tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post263577899259866539..comments2024-02-26T02:13:54.009-08:00Comments on Caustic Cover Critic: Spines, Legs, Horrible Films, CigarettesJRSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-14834074442943947492012-12-20T13:18:35.673-08:002012-12-20T13:18:35.673-08:00StuckInABook, I'm going to have to start being...StuckInABook, I'm going to have to start being more rude about the authors I do like, in order to get their books!<br /><br />Brian, I didn't know about the cereal Wellville--that's a great idea. Another book, John Sladek's 'Wholly Smokes', also uses that idea: http://www.amazon.com/Wholly-Smokes-John-Sladek/dp/1592241093JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-24014839359483687992012-12-20T12:07:24.977-08:002012-12-20T12:07:24.977-08:00Ten Stories about Smoking is pretty wonderful, rem...<i>Ten Stories about Smoking</i> is pretty wonderful, reminding me of the old cereal box edition of T.C. Boyle's <i>The Road to Wellville</i>.<br /><br />Returning to smoking, <i>Necessary Betrayals</i>, the 2002 English-language translation of Guillaume Vigneault's <i>Chercher le vent</i>, has <a href="http://wwwg.dmpibooks.com/book/necessary-betrayals" rel="nofollow">a more modest cigarette pack-inspired cover</a>.<br /><br />Here I feel the need to point out that its publisher, Douglas & McIntyre, is now under bankruptcy protection.<br /><br />May 2013 be a better year!Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-61129769458311022592012-12-20T08:10:45.304-08:002012-12-20T08:10:45.304-08:00I've been sent a review copy of First Novel, h...I've been sent a review copy of First Novel, having got my Nicholas Royles confused on Twitter (disparaging the other one, incidentally) so I'm looking forward to reading this. I agree that the cover is great.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.com