As I blogged earlier, the Italian cover for Uglies uses the same photo as the American, but flipped and with more of the model’s face on the front. But the cover for Pretties is totally different, and yet mysteriously the same.
And it’s just so . . . ciao.
Know what I mean?
But I love the translation of the title: “spotless ones,” “flawless ones.” Or, to follow the series style more closely, “perfects.”
UPDATE The tagline, Essere belli non basta, has been generally translated as “Being beautiful isn’t enough.”
June 19th, 2007 04:29
Woo i got first comment!!! I like the pretties cover but doesnt zane have black hair? if that is him of course
June 19th, 2007 04:39
Those are cool…but so far i like the German Covers best!
June 19th, 2007 04:40
Indeed, Zane does have black hair. (Dyed black.)
So this is more of the random pretty look.
June 19th, 2007 04:40
With what Italian I possess (several exes and fluency in all the other Latin languages), I’m guessing it’s “Being beautiful isn’t enough”.
Actual Italians should feel free to gently correct me.
June 19th, 2007 04:40
I think it means “Beauty is not enough” or something like that
June 19th, 2007 04:47
Where is specials? I don’t really like these ones,
the Pretties one looks to much like a Calvin Klein magazine ad.
June 19th, 2007 05:06
well, literally, it means something like ‘to be beautiful does not suffice’ but yeah, something like beauty is not enough.
June 19th, 2007 05:07
It means
“Being beautiful, not enough.”
June 19th, 2007 05:10
It means
“Existing beautiful, not enough.”
But that is a pretty awesome cover in my opinion.
But, if the guy on the front is supose to be Zane… he doesn’t seem pretty enough.
June 19th, 2007 05:18
I love these covers!! I’ve always wanted 2 see the rest of the faces on my covers, for some reason I didn’t expect them 2 look like this, but I love them!!
June 19th, 2007 05:23
The covers are cool. The thingy means “To be beautiful not enough”
June 19th, 2007 05:23
The covers are cool. The thingy means “To be beautiful not enough”
June 19th, 2007 05:47
So we’ve seen German, Japanese, Polish, and now Italian Uglies (am I missing any?). Guess it’s popular (duh). How much time gernerally elapses between the release of an English version and a translated version with a new cover?
June 19th, 2007 05:53
huhhh i don’t really like these ones… the german ones give a better idea of the books even though the first is the same as the americans. but i like the face being split in half and the pretties one in america looks more futuristic that the italian one. and i don’t know any languages watsoever…don’t ask me. =)
June 19th, 2007 06:09
i don’t like the Pretties cover. It doesn’t show any superior beauty. In the book, it says that even the pictures of magazines showing celebrities could not compare to the beauty of the pretties and the cover doesn’t show that. And yeah, it does look like a Calvin Klein ad.
June 19th, 2007 08:16
You know, for some reason the first thought I had when I looked at the Pretties cover was “That looks sort of like Scott Westerfeld”. (The guy I mean). Which is really weird because it doesn’t really, but that’s just how my mind works =]
And I’m not just saying that cause’ you’re my favorite author. ;]
June 19th, 2007 08:40
Hey that’s so cool!! Is that Zane on the cover…must be. When you wrote it though…didn’t it say that he had black hair? i think that I’m missing somthing
~Kadie-Wa
106 days until extras
or 9,158,400 seconds or
152,640 minutes or
2544 hours or
15 weeks
Can’t wait!!!
June 19th, 2007 08:50
I’ve looked all over the site and i couldn’t find the Uglies cover in Polish…I like the German ones the best. It gives you a good idea of what the Special’s tattoos looked like. And I think that they did a good job of making her look “Scary Beauteful.” (wow I am horrible at spelling. Sorry!)
~Kadie-Wa
106 Days until Extras…or
9,158,400 seconds or
152,640 minutes or
2544 hours
I’m still counting! And I still can’t wait! EKKKKKK
15 weeks
June 19th, 2007 08:54
Sorry, the 15 weeks at the end was a glitch. This is my last post. Does anyone else notice that some of the names are orange? That’s so cool! But am i missing somthing? Why are some of them orange?
~Kadie-Wa (you guys know how long it is until the Extras comes out by the third post, right?)
June 19th, 2007 09:05
The names are orange because they put a website in and you can click it.
Try it.
I think the covers are generaly the same as the american covers and I might even think about buying Itailan copies.
I like Italy.
But they’re still really cool.
June 19th, 2007 09:09
Some of them are orange because those people have websites or Myspace pages or whatever.
To be perfectly honest, I don’t much like that cover. 1)Those people aren’t really that pretty and 2) (I think someone already said this) It looks like a Calvin Klein or Urban Planet ad.
