The ReCovery Project*

[bellatrys]

I am happy to announce the creation of a new online service for book people - particularly geared towards science fiction and fantasy readers, though fans of other genres will surely find it helpful as well, I am sure

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[sajia]

OT: I sent a message to your livejournal inbox, did you get it?

[bellatrys]

Oh, let me check--

[nenya_kanadka]

This needs to happen. It really, really does. :D

[redrose3125]

Yes. Yes it does.

(I still have to attach your cover to Rusalka. One of these days...

[nenya_kanadka]

That Forth on the Atari cover---!!

:D :D :D

I can't help but imagine the collision

[bellatrys]

of the winners of the various Worst Cover Art contests with those of the Guardian's annual Bad Sex Writing contest - it would create some sort of stellar collapse of the aesthetic sort and suck the universe into itse--ftaghn! ia!

Re: I can't help but imagine the collision

[nenya_kanadka]

What, like the Silk and Steel story? Someone's even tried to illustrate that... :D

*speechless*

[deiseach]

Someone overdosed on the Song of Songs, methinks.

The fanart was hilarious - truly, a picture is worth a thousand words (ferret tongue? As in, not a tongue like a ferret's tongue, but her tongue *was* a ferret? Whatte The Swyve?)

[sethg_prime]

A while back I ordered Kitty and the Midnight Hour from our local library, and when my wife came to pick it up, the librarians mocked her, because of the cover art. Mocked her! Isn't there something in the ALA code of ethics that tells librarians to respect all their patrons' choices, no matter how trashy they seem?

(And the book isn't as trashy as the cover implies. I mean, the main character is a werewolf and the artist drew her wearing a corset? WTF? But seeing as the author has put out four sequels to the book, she can't be too upset at how the first one was marketed.)

I've seen a lot of those types of covers recently

[deiseach]

Doesn't matter whether it's witch/vampire/werewolf/paranormal investigator lead character, the cover is always back view of female in corset or tight short backless dress or preferably both, with mist billowing around in the general vicinity.

The really daring ones work in a coiled whip or a dagger as well. I strongly get the impression they're churning them out to a template ('oh, another paranormal romance, get out the bodice-ripper format'); what do you think? ;-)

Needless to say, I would spork out my eyes before even glancing at the back page blurb of a book with that cover, much less purchase it and read it.

Re: I've seen a lot of those types of covers recently

[fridgepunk]

I want to write an urban fantasy with wereclowns as the majorityminority fantasy creature in it, primarily to see if I can get a publisher to put a sexylady!back on the cover who's wearing overly large and brightly striped clown pants (and matching suspenders!) instead of the ubiqicorset.

Now *that's* horror

[deiseach]

Wereclowns?

Genuinely terrifying!

But the cover art would still have nothing to do with the actual text, you know. They'd interpret "suspenders" as fishnet stockings and suspender set, bet you anything.

Book-Cover-A-Matic

[vondanmcintyre]

I wish this weren't a 1 April article! I could really use a website that would create a nice cover for an ebook.

As for brown papier bagges... A friend once asked me to send a copy of one of my books to a mutual acquaintance who was going to be in the hospital and needed some reading material. So I did. Her thank-you note said, "Of course I had to cover it in brown paper..."

It wasn't even one of the worstest Dreamsnake covers.

As for the "15 worst covers" site, they're pretty funny, but I still think the Dutch Dreamsnake and Left Hand covers win.

Vonda