History YMMV / TalesOfPirxThePilot

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The big "twist" of Pirx as a character is that he's TheEveryman, rather than TheAce typical for science fiction of the era. As ground-breaking it was in the tail end of the 50s (and especially in the Communist Block), the concept of "{{space trucker}}s" became completely normalised over the years, becoming a cliche by itself[[note]]Probably best exemplified with ''Film/{{Alien}}''[[/note]]. So it's a bit hard to appreciate how daring and unusual it was for Pirx to simply '''not''' be yet another AcePilot with various extraordinary skills and abilities, equipped with LanternJawOfJustice and great physique. Fortunately, it doesn't take away from the stories themselves.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The big "twist" of Pirx as a character is that he's TheEveryman, rather than TheAce typical for science fiction of the era. As ground-breaking it was in the tail end of the 50s (and especially in the Communist Block), the concept of "space truckers" became completely normalised over the years, becoming a cliche by itself[[note]]Probably best exemplified with ''Film/{{Alien}}''[[/note]]. So it's a bit hard to appreciate how daring and unusual it was for Pirx to simply '''not''' be yet another AcePilot with various extraordinary skills and abilities, equipped with LanternJawOfJustice and great physique. Fortunately, it doesn't take away from the stories themselves.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The big "twist" of Pirx as a character is that he's TheEveryman, rather than TheAce typical for science fiction of the era. As ground-breaking it was in the tail end of the 50s (and especially in the Communist Block), the concept of "space truckers" became completely normalised over the years, becoming a cliche by itself[[note]]Probably best exemplified with ''Film/{{Alien}}''[[/note]]. So it's a bit hard to appreciate how daring and unusual it was for Pirx to simply not be yet another AcePilot with various extraordinary skills and abilities, equipped with LanternJawOfJustice and great physique. Fortunately, it doesn't take away from the stories themselves.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The big "twist" of Pirx as a character is that he's TheEveryman, rather than TheAce typical for science fiction of the era. As ground-breaking it was in the tail end of the 50s (and especially in the Communist Block), the concept of "space truckers" became completely normalised over the years, becoming a cliche by itself[[note]]Probably best exemplified with ''Film/{{Alien}}''[[/spoiler]]. So it's a bit hard to appreciate how daring and unusual it was for Pirx to simply not be yet another AcePilot with various extraordinary skills and abilities, equipped with LanternJawOfJustice and great physique. Fortunately, it doesn't take away from the stories themselves.

* HilariousInHindsight: For the readers. ''Albatross'' was written in 1959. It begins with Pirx sitting on a deck of an enormous, luxurious (space)ship called the ''Titan'' which is uncrashable, musing on the ridicules of high society and admiring a beautiful lady who's traveling first-class. Sounds familiar? The plot shifts to entirely different things in a few pages, though… And the ''Titan'' DOESN'T crash.

* FunnyMoment: Almost the entirety of "Pirx's Tale". The mission consists of hauling junk for a ludicrously frugal company, the hired crew is a [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits ragtag bunch of misfits]]: most of them get stricken down with mumps for the entirety of the story, the radio operator is a passive-aggressive, alcoholic Mexican, and the engineer, quite a decent guy, really... is a highway engineer who signed up by mistake. The ship is in better shape than the cargo, but [[TheAllegedCar not by much]]. Pirx, completely exhausted, resigns himself to reading sci-fi pulp novels in his bunk, hunting the radio operator's booze stashes, and snarking about it all.
-->"Every takeoff and landing took place in infringement of all laws - not only those of physics."

->"Every takeoff and landing took place in infringement of all laws - not only those of physics."

* FunnyMoment: Almost the entirety of "Pirx's Tale". The mission consists of hauling junk for a ludicrously frugal company, the hired crew is a [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits ragtag bunch of misfits]]: most of them is stricken down with mumps for the entirety of the story, the radio operator is a passive-aggressive, alcoholic Mexican, and the engineer, quite a decent guy, really... is a highway engineer who signed up by mistake. The ship is in better shape than the cargo, but [[TheAllegedCar not by much]]. Pirx, completely exhausted, resigns himself to reading sci-fi pulp novels in his bunk, hunting the radio operator's booze stashes, and snarking about it all.

* FunnyMoment: Almost the entirety of "Pirx's Tale". The mission consists of hauling junk for a ludicrously frugal company, the hired crew is a [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits ragtag bunch of misfits]]: most of them is stricken down with mumps for the entirety of the story, the radio operator is a passive-aggressive, alcoholic Mexican, and the engineer, quite a decent guy, really... is a highway engineer who signed up by mistake. The ship is in better shape than the cargo, but [[TheAllegedShip not by much]]. Pirx, completely exhausted, resigns himself to reading sci-fi pulp novels in his bunk, hunting the radio operator's booze stashes, and snarking about it all.

FunnyMoment: Almost the entirety of "Pirx's Tale". The hired crew is a [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits ragtag bunch of misfits]]: most of the crew is stricken down with mumps for the entirety of the story, the radio operator is a passive-aggressive, alcoholic Mexican, and the engineer is actually a decent guy... only he's a highway engineer. The ship is also a wreck. Pirx, completely exhausted, restricts himself to either reading sci-fi pulp novels in his bunk, hunting the radio operators booze stashes, or snarking about the whole mission.

HilariousInHindsight: For the readers. ''Albatross'' was written in 1959. It begins with Pirx sitting on a deck of an enormous, luxurious (space)ship called the ''Titan'' which is uncrashable, musing on the ridicules of high society and admiring a beautiful lady who's traveling first-class. Sounds familiar? The plot shifts to entirely different things in a few pages, though… And the ''Titan'' DOESN'T crash.

->"Every takeoff and landing took place in infringement of all laws - not only those of physics."