June 19th, 2007 09:12
I like the Pretties one! It’s so much better than the U.S. one. They look more like they go together, in my opinion.
June 19th, 2007 09:43
Oh, hey, my name’s in orange, so why don’t you click? Ha.
June 19th, 2007 10:32
i never thought they would have facial hair and yep it does look like a Calvin Klein ad freaky
June 19th, 2007 10:36
I like these covers. Not quite as much as the US ones (because those are the ones I’ve actually read) or the German ones (true to the book, for the win), but they’re really cute. I love the model for Tally on Perfetti.
June 19th, 2007 10:57
OMG!!!! I love the covers it’s so bubbly-making especialy the pretties cover.
I cant wait for you to post the first pg of EXTRAS!!!!
June 19th, 2007 11:17
Kadie-wa: http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=206 The polish cover, which is very odd.
June 19th, 2007 11:46
I like how the american cover for Uglies only shows half of her face. The guy on the Pretties cover here doesn’t look like I imagined pretties though. His nose looks too big and his forehead too high like the way they describe David.
June 19th, 2007 12:49
definatly the half faces, I liked those better
June 19th, 2007 13:08
The pretty guy does look very Italian. And I have to say I liked it better when the Ugly model was more close-up. It was like it focused more on the flaws of her face.
June 19th, 2007 13:09
Those are so cool! I love them! But shouldn’t the guy have black hair? I mean, isn’t it supposed to be Zane?
June 19th, 2007 13:10
Hey, don’t diss the guy on Pretties! He’s kinda hot!
June 19th, 2007 13:12
the pretty Zane, doesn’t look pretty enough! i think it is cool that the uglies picture for the american cover and the italian cover are the same!
June 19th, 2007 13:16
i so0o0o0o0o0o0o like the american ones better. i just like the way the pictures are on the covers!
June 19th, 2007 13:18
of all the covers for this trilogy, here is the winner and loser (in my opinion).
Winner: American version
Loser: British version
June 19th, 2007 13:33
the british uglies and pretties can be found at
http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=101
June 19th, 2007 15:38
i am not sure waht to make of the covers but i like the style of the guys hair on the pretties cover… not the hair color it suposed to be black
June 19th, 2007 23:34
I like the American Uglies cover more. I like how the face is split in half. It makes the cover more interesting. However, I think I prefer this Pretties cover beacause it shows how close Tally and (I think that is Zane) are. Too bad the guy doesn;t really look like Zane to me. Maybe it’s David though…
June 20th, 2007 05:59
I dont quite like the Italian Pretties nor do I like the American Pretties cover. My favorite one so far is the German one.
June 20th, 2007 06:13
I like the Italian Pretties cover the best, it looks like the people on the front go together better than the people on the American one.
June 20th, 2007 06:17
i like the italian one but Zane isnt pretty enough. My favourite is the german ones. I hate the one i have have which is the british one
June 20th, 2007 06:38
out of the foreign ones, i like these and the german ones the best. this one, because it looks alot like ours(american), and the german because they just look flawsem! but the pretties, it DOES look like a Calvin Klein ad or something, and Zane just doesn’t look pretty enough. no i dont like those 2 besides ours because i happen to have german and italian in me also where’s specials in italian?
cant wait for extras!!!!!!!!!!
~jackijie(-wa or -la?)
June 20th, 2007 06:39
never mind just jackie
June 20th, 2007 07:04
Okay, it does sort of look like a Calvin ad. But I still like it best.
June 20th, 2007 07:05
I suppose they guy could be Peris, but she and Peris weren’t a couple.
June 20th, 2007 09:32
I don’t think that is Peris. I definatly didn’t picture him to look like that!!
June 20th, 2007 10:00
no way, the guy on the cover is Zane, Paris isnt mentioned at all after, like, half way through pretties.
June 20th, 2007 11:29
your right maria… cuz he backed down from running away in the hot air balloon and he was never talked about again exept in specials… but it could possibly be david bit i highly doubt it
June 20th, 2007 11:35
No I don’t think it’s David, it talks about David having a big nose, and being kinda scratched up and rough looking. That guy doesn’t look like that.
June 20th, 2007 11:59
Is that supposed to be Zane on the “Perfetti” cover? He looks amazing…*ogles image* But he needs black hair. Hm.
Do you have bigger versions of these images? Like sizes that could be used for wallpapers? I love these even more than the German covers and a ton more than the American covers by the way.
June 20th, 2007 12:13
i like this preties cover but i like the german specials cover(but i kinda like the american one too but its less wolf-like or scary) and the american uglies is kinda ok but i dont really remember the other uglies cover we’ve seen before these last few…
June 20th, 2007 12:51
4 the specials I like the American one the best!! I always think of a Special 2 look that way!!
