(urth) Wolfe covers

[Matthew Keeley]

I believe there's been a rebrand on the SF masterworks; the new printings
have slightly different spines and markings and that washed-out look. Or so
I understand.

-Matt

On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Gerry Quinn <gerryq at indigo.ie> wrote:

>  I quite like that cover on Fifth Head.  At least it passes the train
> test.  (The colours in the image you link to are horribly washed out
> compared to the version I have - it's as if the were photoshopped to convert
> night to day or something...)
>
> - Gerry Quinn
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Matthew Keeley <matthew.keeley.1 at gmail.com>
> *To:* The Urth Mailing List <urth at lists.urth.net>
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 01, 2011 7:16 PM
> *Subject:* Re: (urth) Wolfe covers
>
> The UK paperback covers for TWK are indeed awful, though at least they have
> newly commissioned artwork, unlike Gollancz's one-volume New Sun, titled
> "Severian of the Guild" and bearing the exact same mediocre cover artwork as
> the older SF Masterworks edition of The Fifth Head of Cerberus! Not that
> that cover looked any better on Fifth Head, but still the laziness is
> appalling.
> http://forbiddenplanet.com/60435-sf-masterworks-the-fifth-head-of-cerberus/
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Severian-Guild-Torturer-Conciliator-Gollancz/dp/0575081309
>
> And then there's the *other* SF masterworks Fifth Head cover:
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fifth-Head-Cerberus-S-F-Masterworks/dp/1857988175
>
> Anyone know if this alternate cover of AEG ever saw release anywhere? I
> quite like it, even if it's not necessarily a perfect fit for the book it's
> supposed to represent.
> http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/gene-wolfe/evil-guest.htm
>
> -Matt
>
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