I give you the Russian cover of Peeps . . .
Post-apocalyptic streetscape? Check.
Rock and roll girlfriend? Check.
Parasite-positive kitteh? Check.
Baleful moon of balefulness? Bonus check!
That is all. See you on Friday for FAF.
I give you the Russian cover of Peeps . . .
Post-apocalyptic streetscape? Check.
Rock and roll girlfriend? Check.
Parasite-positive kitteh? Check.
Baleful moon of balefulness? Bonus check!
That is all. See you on Friday for FAF.
The Manual of Aeronautics is OUT NOW!
The full-color art book for the Leviathan series, The Manual of Aeronautics, is out now!
Click here to contact Scott Westerfeld.
Jill Grinberg
Jill Grinberg Literary Management
info@grinbergliterary.com
May 24th, 2012 09:40
No, this is too much. Now I feel like crying. I want these covers too.
My solution to this injustice: Print out all the Russian covers and paste them over my US cover. CLOSE ENOUGH.
And yaaay! first comment!
May 24th, 2012 09:57
Now I want to see ALL the Russian covers.
May 24th, 2012 11:27
Why are the Russians so good at making atmosphere?
May 24th, 2012 14:02
Holy Crap!!!! That is the most amazing cover I’ve ever seen!!! If I could speak anything in Russian I would so get it! And Peeps is my favorite.
May 24th, 2012 16:37
The awesomeness of Russian covers strikes again. Hey! I’m learning Russian I should buy some of these awesome books to practice!
May 24th, 2012 22:04
Well, I was looking for an excuse to learn Russian.
May 24th, 2012 22:53
Well this is just great. Now we need to see ALL the Russian covers.
Scott-la you’ve awoken the beast.
Seriously awesome cover. Absolutely gorgeous.
May 24th, 2012 23:24
yeah? this rocks, but i wanna see the last days cover too!!!
yeah, and maybe for the rest of your books (though i believe weve already seen UGLIES, or maybe thats from my obsessive googling)
May 25th, 2012 02:48
oh my god I absolutely love this cover. And Peeps being one of my favorites of yours I’m so glad to see an update about it(:
May 25th, 2012 03:30
Hey scott? do you ever read our comments? just wondering.
May 25th, 2012 03:33
Ilove peeps!!!! and i love this cover!!! it couldn’t get any bettter, please show us more russian covers, PLEASE!
May 25th, 2012 03:34
The title (of this post) it- it’s so true…
May 25th, 2012 03:39
Rue @ 10: I *never* read your comments. That would be wrong.
May 25th, 2012 04:37
Wow. I thought I could never forgive Russia for whitewashing Jonathan FOUR TIMES. Guess I was wrong.
May 25th, 2012 05:04
Why oh why oh why must those covers be so amazing?
May 25th, 2012 05:07
Beautiful. Anyone know where I can get a copy in the US? I already searched the one Russian bookseller I have saved and they don’t have it. Also it’s interesting that the title reads as Inferno, I can’t guarantee that it translates that way, but phonetically that’s what it says. Since Russian actually does have a lot of cognates with English it might, but my Russian/English dictionary isn’t handy at the moment. lol
May 25th, 2012 05:58
In soviet russia, books read you.
May 25th, 2012 06:02
i am speechless. the awesomeness of the cover cannot be described using mere words. now i must learn russian so i can go undercover and discover the secret of how they make such amazing book covers.
May 25th, 2012 06:05
Not fair.
May 25th, 2012 07:11
I just started peeps today and think it’s a great book.
May 25th, 2012 08:11
What the hell I’ve missed so many FAFs!!! But don’t worry friends cause Ginny-la’s back! IM NOT DEAD YET!!!! Heehee I luv u Monty python
May 25th, 2012 08:12
I’ve never read peeps but that cover is SEXY
May 25th, 2012 08:20
YEAH GOLIATH IS AT BARGAIN PRICE ON AMAZON!!!!! The only copies of the LBG books are my moms and Im not allowed to bring them anywhere. So finally I can get my own copies!!!!
May 25th, 2012 08:44
Katniss:SHOOT ALL SQUIRRELS
Peeta:FROST ALL THINGS
Cato:KILL ALL TRUBUTES
Rue:SET FIRE TO ALL THINGS
Effie:MAY ALL THE ODDS BE IN UR FAVOR
Haymitch:DRINK ALL BEER
May 25th, 2012 08:56
Oh, my god! I absolutely love these covers! Russians are just awesome. They know what’s happening when it comes to cover-making. By the way, I LOVED Peeps, Ckott.
