i really dislike book covers with inset pictures, especially ones where the aspect ratio of the picture is opposite from the book (sideways rather than tall). i wish the paperback 'against the day' were designed like the hardcover.
― j., Saturday, 7 August 2010 02:20 (thirteen years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ETZX3MAHL.jpg
― Humean froth (Sanpaku), Thursday, 10 December 2015 07:44 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVaa1wLU4AAwZSw.jpg
him sad
― mookieproof, Thursday, 10 December 2015 19:13 (eight years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/B017Y39XB2.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpghim not
― as verbose and purple as a Peter Ustinov made of plums (James Morrison), Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:32 (eight years ago) link
I had to collect more of that company's output: the best (of many, many awful covers); http://causticcovercritic.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/monkeys-throwing-faeces.html
― as verbose and purple as a Peter Ustinov made of plums (James Morrison), Thursday, 10 December 2015 23:00 (eight years ago) link
First one is more like The Bros Karamazov, amirite?
― Fetty Wap Is Strong In Here (cryptosicko), Friday, 11 December 2015 00:16 (eight years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41oJvLdChAL._SX311_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
classic tale of life in the trenches
― mookieproof, Friday, 11 December 2015 00:33 (eight years ago) link
haha oh man i'm enjoying your blog, James
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hvV0JHPYX_I/SoUAgIJnbgI/AAAAAAAAF9w/3pduBgcpkA8/s400/wizard+oz.jpg
― lute bro (brimstead), Friday, 11 December 2015 01:35 (eight years ago) link
:) thanks
― as verbose and purple as a Peter Ustinov made of plums (James Morrison), Friday, 11 December 2015 22:43 (eight years ago) link
Love that blog as well, just lolled at Thomas Hardy series.
― Thank you very much, you've got a Lucky Wilbury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 12 December 2015 00:02 (eight years ago) link
They are quite astonishing
― as verbose and purple as a Peter Ustinov made of plums (James Morrison), Saturday, 12 December 2015 02:16 (eight years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/47/AmericanPsychoBook.jpg
― flappy bird, Friday, 18 December 2015 23:03 (eight years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/TheThreeStigmataOfPalmerEldritch(1stEd).jpg
There are some interesting soviet book covers here http://www.openculture.com/2016/01/download-650-soviet-book-covers-many-sporting-wonderful-avant-garde-designs-1917-1942.html
― inside, skeletons are always inside, that's obvious. (dowd), Saturday, 16 January 2016 03:28 (eight years ago) link
Actually, maybe this link is better http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/01/07/russian-book-jackets-from-the-1930s/
― inside, skeletons are always inside, that's obvious. (dowd), Saturday, 16 January 2016 03:29 (eight years ago) link
Wow--thanks for the link, some beautiful things there
― James Morrison, Saturday, 16 January 2016 06:43 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, some cool stuff. Maybe too much to look through...
― inside, skeletons are always inside, that's obvious. (dowd), Sunday, 17 January 2016 15:25 (eight years ago) link
oh, this saved me having to start a new thread, thanks Jerry
can't decide whether this is good or badhttps://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Meylr9rEL._SY346_.jpg
― koogs, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 11:47 (three years ago) link
(penguin edition of The Honourable Schoolboy in case that disappears)
― koogs, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 11:54 (three years ago) link
Wish le Carre had called a book 'A Gripping Plot of Devilish Complexity'
Just on a functional level, it's bad not good
― J.G Ballard otm (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 12:41 (three years ago) link
it’s terrible
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 14:26 (three years ago) link
it's one of a set and they hark back to graphic designs of some earlier versions, which pleases me.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/series/smiley/the-smiley-collection.html
(one of these things is not like the others... in fact there's a whole nother series with those pale blue covers, identical apart from the book name)
― koogs, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:23 (three years ago) link
(penguin website run by penguins judging by the speed of it)