Begrudging Books By Their Covers
Monday, September 15, 2003Just this weekend I was complaining to friends while walking through the biography section at Indigo’s that Frida Kahlo’s biography featured a picture of Salma Hayek on the cover.
It’s bad enough that novels need their corresponding movie posters as cover art in order to sell copies, but this, I thought was going too far—the story of someone’s life showcased with a photograph of a completely different person, a movie star.
But that’s not even half as bad as this: The Literary Saloon has pointed out what is probably the most depressing cover of the year. I don’t know if this was MTV’s idea or the publisher’s, but either way it’s sickening. Sickening in a humourous civilization-in-decline sort of way, of course.
(via Antipixel.)
VampyreJenny says:
Hmm, I wonder if the moors will be replaced by the mall?
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Ben says:
I wonder if anyone will ever fix the Canadian World Domination site.
Zombie Claire says:
I think it would help a little if the hotties on the cover were smiling instead of scowling in different directions.
Oh who am I fooling if they were smiling they would be in Pride and Prejudice not in Wuthering Heights.
I think it’s nice they are colour-coordinated though.
MongoLloyd says:
Dude, you mean that was a book too?
Sweet!