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.<div><div><br></div><div>-Matt<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Gerry Quinn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gerryq@indigo.ie">gerryq@indigo.ie</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">






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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">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...)</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">- Gerry Quinn</font></div>
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  <div style="font:10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div>
  <div style="font:10pt arial;background:#e4e4e4"><b>From:</b> 
  <a title="matthew.keeley.1@gmail.com" href="mailto:matthew.keeley.1@gmail.com" target="_blank">Matthew Keeley</a> </div>
  <div style="font:10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="urth@lists.urth.net" href="mailto:urth@lists.urth.net" target="_blank">The Urth Mailing List</a> </div>
  </div><div class="im"><div style="font:10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 01, 2011 7:16 
  PM</div>
  <div style="font:10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: (urth) Wolfe covers</div>
  <div><br></div></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">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.
  <div><a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/60435-sf-masterworks-the-fifth-head-of-cerberus/" target="_blank">http://forbiddenplanet.com/60435-sf-masterworks-the-fifth-head-of-cerberus/</a></div>
  <div><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Severian-Guild-Torturer-Conciliator-Gollancz/dp/0575081309" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Severian-Guild-Torturer-Conciliator-Gollancz/dp/0575081309</a></div>
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  <div>And then there's the *other* SF masterworks Fifth Head cover:</div>
  <div><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fifth-Head-Cerberus-S-F-Masterworks/dp/1857988175" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fifth-Head-Cerberus-S-F-Masterworks/dp/1857988175</a>
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  <div>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.</div>
  <div><a href="http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/gene-wolfe/evil-guest.htm" target="_blank">http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/gene-wolfe/evil-guest.htm</a> </div>
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  <div>-Matt</div></div>
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