Sunday 13 September 2009

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahk!

I think we're all agreed that film tie-in versions of novels are usually ugly things. Here's one that won't change your mind.



Get it away from me!
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11 comments:

  1. Joseph13 September 2009 at 18:43

    Holy crap. I think I see Liza Minelli.

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  2. JRSM13 September 2009 at 18:55

    And she's going to EAT YOU ALIVE!

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  3. Derek13 September 2009 at 19:04

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  4. Derek13 September 2009 at 19:07

    And this isn't some third-world publisher. This is Random House, for goodness' sakes.

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  5. Anonymous13 September 2009 at 20:00

    Is it Liza? Probably, not, hunh?

    This cover reminds me so much of the campy latino tele-novelas. Like some girl is going to pop out and say, "I'm pregnant!"

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  6. JRSM13 September 2009 at 20:15

    It would appear to be someone rejoicing in the name of Shannyn Sossamon, who went on to play 'Pink Hair Girl' in another film--possibly not a significant role.

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  7. Brian Busby14 September 2009 at 05:53

    As I recall, the novel is told through the eyes of multiple characters - not a character with multiple personalities, as the cover seems to imply.

    I add that the Gore Vidal quote - 'A wonderfully comic novel' - is very much at odds with the illustration.

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  8. Dastardly Depictions by Catherine Davis14 September 2009 at 15:37

    That made me say "ew" out loud, not a common occurrence..

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  9. Bob Fingerman15 September 2009 at 00:27

    While I'd agree that this isn't a good book cover, Eric White, the artist responsible for the image, is generally quite good.

    http://www.ewhite.com/

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  10. JRSM15 September 2009 at 00:50

    It's more the fact that this swastika of floating B-actor heads was deemed a good book cover than a problem with the artist, who, Bob's correct, is actually very good, and has quite a line in disquieting artwork.

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  11. Clementine18 September 2009 at 13:09

    am so jealous of whomever got to design this. Unrecognizable, but so, so vivid caricatures? 90's color scheme? dozens of floating heads assemble vaguely in the shape of a swastika? what is going on here

    oh yeah, and an endorsing blurb from Gore Vidal.

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