First, check out this fine piece of cover art for Rick Moody’s new book. It’s a popup, but go on, it’s worth it.
Would you look at that cover and think, ‘Oh! Yes! A satire on Hollywood’s independent film industry!”
Of course you would…not!
Noble and clever Ron Hogan forwarded us this article about how the cover is turning women off to the point where the publisher has redesigned it (warning: NY Times requires registration after the dateline of the article) to reflect more of the book’s content.
Oh, if only the same were true for most romance authors. Can you imagine - “No, you will NOT have big man-titty on my book cover!”
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I could say something relatively erudite and profound about the subjective nature of reading and how each reader interacts with the material in a closed system of engagement that is highly dependent on their idiosyncrasies, psychological landscape and cultural environs. …
Lol, Melissandre that picture of Wrath is totally Peter Steele from the band Type O Negative.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Steele
Goes to look for images of wrestlers…and Oh my…I maybe they are all /NOT/ steroid pumped up men. These muscles actually look natural. And that one already has the black work Tattoo…hum..
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xQB6vjCswXQ/RshxHQOwTaI/AAAAAAAAABE/KuB5vqwN9nk/s1600/5116064[1].jpg
OMG, closetcrafter, I would now KILL to see someone redo this video with pro wrestlers and death metal.
Or, yanno, rap, since the Brotherhood are the whitest black brothers out there. Sigh.
Really tempted to get one of these. Will be keeping an eye on the reviews!!
