sorry!

[Ladyhawk]

26. LOL...that was my reaction when I picked up the book.

Everything was just too...perfectly insane. :)

[Ladyhawk]

9. I went to a LIBERAL liberal arts Christian college.

Every year they have a big sale and I found it there among other used books. When I saw the cover, I had to have the book. Funny thing is, I've never read it. :)

Back then I was having my fundamentalist view of things tweaked by liberal Christians. Eventually, it led to my leaving Christianity altogether. That paved the way to being able to think for myself, so here I am, a baby Dem.

[Ladyhawk]

12. You know, I never noticed that they used Star Wars font for Star Trek...

...good eye! Mainly I was looking at the goofy smile on Spock's face and the picture of the Enterprise orbiting the Death Star.

[Beware the Beast Man]

6. From the cover alone, it's abvious the author didn't know squat about

Star Trek. Why the hell is Spock smiling? I thought Vulcans were supposed to have control over their emotions.

[Ladyhawk]

10. I guess Jesus touched his life and gave him abundant joy. :) eom

[ironflange]

28. Not during mating season

Seems to me that when Spock got horny, he beat Kirk to a pulp.

[Gothic Sponge]

11. I want it now!

For the cheese factor!

[Ladyhawk]

13. Question: Dare I actually read the thing?

I've never read it. I bought it for the cheesy cover alone.

[ET Awful]

15. I used to have a copy of a similar book called

The Force of Star Wars (and how it relates to Christianity)

I may have the subtitle incorrect, but that was the main title.

I haven't seen it in many years, and I know it was a different book than this. It had an all black cover with white lettering as I recall.

[Ladyhawk]

17. Sounds like an attempt to be serious with the subject matter...

...BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

[ET Awful]

20. They made a serious attempt to compare

Darth Vader to the antichrist and the Emperor as Satan.

The Force was the holy spirit

Yoda was like Jesus and the Jedi were disciples and shit . . .

It was funny at the time, but I think it went out of print when they found out that The Antichrist was the father of one of Christ's disciples :) :) :)

[Archae]

19. The text of this book is online.

Right here:

(Title is changed slightly)

http://moh.gospelcom.net/WinkPrat/StarWars/StarWarsTOC.htm

:crazy:

[Ladyhawk]

21. Good find...I think. :D

I should read the old book and the online version and see if other stuff has changed. :)

[Zomby Woof]

22. HAHAHA!!!!

Just for the name "Winkie", never mind the rest! :D

[Ladyhawk]

24. Yeah, Zomby...funny as, huh?

Even the author's name is hysterical. :) It's one of those "perfect storm" moments, especially since the author was completely serious.

[GingerSnaps]

25. Is it about saving the planet from a bunch of nutjobs?

:scared:

[Ladyhawk]

27. No, it's written by said nutjobs...or at least one...named Winkie

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[VOX]

29. "WINKIE PRATNEY??????"

Winkie is real!!!

http://www.ox.compsoc.net/~gemini/daniel_files/billwink.htm
Winkie Pratney
Winkie Pratney is a New Zealander who has spent over three decades helping young people all over the world to know Christ and training them to help make Him known to others. With his wife Faeona and son Bill, his vision is to see a new generation touch God and through Him change their world. He lives now mostly on American Airlines, travelling some 150,000 miles a year and speaking to up to half-a-million young people a year about Jesus and their world. He wrote his first book Doorways To Discipleship when he was 17; "The Daniel Files", co-written with his 17-year old son, is his thirteenth book and their gift to Generation 13.

[Philostopher]

30. He's a Kiwi, eh?

That explains it. I used to work for a contractor doing a bonus point promotion for an international hotel chain. I was in the correspondence department, so we got to see letters from all over the world -- and become the victims/beneficiaries of various non-native English speakers' practice in my native language, but that's another song entirely -- including New Zealand. One of our favorite customers from that part of the world was a guy named Pecky Lewis III. Pecky is funny enough, but the thought of his being the third generation of Peckies (Peckys?) was enough to put us on the floor.

I'm guessing 'Pecky' was a nickname for Peter, and that 'Winkie' is probably a nickname for Wendell or something. Just find it funny that Kiwis use such names for things like business correspondence and/or publishing. Winkie Pratney. That's the kind of name that would send David Letterman to nirvana!

[Ladyhawk]

32. Maybe Pecky and Winkie could get together and write a sequel? :)

The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and the 21st Century Satanists

[Swamp Rat]

31. HAHA! "...and the 21st Centurt Christians"... HAHAHAHA!

They'll have pointy ears and blue blood too!