Jeremy lassen ([info]jlassen) wrote in [info]iain_banks,
@ 2005-07-21 21:55:00
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The Algebraist, US Jacket
Here's the cover:



and behind the cut is the full jacket spread


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[info]cadmus
2005-07-22 12:24 am UTC (link)
Why are space squid on the cover?

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[info]ultraluzer
2005-07-22 01:16 am UTC (link)
i admit i had difficulty imaginging what the dwellers were meant to look like, but i'm quite certain they're nothing like space squid. photoshop contest anyone?:)

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[info]cadmus
2005-07-22 01:18 am UTC (link)
The description of Dwellers is pretty clear. Loosely, they look like giant rolling dumbells with eyes and grasping limbs...

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[info]susumu
2005-07-22 01:50 am UTC (link)
Because it's SCI-FI!

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[info]hjalfi
2005-08-02 04:20 am UTC (link)
It's still got to be better than the UK paperback cover, where they decided that the NASA photograph of Jupiter and IO was science fictional enough, and photoshopped in stars over the top...

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[info]hjalfi
2005-08-02 04:21 am UTC (link)
Memo: preview in future. Wasn't science fictional enough. D'oh.

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[info]aeglefinus
2005-07-22 01:51 am UTC (link)
Any news on the extras for the limited edition?

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[info]njx
2005-07-22 06:34 am UTC (link)
Oh god, it's hideous!

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[info]justbeast
2005-07-22 08:40 am UTC (link)
Aside from the space-squid, I'm curious what the huge gears are supposed to stand for. Although we're probably demanding too much logic out of sci-fi book covers :)

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[info]grapefruitzzz
2005-07-22 08:53 am UTC (link)
It's quite a way from a real-ish picture of Jupiter to space squid and cogwheels.

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it's lovely :)
(Anonymous)
2005-08-03 09:08 am UTC (link)

i have to mention... we just finished the first issue of a new SF 'zine titled Space Squid (spacesquid.com). The title comes from a Margaret Atwood quote in which she dismisses SF as "talking squid in space."

Feel the power of the Atwood meme. Email us at the site if you'd like us to contribute any art from our cover. :)

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