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‘The Stranger’ Cover Re-design
The process of designing a cover for a book one knows well is a difficult task, as there are so many aspects to consider and there’s a need to land on a single approach lest the cover become some sort of terrible collage. In my approach, I sought to channel one of the most moving […]
Ethan Frome New Book Cover
When I first heard we would be remaking book covers, my plan for Ethan Frome was to draw a kitchen hutch and place significant objects from the story on it, such as books from Ethan’s college years, the pickle dish, and some farming equipment. I planned to have Mattie’s scarf and a sled leaning against […]
Utopia
Utopia, first published by Thomas More in 1516 has had four covers in five-hundred years consisting of a rendition of the original woodcut map/leather bound/Utopian alphabet,etc, buildings that look somewhat like a fusion between Etruscan and Greco-Roman ruins, early modern geometric patterns, or Sir Thomas More himself (close-up of stubble or full-length Holbein portrait). […]
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath’s only novel, The Bell Jar, was published in England in 1963, but wasn’t published in the United States until 1971. The first three covers sported the author name Victoria Lucas, a pseudonym Plath wrote under for a time. In the 1966 version done by Faber and Faber Publishing, Plath’s real name is displayed. […]
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair’s book, The Jungle, is a symbolic novel that played a crucial role in the United States. This is why I decided to look at different book covers of The Jungle. What I noticed was intriguing. Most covers were photos of downtown Chicago from the early 1900’s; others were simple covers of a tiny […]
Neuromancer
William Gibson’s Neuromancer was released in 1984. The style of the first edition reflects that. The neon pinks and blues is straight of 1980’s style. Something hope never comes back. It’s alsoquite different from other science fiction novels from that time. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card and The Vang: The Military form by Christopher […]
Stephen King’s The Gunslinger Book Cover Analysis
Published in 1982, Stephen King’s The Gunslinger 1st edition cover is very different from the newer covers during the following 34 years.The first book in King’s Dark Tower series, the 1st edition does not even show the Dark Tower on the cover at all. Instead it focuses on what seems to be the titular character, a young boy […]
Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita was first published in 1955 in Paris. It came to the United States in 1958 and was shortly after adapted to film. The book is usually marketed as a love story though the protagonist (Humbert Humbert) is a 37 year old man and his love is a 12 year old girl (Lolita) who is also his step-daughter. The narrative […]
Ernest Hemingway ‘The Sun Also Rises’
The three images I’ve included are the original book cover/dust jacket (1926), a more recent cover design (2003) and an even newer cover design, and what appears to be the most prevalent design currently (2006). I found upwards of 16 different cover designs since its initial publication. This novel was made into a movie, and […]
Flowers in the Attic – V.C Andrews
V.C Andrew’s Flowers in the Attic was published in 1979. With just a simple google search, I have found over a dozen different covers and dust jackets for this novel, dating back to 1979 and then also having a recent book cover released in 2013. The original cover of the book reflects the 1980’s era […]
