tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post5794208796641141321..comments2024-02-26T02:13:54.009-08:00Comments on Caustic Cover Critic: The Southern ReachJRSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-66842918972876891352014-08-08T02:25:49.203-07:002014-08-08T02:25:49.203-07:00The US covers are quite nice, but the ones for the...The US covers are quite nice, but the ones for the Uk are simply beautiful. The hardback editions have a slight irridescence and a sheen to them that is just gorgeous. Also the new UK editions of the City of Saint etc are rather special if you see them on the shelf, although they don't look as great on a computer screen. <br />redceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07966689205182682105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-28075017691441883502014-05-27T19:48:37.895-07:002014-05-27T19:48:37.895-07:00The covers are wonderful, but I seem to recall rea...The covers are wonderful, but I seem to recall reading something by Vandemeer and being less than impressed. <br /><br />Still.....nice covers.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-10101058044810453362014-05-17T00:43:50.933-07:002014-05-17T00:43:50.933-07:00Thank you for that info. Authority, I'm please...Thank you for that info. Authority, I'm pleased to report, was excellent, and sets up things very nicely for the third book--and I'm even more glad that's coming out SOON. That Shriek cover is woeful! But the entire story on the cover of City is a great idea.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-89236094903067844242014-05-16T21:53:11.749-07:002014-05-16T21:53:11.749-07:00Annihilation is definitely VanderMeer's best, ...Annihilation is definitely VanderMeer's best, most mature work. (I just got a copy of Authority yesterday.) If you go digging in the back catalogue, you'll find it's very uneven. I think he might finally have found an editor at FSG that brings out the best in him. Sections of City of Saints and Madmen are brilliant, and just as many are frustrating. Everything about Annihilation seemed like a breakthrough to me. I loved it. <br /><br />As for covers, City of Saints and Madmen has been through a ton of editions (VanderMeer seems to be constantly adding stories to it). My favorite is an early edition that has an entire short story on the dust jacket itself. Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:City-of-saints-and-madmen-2nd-ed-dustjacket.jpg<br /><br />His worst cover was Shriek: a green-tinged photo of a typewriter with some mushrooms sprinkled on top. No.<br />Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shriekus.jpg<br /> kshomernoreply@blogger.com