tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post6381029478521167215..comments2024-02-26T02:13:54.009-08:00Comments on Caustic Cover Critic: Fun with MapsJRSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-63299150181079317632009-03-11T15:29:00.000-07:002009-03-11T15:29:00.000-07:00Yay! I'll bung them into this post, if you don't m...Yay! I'll bung them into this post, if you don't mind.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-71443730215062645192009-03-11T15:25:00.000-07:002009-03-11T15:25:00.000-07:00Oh, very well then. Here, here and here are a few...Oh, very well then. <A HREF="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y126/paradorlounge/IMG_2264.jpg" REL="nofollow">Here</A>, <A HREF="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y126/paradorlounge/IMG_2261.jpg" REL="nofollow">here</A> and <A HREF="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y126/paradorlounge/IMG_2260.jpg" REL="nofollow">here</A> are a few hastily snapped pics of the cover (which I found more easily than I expected). Oh, and it's not Cape, it's Picador. I suppose I assumed it wasn't Picador because it's not crap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-27439007580774633012009-03-11T15:10:00.000-07:002009-03-11T15:10:00.000-07:00John, you may not be able to see it, but I'm posit...John, you may not be able to see it, but I'm positively VIBRATING with goodness.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-75620006800785504312009-03-11T14:59:00.001-07:002009-03-11T14:59:00.001-07:00Well if you're very good, and if I can find it (gi...Well if you're very good, and if I can find it (given that I moved in with my wife two years ago and most of my books are <EM>still</EM> in boxes), I will take some pics of the cover in its various stages of foldedness. <A HREF="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519K0TERRFL._SS500_.jpg" REL="nofollow">Here</A> is the edition I am talking about. The fold, as I remember it, is along that dark line above Jackson's name. So you have to take the whole cover off and then it folds upwards to become about twice the size.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-52833326500788095422009-03-11T14:59:00.000-07:002009-03-11T14:59:00.000-07:00I really must do a post on Helen Yentus: her work ...I really must do a post on Helen Yentus: her work is so good.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-25073379172228683142009-03-11T09:12:00.000-07:002009-03-11T09:12:00.000-07:00Helen Yentus', Words Without Borders.this reminds ...Helen Yentus', Words Without Borders.<BR/>this reminds me of it.<BR/><BR/>http://helenyentus.com/work.htmlIan Koviakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06779092543413941740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-37313344901946911092009-03-09T17:19:00.000-07:002009-03-09T17:19:00.000-07:00I've never even seen that version of 'The Undergro...I've never even seen that version of 'The Underground Man'--mine has a cartoonish Dickensian illustration on the front. Now he just seems to be churning out pale Gorey imitations. And Twitter on the mobile? My head bleeds.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-79286652470966644712009-03-09T15:39:00.000-07:002009-03-09T15:39:00.000-07:00The Jonathan Cape first edition of Mick Jackson's ...The Jonathan Cape first edition of Mick Jackson's excellent <EM>The Underground Man</EM> (now then Mick, when are you going to give us something else excellent, eh?) had a fold-out jacket which expanded into a map of sorts of the tunnels which His Grace had dug under his property.<BR/><BR/>I am now going to hit you with a double-whammy by telling you that I sometimes <EM>Twitter</EM> using my <EM>mobile phone</EM>. So take that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-86985605626039701922009-03-06T15:43:00.000-08:002009-03-06T15:43:00.000-08:00I've really, really WANT to like Sinclair, and the...I've really, really WANT to like Sinclair, and the dodgy bookseller stuff in 'White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings' was great, but the rest of his stuff just drives me up the wall.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-32522886735248892042009-03-06T05:38:00.000-08:002009-03-06T05:38:00.000-08:00Iain Sinclair is actually one of the very few mode...Iain Sinclair is actually one of the very few modern writers I really, really rate, although I can easily understand why many can't be arsed with him.<BR/><BR/>I like how the map makes Hackney look like an island - some carefully delineated, stand-alone place, rather than one fuzzily defined neighbourhood in the middle of a big, chaotic city.<BR/><BR/>Reminds me of all the maps of Venice I was looking at when I went there a couple of months ago...Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951955227326548340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-3755541800750274042009-03-06T01:30:00.000-08:002009-03-06T01:30:00.000-08:00I'm not too keen on Iain Sinclair's dense prose an...I'm not too keen on Iain Sinclair's dense prose and wouldn't live in Hackney if you paid me, but the jacket is great.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-62173587474354483682009-03-05T17:44:00.000-08:002009-03-05T17:44:00.000-08:00I wish more designers had the freedom to do this: ...I wish more designers had the freedom to do this: off-hand, the only other fold-out dustjackets I know of are the Chris Ware covers for 'Jimmy Corrigan' and the McSweeney's comics collection.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-46383170057310188102009-03-05T17:28:00.000-08:002009-03-05T17:28:00.000-08:00that is nice. love the typography...that is nice. love the typography...Ian Koviakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06779092543413941740noreply@blogger.com