Extras Cover Image

Thanks to Tara-wa’s brilliant cheating in comment #38 of my last post, the entire image has been uncovered:

Yes, this is Aya, the protagonist of Extras. This is the cover shot.

And no, that pattern in her eye is not regular cosmetic surge, because Aya is only 15. It’s something called an “eyescreen,” which allows constant access to the city interface.

Anyway, I’ll be showing the real cover here soon.

Enjoy! And thanks for all the guesses.

Random Update

In largely unrelated news, there’s an article in NEA Today about the Indiana One Book/One School program for Uglies. You may remember it from this post, and because they made an awesome uglies cake. The article mentions me on page 2, and—ego flare-up warning!—uses the term “rock star.”

Ahem.

110 thoughts on “Extras Cover Image

  1. Does this mean Extras is done/almost done?

    I wish. It’s at 50-something thousand words.

    And yes, all credit to Nona and Stephanie for being clever! (Though it was Tara-wa who forced me to post the whole image.)

    Nona was the first to discover your blunder of naming the image รขโ‚ฌล“extracover

    “Blunder”? But most of my authorial subtleties are blunder-derived.

  2. yep cant wait til extras comes out tho im still reading specials (i just started yesterday, my skool library gets new books in way after they should)

  3. you wanted to trick us didn’t you. I mean an eye with a clock, an S. common. Not to be misinturpted because it’s reallt awesome

  4. very awesome, indeed…but after i read the “random update” i clicked the link so i could check out the article and in it, it defines uglies as “a group of radical teens who decide they want to keep their own faces,” when that definition decribes the smokies. the uglies are the under-16-year-olds who haven’t gotten the operation yet. well, i guess it doesn’t matter much anyone who reads this knows that anyways…..but still, *INCORRECT INFORMATION!*

  5. Aya, i like! im so thrilled about extras, cannot wait until it comes out!!! but aya looks extremely , dare i say it, badass *please dont kill me, but i would rather say that than tough or cool, it wouldnt do her justice!* and i love her name!

  6. I have to agree with the awesome naming skills, Scott. Aya is as awesome as the cover shot! I love how your covers actually have to do with the books, unlike some other books, whose covers seem only meant to look cool.

    yay!

  7. Ooh, I like the name, too. Forgot to say that before, as I was caught up in the photo.
    Apparently, though, it is a Hebrew name. But ssshh, don’t any of you tell! It would… not go with the Japanese theme here. But no one will know, I suppose, unless they are name obsessed like me.

  8. i have to ask is extras the 4th book to the UGLIES trillage?? because if it is WHEN does it come out??????? i cant wait to read it!!!!!!!
    xoxo alexa

  9. wow! im really excited about that1 how do you come up with all this stuff they have bulit into their bodys? wow!

  10. Okay first i’ve gotta say Scott you are on like a blogging spree aren’t you.. i come to this website almost everyday and check the blogs gosh i miss one or two days and you have TWO new blogs. But that is totally cool about the whole eye thingy instead on an interface ring or “necklace” (translation: collar). That is totally awesome but i may be wrong cause we only have a side view of her face but it looks semetrical(?) therefore she can’t be a “ugly” unless she is one of those that is born partially or fully “pretty”. I mean why would you pick a girl that is technically a “pretty” by your books standards if the protagonist Aya..i think you said her name was… isn’t a natural pretty? OR was it just a mistake. I need to know!

  11. Oh and Alexa xoxo Extras is the 4th book of the Uglies Trilogy well i guess its not really a trilogy anymore but anyway it is and if i’m not mistaken it comes out in October of this year.
    Your Welcome!

  12. how can you tell how many words you’ve written? how many words is this book going to be? ohh, i’m excited!!! how long does it take to write your books? i think it would be interesting to be an author. but you do a great job at it, so maybe i’ll leave to book writing to you, the professional.

    i like the cover. it catches my eye.

  13. Im confused how can there be a 4th book in a trilogy? anyways i loves the picture it’s totally pretty-making.

  14. thanks bnicki i was just wondering!! and i wish that it came out sooner!! i loved the frist 3 books so i cant wait to see what happens in the next book?! and thanks again bnicki!!! and stott who is on the cover of uglyies, pretties, and specials??
    xoxo alexa

  15. I KNEW it was a readout.

    But thats just my feather.

    I need to find a way to acquire more book money. I’ll be broke this fall with all the new ones coming out.

    *sighs*

  16. Ha ha! I’m SO EXCITED!!!! Extras must come out soon!!!!! You know, NaNoWriMo only requires 50-thousand words in a month. Did it take you a month to write it? You should get a prize if it did.
    EXTRAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    And is the girl an Ugly, or is this a world without Uglies and Pretties?

  17. Oh, and Loej, I know how you feel. As I’m still young enough to recieve allowance from my parents, my Mother has cut me off from ALL BOOK MONEY! MEH!

  18. Once again Alexa xoxo that is suppose to be Tally on Uglies, Shay and Zane on Pretties, and Tally again on Specials i think wow it is amazing what kinda random information i remember from these blogs. I own all three books so when i found that out i looked at em’ i was like oh Zane is pretty hott and wow Tally has changed A LOT from Uglies to Specials but she’d have to i guess after 2 major surges.

  19. Aya is a perfectly japanese name. Case in point: Aya Ueto, Aya Kakeda, Aya Takano, and pleeeenty of other Japanese Ayas (famous and non) join the ranks.
    And also, I know you looked at babynames.com for the meaning of her name, and that’s why it showed up as Hebrew, but on thinkbabynames.com the meaning is this:

    The girl’s name Aya \a-ya\ is of Japanese origin, and its meaning is “woven silk”.

    :3

    Just needed to clear that up.

  20. i think Bori is a cool asian name. scott always comes up with really cool names for the characters that are far from the usual.

  21. yes! i can’t wait for the new book! the eyescreen is a really cool idea. you said aya it 15, but she already looks pretty. do they not have uglies and pretties in japan? is she naturally a pretty? i can’t wait to see the rest of the cover.

  22. ok thanks again bnicki! and that eye scren thing is totaly special making…or idk?? well i just cant wait to find out to see what happens??!! or maybe she did have some kind of surg because they said that they could do it to 15yr olds… but it was a tradition to have the surg at 16??!! well just hurry and finsh the book please!!so i can read it im soooo excited!!
    xoxo alexa

  23. and did someone say that they are making uglies a movie??
    wow if they are i cant wait to see it… even tho the movie is never and i mean NEVER as good as the book!!!!
    xoxo alexa
    p.s. i would do that whole alexa-wa or alexa-la but it just doesnt sound right when you say it… or does it??

  24. Alexa xoxo, i totaly agree with you about the movie not being as good as the book, but if it is going to be a movie I sooooo cant wait to see it!!! And good job on the cover scott love it!

  25. huh? I was just thinking…

    How does the eye screen work? Is it like a contact lens, or is it actually embedded in your eye. If the latter is the case then it would pretty annoying, since you couldn’t really take it out without blinding yourself…
    But if it was a contact lens it would be awesome! Unless it fell out. That would be very sad-making.

  26. well im sure if it was bulit lin htne they could turn it on and off like the special do with all that they have, ya know.

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