Comments on: Contest finalists [BUMPED] http://www.bookninja.com/?p=4641 The deadliest book site on the web. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:21:04 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Elyse Friedman http://www.bookninja.com/?p=4641&cpage=1#comment-378648 Elyse Friedman Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:19:55 +0000 http://www.bookninja.com/?p=4641#comment-378648 Barney's Version is the funniest. Barney’s Version is the funniest.

]]> By: Aphra Behn http://www.bookninja.com/?p=4641&cpage=1#comment-367762 Aphra Behn Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:46:04 +0000 http://www.bookninja.com/?p=4641#comment-367762 I liked the ones I recognised, but didn't know most of them. One of the disadvantages of being a 17th C English playwright, of course. My particular favourites are the covers pushed out in the mid-60s to early 70s with pouty girls with Bardotte lips and Raquel Welch (in)decolatages. Particularly when the books concerned are classics. I've blogged about them myself and (at the risk of being considered a spammer) you can find some examples by following the link behind my name. Fun and inventive post you have here. It's put a smile on my face. All the best Aphra. I liked the ones I recognised, but didn’t know most of them. One of the disadvantages of being a 17th C English playwright, of course.

My particular favourites are the covers pushed out in the mid-60s to early 70s with pouty girls with Bardotte lips and Raquel Welch (in)decolatages. Particularly when the books concerned are classics. I’ve blogged about them myself and (at the risk of being considered a spammer) you can find some examples by following the link behind my name.

Fun and inventive post you have here. It’s put a smile on my face.

All the best

Aphra.

]]> By: Anthony http://www.bookninja.com/?p=4641&cpage=1#comment-367720 Anthony Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:01:40 +0000 http://www.bookninja.com/?p=4641#comment-367720 Wonderful! -- Publishers may want to consider these covers for their catalogues. If you're still accepting votes....#1 Beautiful Losers, #2 The Diviners, #3 To the Lighthouse Wonderful! — Publishers may want to consider these covers for their catalogues. If you’re still accepting votes….#1 Beautiful Losers, #2 The Diviners, #3 To the Lighthouse

]]> By: George http://www.bookninja.com/?p=4641&cpage=1#comment-367596 George Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:54:03 +0000 http://www.bookninja.com/?p=4641#comment-367596 I just barely saw it, but I think it was JPod, Fall on Your Knees, The Handmaid's Tale, The Life of Pi and Barney's Version. I had written a little intro to go with it. It was very much a sidebar type-thing. I just barely saw it, but I think it was JPod, Fall on Your Knees, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Life of Pi and Barney’s Version. I had written a little intro to go with it. It was very much a sidebar type-thing.

]]> By: Darren http://www.bookninja.com/?p=4641&cpage=1#comment-367589 Darren Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:10:28 +0000 http://www.bookninja.com/?p=4641#comment-367589 Which covers did they use? Again, I can't get the paper. Which covers did they use? Again, I can’t get the paper.

]]> By: George http://www.bookninja.com/?p=4641&cpage=1#comment-367585 George Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:46:54 +0000 http://www.bookninja.com/?p=4641#comment-367585 It is in the paper. The Ideas section. But they only used five covers instead of the seven they asked for. Space limitations, I would guess. It is in the paper. The Ideas section. But they only used five covers instead of the seven they asked for. Space limitations, I would guess.

]]> By: Darren http://www.bookninja.com/?p=4641&cpage=1#comment-367557 Darren Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:36:33 +0000 http://www.bookninja.com/?p=4641#comment-367557 Is the article in the Star? I can't see it online and not being in Canada, I can't check the print version. Is the article in the Star? I can’t see it online and not being in Canada, I can’t check the print version.

]]> By: Dan http://www.bookninja.com/?p=4641&cpage=1#comment-367551 Dan Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:30:34 +0000 http://www.bookninja.com/?p=4641#comment-367551 As someone who has spent far too much time reading about and thinking about Diefenbaker, I have to say the Rogue Tory cover is some kind of weird perfection. Where did that picture come from? As someone who has spent far too much time reading about and thinking about Diefenbaker, I have to say the Rogue Tory cover is some kind of weird perfection. Where did that picture come from?

]]> By: Angela http://www.bookninja.com/?p=4641&cpage=1#comment-367526 Angela Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:50:35 +0000 http://www.bookninja.com/?p=4641#comment-367526 For a near-perfect match between the title itself and the new artwork: The Road A Complicated Kindness As For Me and My House with To the Lighthouse and JPod as close contenders. Fall on Your Knees is great, but too easy a target ... For a near-perfect match between the title itself and the new artwork:

The Road
A Complicated Kindness
As For Me and My House

with To the Lighthouse and JPod as close contenders. Fall on Your Knees is great, but too easy a target …

]]> By: Nicole http://www.bookninja.com/?p=4641&cpage=1#comment-367512 Nicole Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:11:54 +0000 http://www.bookninja.com/?p=4641#comment-367512 As usual, Sophie, sex sells. As usual, Sophie, sex sells.

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