Book Covers

[Quokka]

 

[D_Davis]

 

[Anne Lyle]

Love the cover copy on that one!

 

[dask]

I don't want to put artists out of business but what else do you need? This is the "trimmed" (BUTCHERED!) version of the 1946 edition. Eighteen stories were slashed. Conkin tries to assure us they won't be missed but I miss them. I like crappy stf stories. Still, an excellent collection. Won't stop looking for a first edition, though.

 

[D_Davis]

Loved these enough to buy the books:

These NYRB books have amazing covers.

 

[Lady of Winterfell]

Since Harry Potter has been around for 15 years (really??), Scholastic is giving them new covers. I don't dislike the new cover for Sorcerer's Stone, but I prefer the original one so I don't think I will replace the old with new. For that reason I am adding the original to this thread...mostly for nostalgic reasons.

And the new one for comparison if interested...

 

[MontyCircus]

Since Harry Potter has been around for 15 years (really??), Scholastic is giving them new covers.

I like the newer one. Doesn't look like a kid's book. More mature and interesting.

 

[Stephen Palmer]

That's a very nice new cover.

 

[Lord Soth]

Yes much prefer the new one, really must pickup the full set for when my daughter gets to that reading ability, nothing like getting them into fantasy young and its a good starter...

 

[Lady of Winterfell]

I believe the full set with new covers will be available in September.

 

[AE35Unit]

Its Philosopher's Stone!

 

[Extollager]

This is one of the most arresting covers (of which I know) made for a modern classic:

This may be the loveliest cover art of any book I own:

It is by Joan Hassall.

 

[Extollager]

And here are two covers that I remember from something like 45 years ago, books I don't think I ever owned and doubt are much good (though it would be fun to hear from anyone here who has read them):

I don't mean that the art is good, just that it seemed to stick in my memory.

 

[Extollager]

Another one from way back... I might have read it...

 

[GOLLUM]

Loved these enough to buy the books:

These NYRB books have amazing covers.

Indeed...

I'm planning to review Morris' original book detailing the 'magical like' city of Hav and the included sequel. Le Guin provides an interesting forward to this edition.

Regarding modern cover art, outside of the Penguin Black Classics I probably like the Masterwork (SF and F), NYRB and Harvill (Press) classics the most. Some of the older Vintage press editions are nice, less so the more recent publications flooding the market and Oxford University Press are a mixed bag. Some of the Penguin Modern Classics have quite good covers and last but not least some of the small press publications have amazing covers.

 

[Southern Geologist]

Its Philosopher's Stone!

Indeed. Unfortunately marketing decided that the US was too stupid to handle the word 'philosopher'.



I like the first cover and it's quite nostalgic, but I have to admit that the yellow color of the series title is quite garish, painful even. The new cover gets points for that, and it's generally well done, too.

 

[AE35Unit]

Indeed. Unfortunately marketing decided that the US was too stupid to handle the word 'philosopher'.



I like the first cover and it's quite nostalgic, but I have to admit that the yellow color of the series title is quite garish, painful even. The new cover gets points for that, and it's generally well done, too.

So what was the reason for the title change?

 

[Lady of Winterfell]

I think it had something to do with the meaning of the word. Scholastic thought Americans wouldn't know philosophers stone, and thought sorcerors stone made more sense. As Southern Geologist put it, they apparently think Americans are stupid.

Being American, I don't agree with that of course. If JK Rowling titled it The Philosophers Stone, than that is what it should have been called.

 

[AE35Unit]

Similar thing happened with Tennage Mutant Ninja Turtles which, in the US the Mutant got changed to Hero!

 

[Southern Geologist]

I think it had something to do with the meaning of the word. Scholastic thought Americans wouldn't know philosophers stone, and thought sorcerors stone made more sense. As Southern Geologist put it, they apparently think Americans are stupid.

Being American, I don't agree with that of course. If JK Rowling titled it The Philosophers Stone, than that is what it should have been called.

Indeed. Even in those dark, ignorant days I'm pretty sure Americans were capable of using Google.