Because we’ve all been enjoying my Russian covers lately, I want to show you one of the paintings without any clutter, like my name and the title.
So here’s The Last Days (sequel to Peeps) from our Russian brothers, pure and unadulterated:
Not sure how YA this looks, given how much it ups the ante on the bondage-y look of the first cover. And points are subtracted because no cat, but that’s made up for by Brooklyn Bridge bonus points!
Here’s the cover with the title and stuff, which for some reason I can’t find except in low-res form.
If anyone finds a bigger version with type, please let me know.
And now, three other things:
1) If you want to check out more of my foreign covers, Michael Grimm is building a site with all the Westerfeldian foreign covers he can find. It’s not done yet, but it has a ton of covers, including ones I’ve never received copies of. (Serbia, I’m looking at you!)
2) Team Human, the next book by my lovely wife Justine and Sarah Rees Brennan, just got it’s third starred review, this one from Publisher’s Weekly.
“This smart and entertaining novel—part Nancy Drew with vampires, part thoughtful and provocative story about assumptions—fully blooms in the second half. Themes of honest friendship and freedom of choice mix with zombies, accidental romance, a diverse and complex cast, and sharply funny dialogue to create a thoroughly enjoyable read with a core of unexpected depth.”
Here’s the rest of that review. And click here for more reviews of TH.
3) Sticking with Justine, last year she gave a Guest of Honor speech at Sirens, a fantasy lit conference in Colorado, about monsters, feminism, and Elvis. (And about being raised on an aboriginal settlement, being a fan of problematic songs, movies, and many other things.) She’s just turned it into a lengthy post on her blog, which can read by clicking here.
Okay, that’s it. No FAF this week, because we are on the fortnightly schedule at the moment. But I’ll have a new Manual of Aeronautics art reveal voting thread up soon!
June 1st, 2012 08:26
I love this!
June 1st, 2012 09:00
Kewl!
June 1st, 2012 09:00
YEAH I GOT SECOND COMMENT!!!!!! ALMOST as good as first!!!!!!
June 1st, 2012 09:02
YAY FOR MANUAL OF AERONAUTICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can’t wait for it to come out….
June 1st, 2012 12:52
I cannot find Mike’s e-mail from his site, but I can complement his list with two Estonian covers:
“Uglies” – http://pood.rahvaraamat.ee/Content/ProductImages/product_5/05/DIGI_9789985322505.jpg
“Pretties” – http://pood.rahvaraamat.ee/Content/ProductImages/product_5/86/DIGI_9789985324486.jpg
June 1st, 2012 15:35
These covers make me envious of Russians. And their alphabet is so cool.
Oh well…
June 1st, 2012 17:16
It’s still written as “Inferno” as the title. But the subtitle seems to say “Last Days” if I read it right. >_>
June 1st, 2012 20:02
Thanks for the shout-out Scott.
For those who might check out the website, you should know it’s not done yet. However, you can check out covers by country. Still working on the By Series section.
June 1st, 2012 21:08
Just wanted to add: I love the Russian Covers!
June 1st, 2012 22:15
Russian covers rule.
June 1st, 2012 22:35
I totally agree about the YA-ness of it all, I mean, I hate to say it, but if I saw that cover on the shelves of Borders, I would totally disregard it. I am a total “judge a book by it’s cover” reader. Now, in my defense, if I see a book with a cool cover and I read the back and it is not my type, I won’t read it, but if something has a lame cover, and if someone hasn’t recommended it to me, I probably won’t read it. (Woah. Really long run-on sentence there…) Which is the main reason I never read the Artemis Fowl or Magyc series.
June 1st, 2012 22:39
I have got to say. Of all the covers I saw, the Korean ones were, by far, the best, and the US LBG ones, completely sucked.
June 2nd, 2012 00:18
No FAF….
I guess the awesome-ness of Russian covers makes up for it… somewhat.
June 2nd, 2012 03:19
I finished Pretties!!
