(Spotted in this photo of The Bookseller Crow's window display, and it fooled me at first (surely they're not selling Kindles, I thought to myself.). You can also buy it as a ebook, so you can read a fake of a real book on your fake imitator of real books.)
UPDATE: The ever-wise Alan Trotter informs me that the designer is Olly Moss.
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Ha! Fantastic!
my LORD. the cover is actually, heaven forbid, BETTER designed than the American one. that is rare...
what an amazing cover.
It's cool, isn't it? The designer's Olly Moss, who did those excellent video games as book covers based on Romek Marber's Penguin grid.
It LOOKS like tasty reading indeed. Is it? Such a clever cover is a hard match for any text that follows it.
I have to admit I haven't read it--or even seen it in a shop yet. But I am intrigued. And Alan, thank you for the link--I'll add the info to the post. And it is much better than the US cover, isn't it?
veritas speaks the truth (strange that!). I got a copy of the US version and it's ugly as hell.
The book itself definitely lives up to the hype surrounding it. Very timely stuff. A humanist call to arms.
I love this idea!
This is a book that has been saved for me by the reviews: enough interesting, thoughtful people have described it well that I will probably read it--and it's a book I would never have touched had I based my decision solely on the title and subject; I would have assumed it was another fogeyish rant about how technology sucks. I mean, I'm not much of a tech guy despite the blogging, but I also don't need people telling me again and again that the telephone/radio/movies/tv/the Internet are going to ruin everything--but this book seems to be much smarter than that. In other words, good job, review community!
And, yes, that cover is awesome.
I know what you mean--I too assumed it was a on-enote rant, but it seems to be a lot more thoughtful and nuanced.
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