June 20th, 2007 15:10
it cant be David because David had that scar on his eyebrow!!!
June 20th, 2007 17:54
I don’t think that it’s any specific pretty.
June 21st, 2007 00:10
I don’t think so either, it’s just A pretty.
June 21st, 2007 02:25
jackie is my sister.
sadly.
June 21st, 2007 02:47
Nice cover- but they messed up Zane!
And what happened to flawless? That guy IS pretty hot but…
June 21st, 2007 03:38
As an actual italian… the translation is:
Being beautiful is not enough.
HOWEVER I think the translation of pretties into perfetti (perfect(s)) is a little erroneous. Indeed pretties are perfect (well, you know…), but belli would have been a closer fit. When teens in italy want to be different and better, they want to be belli not perfetti.
Just my two cents.
June 21st, 2007 06:29
Ro: Can you speak Italian?
June 21st, 2007 12:51
i know this is random but im going to my crapy library soon and i want to know what i should check out i need help and ive read all of scotts books (some twice) and magic or madnessness
June 21st, 2007 15:06
haddy-la,
if you want a good book, read anything by Lois Duncan!!!
June 21st, 2007 17:18
I like the Italian Uglies cover better than the American one, though my favorite has to be the German covers. They seem to be more of how I picture Tally through the transformation.
June 22nd, 2007 11:05
Perfetti.
That is quite possibly the coolest word ever. It’s like a combonation of ‘perfect’ and ‘confetti’.
Awesome.
Oh and the cover looks pretty cool too :]
June 22nd, 2007 11:06
I love the Uglies cover. The Pretties one reminds me of the cover for The Last Days, in a good way. I’d still have to say the German covers are my favorites.
June 22nd, 2007 11:23
These covers are nice, but I think I like the German covers better. What is the Italian version of Specials?? That would be good to see. I think, overall, the german covers are the best. But as seperate covers, I like the American Specials the best out of all the covers. That German pretties freaked the hell out of me.. Haha.
And Lauren, confetti is what i thought as well!!
When do we get the first page of Extras???
June 22nd, 2007 12:40
When do we get to see the first page of Extra’s??? I hope it’s soon cause I can’t wait!!!!!!!!!!
June 22nd, 2007 13:26
I just really want to say how great I think Scott is. You can really feel how well his books just.. flow when you read them. Also his voice sounds a lot like a dear cousin of mine that is more like a dear brother to me. Now this cousin is recently more consumed with other aspects of his big grown up life and has limited time to spend with his 14 year old cousin, but when I read Cal’s parasite explanations I can almost hear Andy rambling on in computer-speak. I know that’s totally random, but one thing I look for in books is a voice I can recognize. Obviously, by his popularity, Scott has been able to provide a voice in his books that many people are familar with. This is the mark of a truly terrific author in my eyes. Good Lord, why am I so emotional tonight? Perhaps it is because Scott has un-knowingly gotten me out of a semi-depression and back into writing. Nothing like a day in the sun with a diet coke and a terrific book to lift the spirits! Cheers to you, Scott. All the best.
June 22nd, 2007 14:18
all these covers of the trilogy makes me want to read Extras more and more!!!
when is the first page of Extras going to be posted? i NEED to know!
June 22nd, 2007 17:12
I just feel bad for that poor model’s face getting constantly associated with “ugly.”
Gosh, I’d be scared to leave the house after that!
June 22nd, 2007 23:11
yes that guys is pretty hot, but it makes it seem like that he is the main character?
if you hadn’t read the book before.
so.
i like it anyway.
HE’S SO PLAYBOY. haha
June 24th, 2007 02:22
I’m not exactly wild about their over for pretties…i don’t know they don’t look ridiculously “pretty” i mean they did pick good models i mean the guy is cute and all but when i think of a pretty i think of beauty thats flawless you know so perfect that it looks wrong. I don’t know…thats just my thoughts.
June 25th, 2007 09:11
They’re so beautiful…
June 25th, 2007 13:23
the guy in perfetti looks messed up…
June 27th, 2007 00:52
10,000 comments later, yes, Jessie, I speak italian…all my life, as a matter of fact.
July 2nd, 2007 07:48
the tagline translation is roughly, “two rebels, two heroins in a fight for liberty in a world where being beautiful is ‘law’”
July 2nd, 2007 07:48
(on uglies)
July 4th, 2007 09:07
well after i finished reading the series i was amazed how the book affected me. i just wanted to say thank you for helping question things. i think scott’s uglies’ series was quite inspiring. when i first bought the book i thought why is the book called ugly and have a pretty girl on the cover. later on i understood why. the german cover for pretty does look quite mysterious. well love the series til later.
July 31st, 2007 04:30
I love the storys, but i think i’ll stick the the American covers