June 2nd, 2012 03:23
Scott, I really don’t mean to nag you, but I really want to know: Will there be Leviathan Legos?
June 2nd, 2012 03:25
I’m listening to Franz Ferdinand again! It’s “Take Me Out”, if you want to know, PWH.
June 2nd, 2012 03:26
@10-No Artemis Fowl? No Magyk????? Im recommending them to you RIGHT NOW, girl. I mean, how do you SURVIVE not reading those???
June 2nd, 2012 03:29
Also, it’s not the Magyk series, it’s the Septimus Heap series. Believe me, the first one is actually pretty crappy, but the rest are AWESOME!
June 2nd, 2012 03:30
I LOVE the band Muse. They are totally bubbly!
June 2nd, 2012 04:04
I loooove Viva la Vida!!!
June 2nd, 2012 05:22
@16- Take Me Out is pretty good. They’ve got it on Just Dance 2.
June 2nd, 2012 05:47
@Ginny-la weird I’m listening to Viva la Vida as I read your comment.Oh and I love Muse too
June 2nd, 2012 06:25
My orchestra playing Viva la Vida in our spring concert last year….And now that I’m thinking about it, we play a lot of non-traditional music (especially rock) in orchestra.
June 2nd, 2012 06:34
I just looked through all of the foreign covers, and I must say I find it interesting that for certain books, the covers are very similar country to country, and for other books it’s completely different.
June 2nd, 2012 07:32
I’m at my friends house right now.
June 2nd, 2012 07:33
@22-YEAH MUSE!!!!!!!!
June 2nd, 2012 07:59
I’m listening to Starlight right now
June 2nd, 2012 09:43
One Republic….is okay.
June 2nd, 2012 20:51
The cover does have a certain amount of sex appeal on it which is a little alarming. (I thought the US was responsible for aggravating the sex appeal out of teens?) Regardless, I think this cover is still really cool. The bridge is really something. Plus I love the character’s boots. I want them…
June 3rd, 2012 00:14
@29-No, I want them!!!!
June 3rd, 2012 00:17
My friend let me play her violin! It was the first time I’ve ever played one. Now I really want to take lessons.
June 3rd, 2012 03:50
@5-THOSE ARE SO CREEPY-MAKING!!!!
June 3rd, 2012 04:49
GUESS WHAT!!
I started reading Uglies today. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!
June 3rd, 2012 05:51
Right, Rue? It’s totally awesome!!!!!!!
June 3rd, 2012 06:15
That’s barking amazing!!!!
June 3rd, 2012 06:16
Maali,
Thanks for the links! Those covers are awesome!
I’ll try to get them posted tomorrow, and add a contact on the website.
June 3rd, 2012 06:18
@28 yeah they’re not the greatest.
June 3rd, 2012 07:29
@15: THERE MUST BE!! IT IS THE FATE OF THE UNIVERSE!!
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OK, not really, but it would still be totally barking awesome.
June 3rd, 2012 07:51
@38-I know, RIGHT!!!!!!!!
June 3rd, 2012 07:54
I reeeeeeeaaaaaaaaally want Leviathan Legos.
June 3rd, 2012 07:55
I’m watching Whisper of the Heart! Aaaaannnnnddddd posting stuff at the same time.
June 3rd, 2012 07:57
Bum bum da dum bang boom de da de bum CRASH bum ba boom ba ba da de do ba bee bum CRASH!
June 3rd, 2012 07:57
I love the Uglies series German covers! <3
June 3rd, 2012 07:59
S. Amasawa
June 3rd, 2012 07:59
Hi Mojo
June 3rd, 2012 08:00
My friends made a song about mojo! -My mojo, my, my, my mojo!-
June 3rd, 2012 08:00
Hey person! What’s with the booming and crashing?
June 3rd, 2012 08:01
boy or girl? name?
June 3rd, 2012 08:10
I mean the mojo.
June 3rd, 2012 08:18
@47-Drum solo
June 3rd, 2012 08:19
Also, my name is NOT person, it’s Ginny-la.