May 25th, 2012 09:04
I’m tired but I dont want to go to bed
May 25th, 2012 09:05
Ah…just missed a possible someone to talk to
May 25th, 2012 09:32
If reincarnation exists then yolo doesn’t apply anymore…
May 25th, 2012 09:32
Christina Perri ROCKS
May 25th, 2012 09:33
*Literally and figuratively
May 25th, 2012 16:22
to Ginny-la: THIS IS NOT PARTY OR CHAT ROOM. AND SCOTT WESTERFELD WRITES AWESOME BOOKS, NOT THE HUNGER GAMES. thanks!
p.s. i know enough russian to get by reading the covers. and Scott, i went to a russian book store (don’t ask why) and actually got to hold a russian copy!!!
May 25th, 2012 16:27
and Isobel, that’s because (ahem, cue evil russian accent) in america, you can always find party. in soviet russia, party always find you. (normal) in other words, russians were pretty bad for everyone. trust me, i know my history books. maybe they got their inspiration from Mr. Tesla *wink* *Goliath tie-in*
May 25th, 2012 17:27
Dang…
May 25th, 2012 18:32
Good morn!
May 25th, 2012 20:44
Is it too much to hope for that you are still on?
May 25th, 2012 20:44
Yup. Poop.
May 25th, 2012 20:45
@13- Lol.
May 25th, 2012 22:28
CLEANING SPREEE!!!! I LOVE BLASTING THE TUNES AND CLEANING THE WHOLE HOUSE!!!!!
May 25th, 2012 22:49
Why are people using this as a chat room? You guys know there is an actual forum for you know… chatting? That’d be a better place to take this.
May 26th, 2012 00:25
@tridecagirl- Well, ya know what? Seems to me you are the only one who cares a crap so just get out of our business!
May 26th, 2012 00:42
Sorry. It just seems like, if it isn’t bothering anyone, why shouldn’t we stay here?
May 26th, 2012 03:50
I just finished Catching Fire!
May 26th, 2012 03:53
@39-JUST…SHUT…UP
May 26th, 2012 03:55
Some people read the hunger games because of the romance, or the action, but I read it because Katniss is so defiant. I LOVE defying people, for some strange reason. Even I don’t know why. Probably because it makes me feel important.
May 26th, 2012 03:57
In Social Studies I defied my teacher by not taking any notes on the Roman Republic and reading Catching Fire instead.
May 26th, 2012 03:59
Tick, tock, the arena’s a clock, tick, tock, it’s a clock, tick, tock…
May 26th, 2012 05:54
Hungry…soooooo hungry…
May 26th, 2012 05:56
I’m cold and hungry and tired. Waaaahhhh.
May 26th, 2012 05:57
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May 26th, 2012 06:15
Ginny-la, please don’t tell people to shut up. Off-topic chats are fairly prevalent on this blog, but it’s also polite to shift them to the Forum when you’re asked to.
Lauren @41: if it isn’t bothering anyone, why shouldn’t we stay here?
I agree with your point in principle, but it seems from tridecagirl’s and Scorpio-Ferret’s comments that you ARE bothering someone. (Like, are you saying that the people who are bothered don’t matter? They do matter.)
This is how politeness works, everyone. Being off-topic happens, and is okay if it doesn’t overrun the comment thread, but when someone taps you on the shoulder and points it out, you should excuse yourself and move on. Otherwise you’re like those people who talk too loud in restaurants, then start yelling when anyone asks them to talk less loudly.
It’s not a good look.
May 26th, 2012 06:38
Ahhhhh…..not hungry anymore!!!
May 26th, 2012 06:40
Ugh, the first time Scott ever acknowledges me is when he gives me a lecture…I want to cry…
EPIC FAIL
May 26th, 2012 06:45
No, seriously, I want to cry.
May 26th, 2012 06:57
The problem? Although I didn’t mean for it to happen, my love of Scott Westerfeld has been diminished because of a lecture. The solution? Curl up in bed, eat chocolate, and read Goliath.
May 26th, 2012 06:58
You know, I actually have no idea whatsoever about what a forum is.
