Slog - Comments on Judging Book Covers http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/judging_book_covers Penguin had a contest to design the cover of a new novel, Sam Taylor's The Island at the End of the World. Here's the synopsis: A chilling novel about the near future, where most of the world has been destroyed by catastrophic floods. As a father and his three children begin to rebuild their lives alone on an island, his youngest son Finn begins to question how they arrived there and why they alone have been spared. Finn's search for understanding takes an unexpected turn when a strange man named Will swims ashore, and he appears to know quite... Copyright 2008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0800 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:15:58 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by trufe Lost + The Road = this novel.

]]> trufe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/judging_book_covers#c1150349 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/judging_book_covers#c1150349 Books Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:05:25 -0800 Comment by dafydd Sounds like someone tried to do a creepy, semi-incestuous version of The Village...

]]> dafydd http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/judging_book_covers#c1150385 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/judging_book_covers#c1150385 Books Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:26:25 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Wow, I loved a lot of those designs. Good to see people still care about good jacket design.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/judging_book_covers#c1150417 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/judging_book_covers#c1150417 Books Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:52:29 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER Some of those designers obviously did not tailor their designs to the subject matter involved... and some of them looked like throwbacks to book designs from decades ago. blech.

That being said, for concept, I really like the "half-submerged skull as island" concept, but unfortunately the designers typography has serious readability issues.

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/judging_book_covers#c1150461 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/judging_book_covers#c1150461 Books Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:26:09 -0800 Comment by Greg Paul, you should totally do a cover-art contest for some book.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/judging_book_covers#c1150542 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/judging_book_covers#c1150542 Books Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:15:58 -0800