June 3rd, 2012 08:19
@49&49-I still don’t know what you mean.
June 3rd, 2012 09:05
Whatever I call people person. I mean was the person, mojo, a boy or a girl?
June 3rd, 2012 09:08
I have a GIGANTIC crush on Logan Lerman.
June 3rd, 2012 09:10
@53-Silly! It wasn’t a person! If you have “mojo”, it means you can dance really well. (I thiiiiiiiink)
June 3rd, 2012 09:24
Smurf, smurf, smurfetty smurf smurf
June 3rd, 2012 19:16
@56 We call my friend smurf because she is really short and turns blue if it’s colder than 60 degrees. (not really; she starts turning blue if it’s around 50 degrees).
June 3rd, 2012 22:33
@30 – They are MINE!
@33 – My favorite series EVER!
June 3rd, 2012 22:37
HALFWAY THROUGH UGLIES. I UNDERSTAND WHAT EVERYTHING IS TALKING ABOUT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cuz for a while there i was completely lost.
June 3rd, 2012 22:38
@sam
IM SO EXCITED TO READ THEM ALL!!!
June 4th, 2012 00:41
@55 – Well my mojo is a nickname.
June 4th, 2012 04:37
@59-I didn’t understand anything until I read it a second time.
June 4th, 2012 09:14
I AM GINNY-LA!!! ONLY WITH A DEFFERENT NAME!!! Ok. Just making sure we’re all on the same page.
If you look up Nora Darwin on Wikapedia, it actually has the fact that she’s in Leviathan!
June 4th, 2012 09:31
It’s 10:00 FOR ME!!!
…I’m sad. I tried to sign up for the Forum…but I forgot my username.
June 4th, 2012 09:32
Stone soup
Stone soup
Stone soup tonight!!!
I read the comic Stone Soup…does anybody else?
June 4th, 2012 09:51
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June 5th, 2012 01:05
alright guys, i finished Uglies!!!!
June 5th, 2012 01:12
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TELL ME THAT THEY STAY AMAZING!! (***everyone calm down. i know everyones all like “WHAT RUE? HOW DARE YOU SUGGEST SUCH A THING!!! SCOTT IS WAAAY TO AMAZING!! SHAME ON YOU!!” and i know. but… IM SORRY THAT IM PARANOID. )
June 5th, 2012 01:16
I KNOW THAT I’VE ONLY READ THE FIRST ONE. BUT STILL. SOME REASSURANCE WOULD BE NICE.
June 5th, 2012 04:48
Rue – Uglies is only the tip of the iceberg. Seriously.
June 5th, 2012 04:51
I’m sooo obsessed with Leviathan. I called my sister, Alice, Alek accidentally
June 5th, 2012 05:13
Rue-
READ THE REST OF THE SERIES. SERIOUSLY. I’m only on Specials, but I can assure you, they are AWESOME.
June 5th, 2012 06:04
OKAY!! THANKS GUYS! your reassurance is priceless!!!
i am officially starting pretties…. NOW!
June 7th, 2012 05:06
I’m back!
June 7th, 2012 05:44
Hiiiiiiiiiii Mojo
June 7th, 2012 05:52
When you think of opera…you think of Count Volger.
…HA just something my sis and I made up there’s more to the joke but IM NOT TELLING *evil laugh* MUAHAHAHAHAHA
June 7th, 2012 06:22
Effie Trinket: *Rummages around in big glass bowl* “And our girl tribute will be:….DLYAN SHARP????”
(Like halfway around the world somewhere):
Deryn:WHA—?
Alek: *dreamy voice* “I wish I could be the boy tribute…we’d be just like Katniss and Peeta…”
Newkirk:Um…maybe they got the name in the wrong bowl?…
June 7th, 2012 06:23
Ha I so want to do L&HG crossover!
June 7th, 2012 06:36
Darn I’m at the library but their only copy of Specials is checked out and is due back on JUNE 27 how long does that person WANT IT????