May 26th, 2012 07:00
@31-That’s kinda mean…well, I’m SORRY then, geez.
May 26th, 2012 07:01
Great right after Scott tells me not to be mean I insult Scorpio-ferret. Smooth move.
May 26th, 2012 07:02
I think I’ll go see if I can find out what a forum is.
May 26th, 2012 07:04
Wow…it says Forum right at the top of the page. I’ve been on here like, a thousand times, and never noticed that? ANOTHER SMOOTH MOVE FROM GINNY-LA…
I’m really beating myself up right now…
May 26th, 2012 07:37
Don’t feel bad, Ginny-la. We all say stuff on the internet we’d like to take back. (This MAY have happened to me once or twice.)
I ABSOLVE EVERYONE OF RUDENESS. Now you can all go back to being nice.
May 26th, 2012 09:04
Yaaaaaaaaay thank you Scott!!!!! I FEEL BETTER!!!!
May 26th, 2012 09:06
Wait…how come Scott has the power to absolve everyone of rudeness? I thought only God could do that
JK
May 26th, 2012 09:06
Wait…that might have been offensive
May 26th, 2012 09:07
Sorry…now I feel bad again
May 26th, 2012 09:08
UUUGGGGHHHHH this has not been a good day. Even the fact that it’s a three day weekend doesn’t help.
May 26th, 2012 09:10
Scorpio ferret and tridecagirl can go back to telling me to stop randomly saying stuff again because I’m doing exactly that (saying random stuff)
May 26th, 2012 09:11
Ugh that might have been offensive too…sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry
May 26th, 2012 09:13
I HEREBY BANISH MYSELF FROM THE WESTERBLOG UNTIL I LOSE MY STUPID ABILITY TO BE MEAN WITHOUT KNOWING IT, HOWEVER LOMG IT TAKES. So….bye.
I might not see you for a while. I need to take some anger management classes.
May 26th, 2012 09:13
*long
May 26th, 2012 19:27
@ Ginny-la, cheer up. I can’t figure out how to work the forum so I just use the comments thingies (as do many others I see). There will always be someone on the internet to contradict you or snap at you, but hey, whatever, it’s not like I’ll ever see them in my life, well I assume I won’t. So yeah, also if these internet people want to waste their time being angry with you, it’s their problem, not yours. It’s not like we don’t talk about quality stuff in the comments, well for the most part anyway.
Okay, all done being thoughtful and consoling…
WHY ARE THE RUSSIAN COVERS SO MUCH INSANELY AWESOMER THAN THE AMERICAN ONES?????? It makes me very sad.
May 26th, 2012 19:46
Wow… it’s already 11:15 am. I just heard Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me playing on the radio. Hmmm… how did I miss the passing of the lat few hours of my life?
May 26th, 2012 19:49
*last
May 26th, 2012 19:50
Mmmmmm… 99% cacao chocolate bars are better than I thought they would be. Delicious.
May 26th, 2012 22:00
I guess I have a breakthrough! Wow, those anger-management classes went by fast.
thnx, PWH.
May 26th, 2012 22:10
@74 Anytime. It is my specialty (not really but we can all pretend)
May 26th, 2012 22:14
I think I’ll change my screen name to Franz cuz
1. I love Franz Ferdinand (the guy and the band)
2. I’m sick of person with hat, anyway it’s too hot out to wear a hat.
3. Franz is actually quite similar to my real life name.
So yeah, I’ll do that now.
May 26th, 2012 22:15
Hmmmm… It feels no different.
May 26th, 2012 22:24
I like PWH better…
May 26th, 2012 22:27
You know what’s weird? Two of my three best friends enjoy listening to me talk about Leviathan. The other one doesn’t, but HE’S the only other one who has read the book! He keeps saying that “It was a good book, but you BLOW IT OUT OF PROPORTION!!!”
May 26th, 2012 22:30
Perhaps I’ll change it back to PWH
May 26th, 2012 22:31
There, done.
May 26th, 2012 22:32
I have a map, and I marked each state where I know a Westerblogger lives. I know where Levi lives, and I know that PWH (sorry is it ok if I still call u that) lives on the east coast. And I know where I live. The reason for this map is so that if I ever want to try and meet another blogger I at least have a start. Not much of a start, but a start. Of course, I could always wait till Scott comes around (if he ever does) to california and then see of I could meet you guys.
