1984

1984 book cover by Germano Facetti. Via these sites.

*Previously: 1984 book concept.

*Buy 1984 posters at eBay.

Link roundup

1. The Mystery Writers of America announced the nominees for its 2011 Edgar Awards. It's interesting how instantly forgettable the book covers for the top five novels are. Mystery lovers don't care about book covers?

2. CFLs are proving to be significantly shorter lived than promised. (That's certainly been my experience.)

3. I've once again been offered money to post infographics.

The Windup Girl

German book cover for Paolo Bacigalupi's The Windup Girl, which I just finished reading. You know, I skipped my book club's last book, The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo, because I wasn't interested in reading anything that featured sexual violence against women. Instead I read this . . . which features sexual violence against women. Other than that, the book is excellent. It's often compared to William Gibson's novels, but I didn't see much of a similarity. Really, it's very much like a futuristic version of George Martin's Fire and Ice series - - told from the viewpoints of many fairly unlikable characters as they're outmaneuvered by far more savvy operators in a political struggle. It's well deserving of the many awards it's won, and $9 at Amazon. I can't give it better praise than to say I've placed all of his other books on my wishlist.

Improved flyers

Cardon Webb spruces up flyer advertisements:




























You can see more at his site, and he also has lots of other work, like these book cover concepts for Oliver Sacks:




*Buy Fly by Night: The New Art of the Club Flyer at Amazon.

German book covers for William Gibson novels

German book covers for Wiliam Gibson novels.

Fuzz and Fur: Japan's Costumed Characters

Fuzz and Fur: Japan's Costumed Characters:

While adoration for mythical creatures and popular anime characters is nothing new in Japan, this pastime has spurred a new marketing took utilized by local government institutions: yuru-kyara. Roughly translated as "amateur characters" these costumes are based on local attractions and points of interest that help define any given area. The municipalities take advantage of their citizens' willingness to create these characters in a strange amalgam of hometown pride and cost-saving measures on the part of the city councils. These civic mascots brought to life in floppy, fury, fuzzy and homemade costumes. Citizens convene conventions of their very own, demonstrating how yuru-kyara devotees represent another enigmatic, yet utterly captivating, aspect of contemporary Japanese visual culture.

$11 at Amazon. Via.

Embassytown

Cover to China Mieville's next book, Embassytown, which is available for preorder at Amazon. Via these sites.

Sad little pill

Cover to Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease, available at Amazon.

Another Olly Moss wallpaper

This is Olly Moss's cover for the UK version of Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson (the American version is...not as good):



Penguin posted wallpaper sized version in all sorts of resolutions:



I've previously posted wallpaper-sized version of his Star Wars and Let Me In posters.

And his glow-in-the-dark and glow-in-the-day vampire t-shirt is $5 at Threadless.

Less Than Zero

Less Than Zero book cover concept by Alexandra Roche.

*Buy Breathless Homicidal Slime Mutants: The Art of the Paperback at Amazon.

Supermen, Beasts, and The Horror

A few book covers by Jacob Covey. Links below are to Amazon:



Supermen!: The First Wave Of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941






Beasts!: Book One




The Horror! The Horror!: Comic Books the Government Didn't Want You to Read!

UK covers for Stephen King's Under The Dome

Compare the UK covers for Stephen King's Under The Dome to the American version:



Via.

*Buy Breathless Homicidal Slime Mutants: The Art of the Paperback at Amazon.

Book cover art show

A few highlights from the Never judge art show at Stolen Space:


Eelus ‘War Of The Worlds’



Anders Nilson ‘Great Gatsby’



An Under Pressure Art Production ‘20,000 Leagues Under The Sea’

*Buy 20 000 Leagues Under the Sea posters at Amazon.

The Universe in Miniature in Miniature

The Universe in Miniature in Miniature features a pop-out solar system cover by Zach Dodson. You can buy the limited edition here, and the mundane version at Amazon. You can also print out your own foldable Miniature version of The Universe in Miniature in Miniature. Via.

*Buy Breathless Homicidal Slime Mutants: The Art of the Paperback at Amazon.