June 7th, 2012 07:55
Yes Leviathan Hunger Games cross over! (even though I haven’t read Hunger Games)
June 7th, 2012 20:26
@80-*jaw drops, eyes grow wide* YOU’VE NEVER READ THE HUNGER GAMES????? HOW CAN YOU SURVIVE???????? Read it NOW.
June 7th, 2012 20:37
I’ve always wondered if maybe someone on here could be someone I know.
June 8th, 2012 05:37
http://static.ozone.ru/multimedia/books_covers//1004529847.jpg
http://www.ruslania.com/pictures/big/9785699545865.jpg
I found some bigger pictures…they’re only a bit bigger, ;w;
I tried.
June 8th, 2012 06:52
#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9#10 IM NUMBER 10
June 8th, 2012 12:09
I love that you did a series about ugly and pretty, Scott, because when you look at the different covers from different covers, it really does show what they country perceives as ugly and pretty; some may have the US covers, but then you get “Specials,” where you see what the country perceives as “inhumanely pretty” and “Extras,” where you see what a country sees as “foreign” or “alien.” It’s an interesting thing to note sociologically.
I mean, the Korean editions all use BJDs (Ball Jointed Dolls) which is BEYOND creepy! The Estonians took a more conceptual approach to the whole idea. I won’t discuss the “Pretties” German cover (THAT is CREEPY. I’m officially creeped out.)
It’s just so interesting to see how everyone in the world not only looks at how they go about making book covers for YA readers, but about how we perceive beauty (and this doesn’t just apply to the Uglies Trilogy.) It’s so fascinating.
Of course, I’m possibly the only one that thinks this.
June 8th, 2012 21:00
Is Kate&Zena two different people?
June 9th, 2012 07:38
@Yolo! No, I’m one person. However, I’m most commonly seen with my Decker Terrier, Zena. If I’m not seen with her, most ask where she is which is why Kate & Zena has become a common nom de plume for me. Zena does “type” though, if you like reading dog.
June 9th, 2012 20:32
@Tobi: Thanks for the links. I’ll replace the image on my site.
@Kate & Zena: Those are very interesting observations. I hadn’t considered the Korean covers as dolls. I just assumed they were photo-realistic renderings with a Korean-manga-like look.
June 10th, 2012 05:11
@87-WOOF! WOOF! *grooooooowl* BARK BARK BARK BARK!!!! woooof! woooof! *whimper whimper* BARK!
June 10th, 2012 12:42
@Mike: A lot of Westerners aren’t familiar with them. These aren’t the plastic BJDs that you see now with Barbie or Disney (which allows children to pose their arms and legs unlike when I was younger.) These BJDs start out at around $150 bare minimum, without their outfits. They’re completely customizable dolls (everything is customizable, even the makeup.) They’re made out of high quality resin and made by hand by artisans. Some of them are really neat, but some are downright creepy!
The ones on the Korean covers are most likely some version of Dream of Doll BJDs, as they’re the most popular BJDs in Korea. I didn’t even think about it until I went onto the website again (okay, I sort of dream about owning one, but for nearly $540 minimum for one with one outfit, I can’t justify it to myself.) This one gives you an idea of how elaborate a Dream of Doll one can get:
http://www.dreamofdoll.co.kr/eng/product/product_view.asp?idx=5H00001207&Page=1&Search_Type=&Search_Value=&Cate=0002|0002|&Search_Cate=&Order_Name=p_num&Order_Type=Desc&Order_Num=16
Believe it or not, that’s just the tip of the iceberg with Asian BJDs. These other two are on the more extreme, but still not quite as extreme as I’ve seen them. I’ve seen some come with goat legs, horns and forest like makeup (with the price tag to boot!)
http://efdoll.dreamweb.co.kr/shop/step1.php?number=861
http://efdoll.dreamweb.co.kr/shop/step1.php?number=763
June 16th, 2012 09:04
@90-The dolls are like a Special Circumstances person: Really beautiful but really creepy