May 26th, 2012 22:33
Pleez still be here PWH!!!!!
May 26th, 2012 22:33
@79 some people will never fully appreciate Leviathan. One of my friends still can’t get past the whole flying whale concept.
May 26th, 2012 22:34
Map, map, mappity-map-map!!!
May 26th, 2012 22:34
@84-I have a friend like that too
May 26th, 2012 22:36
I liked Uglies, but really I still liked leviathan better.
May 26th, 2012 22:37
Ha. I wish that I could go to california. By the way, I live in New Hampshire. And I know all that crap about no telling people on the internet were you live but
A) I don’t think you’re a stalker
B) It’s this tiny town no one has ever heard of
May 26th, 2012 22:39
My walls are covered in maps.
May 26th, 2012 22:40
I hate to say this, but Uglies is a lot like the hunger games. 1 they have a female protagonist 2 it’s set in the future 3 the authorities are watching the protagonists 3 the protagonists have to pretend they are something they aren’t to protect themselves 4 the protagonists are ever-so-slightly in love with someone 5 the government is really strict
May 26th, 2012 22:41
Humidity should be illegal.
May 26th, 2012 22:42
@90 yes, I see your piont.
May 26th, 2012 22:43
@88-I’m twelve and I don’t have a cell phone. I barely know how to use email. Even if my whole family pooled their money together we can’t afford to go to New Hampshire. (we’re not poor we just can’t really afford it) Does that sound like I can be a stalker?
May 26th, 2012 22:43
Scott lives in NYC part of the time, doesnt he?
May 26th, 2012 22:44
@93 exactly, you’re not. I’ve got to go.
May 26th, 2012 22:46
I really want to meet you guys. I know, I really sound like a stalker when I say that. But even if I haven’t met you, barely know you, and have no idea if you could be a stalker, you guts are like my friends!
May 26th, 2012 22:47
HAHA YOU GUTS!!!! I meant you guys. YOU GUYS ARE GUTS!!! JK
that’s actually a kinda funny typo.
May 26th, 2012 22:48
Aw why must you go PWH????? All alone now. Bye, then.
May 26th, 2012 23:45
@60 Scott- That has, unfortunately, happened to me more times than I care to speak about…
May 27th, 2012 00:13
Well, I’m back, but it appears you’re gone now.
May 27th, 2012 00:15
I’m redoing my room Leviathan style! I just wish I had that lamp from FAF.
May 27th, 2012 04:18
Hey, PWH got 100! Good job!
May 27th, 2012 04:19
WHAT THE— how come it’s may 27???? It was just may 26!!!
May 27th, 2012 04:20
Oh it’s cause the time is Australian. Fail.
May 27th, 2012 04:36
Woah, Thanks! I didn’t even notice I got 100. That’s a first.
May 27th, 2012 06:22
Okay so I just saw the Sexy and I Know It music video and I think I may vomit very extravagantly all over anyone who dares ever sing that song in my presence ever again. Just a warning to you all.
May 27th, 2012 08:25
When I walk in the spot
This is what I see
Everybody stops and they’re starin at me
I got a passion in my pants and I ain’t afraid to
Show it, show it, show it
IM SEXY AND I KNOW IT
May 27th, 2012 09:32
I don’t understand why Russia has awesome covers and ours are marginal. You don’t judge a book by it’s cover, right?
@Do you know what the word “warning” means? I may vomit extravagantly as well. Another warning. No hard feelings, I just don’t like the song.
May 27th, 2012 09:33
That was supposed to be @107.
May 27th, 2012 19:38
Haha…sorry
May 27th, 2012 20:07
When and if I meet you Ginny-la, well… I don’t particularly like to vomit, but I’ll do something equally horrible! No, I won’t cuz I didn’t actually hear you sing it. It’s not even that I hate Sexy and I know that much, only sort. It’s just, that music video. Oh my god… that music video. That repulsive, disgusting music video…
May 27th, 2012 20:08
*sorta
May 28th, 2012 03:50
I’ve never seen the video, so I actually like the song. My parents won’t let me see the video.
May 28th, 2012 03:51
@113 Yeah, well, there’s a reason for that.
May 28th, 2012 03:52
The song is okay. The video… well, they shouldn’t even allow the preview to be on itunes.
May 31st, 2012 06:40
How comez no one comments on here?