Monday, October 27, 2008
when good books go bad (or bad books go good?)
Today I was waiting in line at a coffee kiosk with a very tall pile of books which prominently had a copy of Pacific Edge with a garish science fiction cover on top. The guy behind me in the line was sussing out my books and commented that it looked like I had some for business and some for pleasure. When I responded 'nope, all business!' he was utterly confused - and all 'Kim Stanley Robinson, what?'. I can't tell if he was horrified or impressed, but it just goes to show the tenuous spot that SF holds in the canon, I guess.
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I'm glad my garish covers have come good for you!
They are actually my favourite covers :) not half-way decent like the very literary cover on my copy.
I'll have to show you my favourite copy of Gravity's Rainbow sometime - purchased for .80c from Woy Woy train station, because of how ugly it is.
you still haven't scanned that cover and posted it in the facebook group. i think we all forgot that drunken suggestion (ps no caps rulz)
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