tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post8186335737258532522..comments2024-02-26T02:13:54.009-08:00Comments on Caustic Cover Critic: Zandra Rhodes's 1970s PenguinsJRSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-38695405090777011932010-02-09T02:31:31.621-08:002010-02-09T02:31:31.621-08:00Searching for old posts on Twitter is a thankless ...Searching for old posts on Twitter is a thankless task, but from what I can remember, the responses were about 75% against, 25% for. Anti comments were pretty predictable: ugly, horrible, terrible etc.John Selfhttp://theasylum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-52757592727221445322010-02-05T14:55:31.537-08:002010-02-05T14:55:31.537-08:00But I do (mostly) like them. And a lot of people r...But I do (mostly) like them. And a lot of people reblogged/tumblr/twittered them too, for what that's worth (although possibly to point and laugh). I'd be interested to see what other nay-sayers said.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-37027153816784558132010-02-05T13:35:11.511-08:002010-02-05T13:35:11.511-08:00I can't say how much I hate these covers. I w...I can't say how much I hate these covers. I was so shocked and appalled by them that I ran a straw poll o Twitter last week, which showed, thankfully, that most people expressing a view on them agreed with me.<br /><br />Zandra Rhodes may be a wonderful fashion designer for all I know. But she cannot draw. There is a gaucheness and amateurishness to these covers which is inexcusable in such a cover-loving publisher as Penguin. What she has tried to do is combine intricate, almost geometric patterns with a freehand style, and has failed to do either justice.<br /><br />Please tell me it's not just me. I don't even think it's a question of taste. These covers are just objectively <em>bad</em>. Aren't they?John Selfhttp://theasylum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-1149427772731985572010-01-27T14:11:44.219-08:002010-01-27T14:11:44.219-08:00I'm exactly the same--and have also been known...I'm exactly the same--and have also been known to buy a second copy of a book I already own because the new cover is much better.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-86824928987008601542010-01-27T07:42:25.095-08:002010-01-27T07:42:25.095-08:00These are nice. I shouldn't admit this, but s...These are nice. I shouldn't admit this, but sometimes it's only a attractive new cover that encourages me to read an 'old' book. I agree that the texture / finish element could add a lot more to these.jemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08181038873568527264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-52524046389670800802010-01-26T18:49:53.207-08:002010-01-26T18:49:53.207-08:00Ditto--it grabs the eye, but there's something...Ditto--it grabs the eye, but there's something a bit odd about it. But it's one of the Carter books I haven't read, so for all I know it may be perfect for the story.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-41597666127846794422010-01-26T18:44:29.378-08:002010-01-26T18:44:29.378-08:00The Susan Hill cover is my favorite, too. The one ...The Susan Hill cover is my favorite, too. The one with the lipsticks is really unusual, but I'm not sure if I like it. It's eye-catching.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com